Category: Opiates

Opioids (also known as narcotics), are a category of medications prescribed by Pain Doctors in order to treat patients’ severe or persistent pain. They are given to patients experiencing severe pain linked to cancer;...

“As multi-morbidity [multiple diseases/conditions & symptoms] increase with ageing, chronic pain is often one of these co-morbidities. One of the pharmacological interventions commonly used in its treatment, is the use of opioids. However, opioids...

“Opioids are a type of medication which Pain Specialists prescribe for the treatment of severe or persistent or pain. They are used by people with chronic backaches, by patients recovering from surgery, by adults...

The Use Of Targinact In The Treatment Of Severe Pain Many people are aware of the use of drugs such as morphine to relieve pain that is chronic and exceptionally severe. There is however,...

A lot of people are reliant on medication to treat pain that simply fails to respond to ther types of treatment. These, by their very nature are very strong, since theya re dealing with...

Targinact And Morphine: A General Comparison There are some people who experience pain that is so debilitating that their lives are effectively blighted by pain. The pain refuses to respond to traditional pain relief...

  Opiate Conversion Tables Introduction An opiate conversion table is basically a chart that lists the relatively equivalent value of various opiates. Such listing explains the required amount of dosage of a specific opiate,...

Introduction to Morphine Morphine is a powerful drug of the opiate, analgesic nature and is the principal active agent in opium. Morphine belongs to a class of drugs known as narcotic analgesics and is...

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Introduction to Oxycodone and is different preparations Oxycodone is a narcotic analgesic painkiller used as an ingredient in a number of prescription pain relief medications. It is the principal ingredient found in Oxycontin, Percocet...