Table of Contents
- Overview
- Symptoms
- Treatment
- Prevention
Opium and its forms (which include morphine, heroin, oxycodone, and the synthetic opioid narcotics) lead to an abnormal mental state, which generally involves excessive
Alternative Names
Intoxication - opioids
Causes, incidence, and risk factors
In the United States, the most commonly abused opioids are heroin and methadone.
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Opioid intoxication Symptoms
Review Date: 04/20/2009
Reviewed By: Jacob L. Heller, MD, Emergency Medicine, Virginia Mason Medical
Center, Seattle, Washington, Clinic. Also reviewed by David Zieve,
MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)
