opioid
opioid
Definition
opi·oid (ō′pē o̵id′)
adjective
designating or of a group of natural or synthetic biochemicals, esp. endorphins, that relieve pain in the same way that opiates do
noun
any such biochemical
opioid
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- use: Whatever the route or opioid used, it is important to consider the correct conversion to ensure adequate pain relief continues.
- give: Patient-controlled analgesia update Clinical bottom line Patient-controlled analgesia with opioid produces modest improvement in pain relief compared to the same opioid given conventionally.
- prescribe: OxyContin is a synthetic opioid prescribed as a painkiller, it is a popular recreational drug in the USA.
- change: Differences in opioid sensitivity need to be assessed in efficacy comparisons of changing opioid or route of administration in chronic pain.
Adjective modifier
- parenteral: NNT 35 ( 21 to 112 ) Low umbilical artery pH 6 / 2034 14 % with epidural, 17 % with parenteral opioid.
- weak: Tramadol is a weak opioid which is also converted to another active compound by the liver.
- strong: All patients on strong opioid 's will develop constipation.
- synthetic: Methadone is a synthetic opioid used to replace heroin in the treatment of dependency.
- intravenous: Titrate small doses of intravenous opioid ( morphine, pethidine ) to control pain.
- intramuscular: This can be used as a guide to the dose of intramuscular opioid that may be given in relative safety on the ward.
Modifies a noun
- analgesic: He advised that opioid analgesics should be avoided in a patient with impaired liver function.
- agonist: Give high doses of a short acting opioid agonist in addition to BPN in an attempt to flood the mu receptors.
- analgesia: Effect of epidural vs parenteral opioid analgesia on the progress of labor.
- antagonist: Naltrexone is an opioid antagonist that blocks the effect of opioids in the brain.
- dependence: Treatment can alter the natural history of opioid dependence, most commonly by prolonging periods of abstinence from illicit opioid misuse.
- receptor: Finally, why should we have morphine or opioid receptors?
Used with adjective complement
- deliver: This delivers opioid to the same opioid receptors as an intermittent injection, but allows the patient to circumvent delays.
Noun used with modifier
- kappa: It also has antagonistic activity at the kappa opioid receptor.
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