What Is an Opiate?

Published October 6, 2013

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Rapid Opioid Detox Linked to Lethal Events

Filed under: opiate withdrawal

The anesthesia-assisted rapid opiate detoxification provided in the New York clinic involved the administration of drugs such as clonidine and antiemetics that help limit the symptoms of withdrawal, and the deliberate induction of withdrawal with high …
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Rx Labels Warn Of Infant Side Effects

Filed under: opiate withdrawal

Last year, Schumer launched a plan to combat the trend in New York and across the nation of infants being born addicted to prescription painkillers or other opiates, known as Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) or Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome …
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FDA Announces New Labeling Guidelines For Longer Acting Painkillers

Filed under: opiate withdrawal

The new labeling by the FDA also places emphasis on the risks of opoid use during pregnancy with potential for development of neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome (NOWS), by requiring a boxed warning- the highest level warning issued by the FDA.
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