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Category: opioid

Fentanyl

Fentanyl is an opioid medication. An opioid is sometimes called a narcotic.  Fentanyl is used as part of anesthesia to help prevent pain after surgery…

Neuropathic Pain ( Nerve Pain )

Neuropathic Pain

Neuropathic pain is attributed to alterations in the nervous system that sustain pain even after an injury has healed. Typically, the initial injury involves either…

Opioid

What Are Opioids? Opioids are a class of drugs that include the illegal drug heroin, synthetic opioids such as fentanyl, and pain relievers available legally…

Opioid Addiction

A substance used to treat pain or cause sleep. Opiates are made from opium or have opium in them. Opiates bind to opioid receptors in…

pain-and-pain relief

Pain Reliever

Pain relievers are medicines that reduce or relieve headaches, sore muscles, arthritis, or other aches and pains. There are many different pain medicines, and each…

Tramadol

Why is this medication prescribed? Tramadol is a specific type of narcotic medicine called an opioid that is approved to treat moderate to moderately severe…