Meanings of opioid painkiller in English

By 2004, opioid painkiller abuse deaths outnumbered total deaths involving heroin and cocaine.

Prince died in April of an accidental, self-administered overdose of an opioid painkiller.

The drug is fentanyl, an opioid painkiller up to 50 times more powerful than heroin.

Last month, medical examiners ruled Prince died of an accidental, self-administered overdose of opioid painkiller fentanyl.

Medical examiners ruled last month he died of an accidental, self-administered overdose of the opioid painkiller fentanyl.

Fentora is an opioid painkiller currently approved for the treatment of breakthrough pain in certain cancer patients.

Experts say there is a link between heroin use and much higher rates of prescription opioid painkiller usage.

It has pulled together data on opioid painkiller supply and deaths related to their use for 25 member countries.

Fentanyl is an opioid painkiller 50 times more potent than heroin, and has a central role in a devastating U.S. opioid crisis.

Prince, a longtime friend and collaborator with Khan, died in late April from an accidental overdose of the powerful opioid painkiller fentanyl.

But an authoritative report emphasises there are increasing problems with opioid painkiller addiction and abuse in other leading economies - including the UK.

Her swift reaction may have helped save Prince's life that night, six days before he died of an accidental overdose of the opioid painkiller fentanyl.

But prosecutors say the pills that Pettit gave him were counterfeit, containing fentanyl, a cheap, relatively easy-to-synthesize opioid painkiller 50 times more potent than heroin.

Flea, the bassist in Red Hot Chili Peppers, has laid bare his struggles with addiction, and attacked the prescription of the controversial opioid painkiller OxyContin.

Panel members told the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that the opioid painkiller was already being misused, and recommended against approval in a 17-3 vote.

Haddleton says the technology has exciting potential for other medications, such as opioid painkillers.