Significados de taking opioids em inglês

While there are good reasons for taking opioids, they can be highly addictive.

Because of these issues, asking about nicotine use in patients taking opioids for pain is recommended.

A year later, one out of every ten patients initially prescribed the painkillers was still taking opioids.

Gomes said previous small, controlled studies have suggested people taking opioids may have trouble with alertness and sedation while driving.

The same is not true for people taking opioids for an acute injury such as a burn or a broken limb, he noted.

Drug overdose is now the most common cause of death for Americans under 50, with nearly 50,000 people dying each year after taking opioids.