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Summary:  Alcohol for alcohol addiction?  Nope.  Opioids for opioid addiction?  Yep.  Why?  And for how long?  The addiction to opioids digs in deep and doesn’t want to let go.  Discussed here, to better understand treatment for opioid addiction, is a brief history of how we got here, the principles of how opioids work in the body, and how the opioids for treatment are supposed to work.  Also discussed is the opioid addict’s lifeline:  naloxone.  

Topics:

·      Pain Management 01:41

·      Oxycodone-Morphine Comparison 04:10

·      Heroin 05:07

·      Compassion, Respect and Opioids 05:51

·      Alcohol 06:29

·      Naltrexone 06:36

·      Antabuse 06:50

·      Opioids for Opioid Addiction 07:31

·      How Do It Work? 07:54

·      Opioid Receptors, Endorphins and Dopamine 08:10

·      Receptor Affinity 09:00

·      Intrinsic Activity 09:10

·      Dissociation 09:20

·      Opiates = Naturally Occurring 11:47

·      Opioids = Natural, Semi-synthetic and Synthetic 11:58

·      Methadone Treatment 13:10

·      Methadone Clinics – the Treatment Dose 16:00

·      Suboxone 17:31

·      Suboxone Ceiling Effect 18:31

·      Suboxone Maintenance or Withdrawal? 21:30

·      Chasing the Impossible  23:07

·      Heroin -> Opiate Receptor -> Endorphin Release -> Dopamine Release 23:30

·      Tolerance, Dependence and Addiction 23:52

·      Naloxone 26:05

·      Naloxone Nasal Spray OTC 30:00

·      Reach Out For Help 30:11

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