PS268 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Analgesic, Codeine, Opioid
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Lesson 10 opiates: examples: morphine, heroin, vicodin, oxycontin, pain management, high dose (injected or snorted or smoked) = extremely powerful euphoria. Opium in canada: 1885 chinese immigration act. Tax on chinese to enter canada (per person) 10. 2 opium and heroin supply, distribution and trafficking in canada & the changing. Profile of opioid users: opium problem related to smoked opium and injected heroin, new problem abuse of prescription opiates, opiate abuse today: prescription opiates > heroin. Opiate use among university students w/o prescription: 10% used prescription opiates w/o prescription past year, 15% used prescription opiates w/o prescription lifetime, 3% used prescription opiates w/o prescription past month (prediction 8%) Heroin use among university students: <1% students tried heroin, prediction 2% 10. 3 pharmacology of the opioids & beneficial uses. Medical uses: analgesic, cough suppressant, decrease intestinal motility (control diarrhea) Opiate use among university students w/ prescription: 25% used prescription opiates in past year, 60% used prescription opiates lifetime.
