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  2. Opioid excess theory - Wikipedia

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    The opioid excess theory postulates that autism is the result of a metabolic disorder in which opioid peptides produced through metabolism of gluten and casein pass through an abnormally permeable intestinal membrane and then proceed to exert an effect on neurotransmission through binding with opioid receptors. [1]

  3. Neonatal withdrawal - Wikipedia

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    In 2012, a study inspected information on hospital discharges across 44 states in the United States, which totaled to 7.4 million discharges. Their goal was to measure NAS trends over the past 10 years. The study found that the number of pregnant individuals using opiates increased from 1.2 to 5.6 per 1,000 hospital births every year. [44]

  4. Opioid - Wikipedia

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    Another receptor of clinical importance is the opioid-receptor-like receptor 1 (ORL1), which is involved in pain responses as well as having a major role in the development of tolerance to μ-opioid agonists used as analgesics. These are all G-protein coupled receptors acting on GABAergic neurotransmission. Locants of the morphine molecule

  5. Opioid epidemic - Wikipedia

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    This is why it is important for schools to implement effective strategies and programs to teach young children about the dangers and consequences of opioid misuse. Although the retention time of adolescents is much lower than adults, educating them from a younger age on opioid misuse should help keep children away from these drugs.

  6. Opioid withdrawal - Wikipedia

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    Monitoring and subsequent management can be determined via the Short Opiate Withdrawal Scale or the Clinical Opioid Withdrawal Scale. [ 12 ] [ 7 ] The scores obtained from the scales vary based on the current symptoms a person with morphine withdrawal is suffering from, where different severities of withdrawal are identified based on these ...

  7. Opiate - Wikipedia

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    An opiate is an alkaloid substance derived from opium (or poppy straw). [1] It differs from the similar term opioid in that the latter is used to designate all substances, both natural and synthetic, that bind to opioid receptors in the brain (including antagonists). [ 2 ]

  8. Post-acute-withdrawal syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Post-acute withdrawal syndrome (PAWS) is a hypothesized set of persistent impairments that occur after withdrawal from alcohol, [1] [2] opiates, benzodiazepines, antidepressants, and other substances. [3] [4] [5] Infants born to mothers who used substances of dependence during pregnancy may also experience a PAWS.

  9. Alfred R. Lindesmith - Wikipedia

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    What Lindesmith developed was an account of opiate addiction that (1) distinguished between the physical reactions of narcotic withdrawal and its psychological (phenomenological) experience, and (2) described the relationship between these two phenomena and addiction. Addressing the question of why regular users of opiates do not necessarily ...