Synonyms for opioid
ˈoʊ piˌɔɪdopi·oid

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1. List of paraphrases for "opioid":

   opiate, opiates

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1. Alex Azar:

   Raising awareness is a key piece of defeating the threat of opioid addiction, which too many Americans still do not fully understand. These ads are a targeted effort to promote awareness, especially among our youth, about the deadliness of opioid misuse and the risks of opioid addiction.

2. Joseph Ladapo:

   People need to be aware that if they're taking a benzodiazepine -- and a lot of patients are taking benzodiazepines -- and they're also prescribed an opioid, their risk of overdosing is much higher, our work shows that these patients [ taking benzodiazepines ], not only are they at higher risk of accidentally overdosing, but they are also more likely to be prescribed opioids. So they're higher risk and they're more likely to be exposed to the opioids in the first place.

3. Caleb Alexander:

   No opioid is entirely safe.

4. Henry Spiller:

   If you look at the effects, it's not really the expected opioid effects, we see seizures, tachycardia [ rapid heartbeat ], hypertension, agitation. If it were an opiate, we would expect respiratory depression.

5. Mark Hurst:

   This progress is significant because prescription opioid abuse is frequently a gateway to heroin and fentanyl use later on.