101 Opiate Myths

There are very many common Opiate Myths about the use, effects, side-effects, dependencies, and risks from using these drugs.

Below Is A List lo 101 Opiate Myths

1.  All pain responds to a high enough dose of opiates.
2. Codeine is weaker than morphine.
3.  Propoxyphene is a safer opiate for elderly people.
4.  Addicts should not receive opiates.
5.  Methadone is the drug of choice for many opiate addicts.
6.  The amount of opiates required for analgesia invariably increases.
7.  There is no ceiling to the dose of opiates in the treatment of severe pain.
8.  Morphine is offered to patients only when death is a certainty.
9.  People who take morphine will become addicted.
10. People who take opiates will become so sedated that they cannot function.
11.  People who take morphine die sooner because of respiratory problems.
12.  Nausea is a side effect of morphine addiction.
13.  Morphine must be given by injection.
14.  People should wait until their pain is unbearable before they take morphine so that it will be effective when it is
really needed.
15.  Addiction to opiates is highly common.
16.  Pain medication can and should only be prescribed to a patient when pain occurs, not if it is acute or chronic.
17.  Uncontrolled pain is an unavoidable part of many serious illnesses like cancer
18.  The side effects of opiates prevent a person from functioning and can cause more suffering than the pain.
19.  Opiates are safe to use if you do not have pain in moderation.
20.  It is okay to use opiates without a medical professionals consent.
21.  Patients need ever increasing doses of opiates because tolerance develops rapidly to these drugs.
22.  Meth will get you high.
23.  Meth will make you sick.
24.  Meth makes you gain weight.
25.  It is easy to get rid of a methadone addiction.
26.  People who take methadone for severe or chronic pain are addicts.
27.  Methadone is a cure for opioid addiction.
28. Methadone was created by Nazis and was named after Hitler.
29. Methadone gets into your bones and rots your teeth.
30. Methadone maintenance is trading one addiction for another.
31.  It is safe for pregnant women to use opiates for pain management.
32.  Methadone maintenance cancels out the viral infection medications for HIV+ patients.
33.  Methadone causes a person to become an alcoholic or cocaine addict
34.  Methadone is more addicting than heroin.
35.  It is safe to operate a vehicle while using methadone.
36.  All methadone patients are addicted to their medication.
37.  Methadone is a legal way for addicts to get high.
38.  It is harder to overcome a methadone addiction  than a heroin addiction.
39.  Opiates can increase pleasure sexually.
40.  Pain management patients using opiates rarely become addicted.
41.   There is no such thing as too much morphine or opiates for pain management.
42.  Using opiates for pain management is safe no matter what.
43.  Opiates are beneficial to one’s health.
44.  Opiate addiction does not affect your health.
45.  Opiate use is okay if you know what you are doing.
46.  Opiates do not affect your brain function.
47.  An opiate addiction is something that you can quit on your own.
48.  Opiate addiction is a choice.
49.  Opiates can be used without fear of overdose.
50.  Methadone is a prescription drug, therefore it is ok to use.
51.   Heroin is less dangerous when it is smoked or snorted.
52.  Heroin is a drug abused only by older drug users.
53.  Abstinence is an appropriate treatment for heroin addiction.
54.  All heroin rehab programs are alike.
55.  Heroin does not affect your brain.
56.  Heroin does not affect your body and the way it functions.
57.  Heroin is not deadly.
58.  Heroin cannot kill you.
59.  Opiates do not cause euphoria.
60.  You cannot overdose on methadone.
61.   Relapse rates are as high as the heroin success rates.
62.  Medical insurance will not help you for opiate addiction and rehab costs.
63.  Methadone maintenance is more harmful than heroin addiction.
64.  Heroin rehab programs are unpleasant.
65.  Opiate addicts use all kinds of opiates.
66.  Opiate addiction recovery is simply switching one addiction for another
67.  Opiates are healthy for your hair.
68.  Prescription opiates are non-addictive.
69.  It is healthier use morphine as opposed to other opiate drugs for pain
70.  You cannot overdose on methadone.
71.  Opiate prescribed drugs are safe for adults but not for kids.
72.  All opiates are bad.
73.  Opiate addiction can be cured quicker than an alcohol addiction.
74.  Opiates are addictive.
75.  All people use methadone just to get high.
76.  One addicted to methadone, you can never become unaddicted.
77.  Methadone can be used to treat cocaine addiction or other non-opioid addictions.
78.  Opiate addiction is a disease.
79.  Opiate addicts have to hit rock bottom before they can seek treatment on their own.
80. After you have relapsed from opiate addiction, you can never again seek  treatment.
81.  Oxycontin is non-addictive.
82.  Snorting or injecting oxycontin is no more dangerous than taking it orally.
83.  Withdrawal from opiate drugs is not severe.
84.  You cannot die from an opiate addiction.
85.  All opiate rehab clinics want to take your money without care of your final outcome.
86.  Opiate rehab is expensive.
87.  Hardly any car accidents occur to people who are under the influence of opiates.
88.  Opiates only come in liquid form.
89.  All opiates are expensive.
90.  Opiate addiction and abuse does not cost America anything annually.
91.  Opiate withdrawal is impossible to make it through.
92.  All opiate addicts are beyond treatment.
93.  Opiates have no effect on a person’s learning abilities.
94.  Children cannot be born addicted to opiates.
95.  Addiction to opiates is a choice.
96.  You have to want to get treatment for your opiate addiction to succeed in the program.
97.  Going through detox and having a fresh start is all that is needed for opiate  addiction.
98.  Prescription opiates are safe to use because a doctor prescribes them.
99.  Opiates can come from other substances other than the opium poppy plant.
100.You only take morphine if you are on the verge of dying.
101. Opiates increase your concentration, making work and school much easier.

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