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                 Hazlet Office                                                    Eatontown Office

                 966 Hwy 36                                                         142 Hwy 35, Suite 106

                 Hazlet NJ 07730                                                 Eatontown NJ 07724

Office Phone:    (732) 847-3461

Office Fax:    (732) 284-4272

Office Hours: Monday and Thursday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

Opioids are drugs that have been used for decades to treat pain in patients. Opioids interfere with the pain messages form your body to the brain and change the sensation of pain in the brain. Therefore, they don onto take the pain away, but they alter your perception of pain. 

You may hear the terms opioids and narcotics used interchangeably, but they are not the same. The term narcotics refers to a broad range of natural or man-made drugs that dull the senses and cause deep sleep. Opioids accurately describes drugs that are specifically similar to opium and is the preferred term.

Opioids are available as pills, liquids, shots, skin patches, and suppositories. Effects depend on the dose taken at one time, how the drug is delivered, your history with the drug, your psychological and emotional stability, and the simultaneous use of alcohol  or other drugs. 

Although the risk is small when opioids are properly prescribed and taken by people with no history of substance abuse, opioid use can sometimes lead to physical dependency and addiction. Opioid dependency rarely happens if you are under the close care of a physician. If you abruptly stop taking opioids, you may experience withdrawal symptoms such as nausea, sweating, chills, diarrhea, and shaking. These symptoms are not life-threatening and can be avoided if you gradually stop taking the opioids. Because of these reasons, opioids should never be used for anything other than a prescribed purpose, and drug dosages should never be altered without your physician's consent.