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- ANALGESIC:
- A type of drug that alleviates pain without loss of consciousness.
- MORPHINE:
- The primary alkaloid chemical in opium, used as a drug to treat severe acute and chronic pain.
- NEUROTRANSMITTER:
- A substance released by one nerve cell that activates or inhibits a neighboring nerve cell.
- OPIATE:
- Drug derived directly from opium and used in its natural state, without chemical modification. Opiates include morphine, codeine, thebaine, noscapine, and papaverine.
- OPIOID:
- A drug, hormone, or other chemical substance having sedative or narcotic effects similar to those containing opium or its derivatives; a natural brain opiate.
- SYNTHETIC OPIOID:
- An opioid drug produced from chemicals that are created in a laboratory.
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