Opium withdrawal and treatment

Project by Sara Burbidge, Ashley Rogers & Eric Walker

Contents
Opiates are natural or semisynthetic derivatives (refined and altered) of the opium poppy.
Opioids are fully synthetic manufactured versions of opiates.

Natural opiates

  • Morphine
  • Codeine
  • Tinctures of opium (alcohol solutions): Laudanum, Paregoric

Semisynthetic opioids

  • Heroin
  • Oxycodone (OxyContin) (Percodan)
  • Vicodin (Hydrocodone)
  • Hydromorphone

Fully synthetic opiate-like drugs

  • Meperidine (Demerol) (Pethidine) (Mepergan)
  • Methadone (Dolophine)
  • Propoxyphene (Darvan) (Darvocet) (Propacet) (Wygesic)
  • Fentanyl (Sublimaze)
  • LAAM (Levomethadyl acetate)

Synthetic opioid antagonists

  • Naloxone (Narcan)
  • Naltrexone (Vivitrol)
  • Butorphanol (Stadol)
  • Tramadol (Ultram)