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  • noun Plural form of opioid.

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Examples

  • I think it would be better if informed adults — ideally with a prescription or license of some sort — could obtain heroin and other opioids from a regulated, legal source than from a drug dealer selling artificially expensive (and so crime inducing) dope of unknown purity.

    Matthew Yglesias » By Request: Your Crime Control Policy On Drugs 2009

  • I think it would be better if informed adults — ideally with a prescription or license of some sort — could obtain heroin and other opioids from a regulated, legal source than from a drug dealer selling artificially expensive (and so crime inducing) dope of unknown purity.

    Matthew Yglesias » By Request: Your Crime Control Policy On Drugs 2009

  • - Standardize a plan of care for all patients on long-term opioids, which includes urine drug testing.

    Boston.com Top Stories 2011

  • "Process measures including greater use of adjunctive pain medications and long-term opioids suggest that the intervention contributed to delivery of guideline-concordant care," the researchers write.

    EurekAlert! - Breaking News 2009

  • The paper found that state policies for patients who use government-subsidized health care strongly encouraged doctors to prescribe methadone over more expensive brand-name opioids.

    Radley Balko: The New Panic Over Prescription Painkillers Radley Balko 2012

  • The paper found that state policies for patients who use government-subsidized health care strongly encouraged doctors to prescribe methadone over more expensive brand-name opioids.

    Radley Balko: The New Panic Over Prescription Painkillers Radley Balko 2012

  • Prolactin also arouses sweet and tender feelings by prompting pleasure hormones known as opioids.

    The Plight of the Pregnant Man Jena Pincott 2011

  • The paper found that state policies for patients who use government-subsidized health care strongly encouraged doctors to prescribe methadone over more expensive brand-name opioids.

    Radley Balko: The New Panic Over Prescription Painkillers Radley Balko 2012

  • The paper found that state policies for patients who use government-subsidized health care strongly encouraged doctors to prescribe methadone over more expensive brand-name opioids.

    Radley Balko: The New Panic Over Prescription Painkillers Radley Balko 2012

  • The paper found that state policies for patients who use government-subsidized health care strongly encouraged doctors to prescribe methadone over more expensive brand-name opioids.

    Radley Balko: The New Panic Over Prescription Painkillers Radley Balko 2012

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