What we need to understand about opioids | Body Stuff
Body Stuff with Dr. Jen Gunter
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How Long Does It Take to Develop Opioid Dependency?
Doctor yearling says, dependence is tricky because it can make it look like opioids are doing a lot to relieve pain. In reality, your body has become physically dependent on opioids. When you stop taking them, there are changes in the brain that produce symptoms like nausea, vomiting and and pain. It comes to masquerade as ongoing benefit but when you step back to 35 thousand feet, they are largely in part because the patient's been on opioid. Doctors and patients were in situation created by decades of decisions and policies.
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