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- ANALGESIC:
- A type of drug that alleviates pain without loss of consciousness.
- ENDOGENOUS OPIOIDS:
- Naturally occurring opioids in the body; includes three classes of neurotransmitters—the endorphins, enkephalins, and dynorphins.
- 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.
- OPIOID RECEPTORS:
- A class of proteins on the surface of cells that bind with opioids, either endogenous or drugs. An opioid either activates (agonist) or prevents activation by another opioid (antagonist).
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