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The 27 pages that link to Opioid use disorder, each with the reason it gives.

• OpioidRelated: Repeated exposure can lead to a disorder requiring evidence-based treatment.

• MorphineRelated: Morphine can lead to opioid use disorder, though dependence and disorder are not identical.

• Opioid receptorRelated: Repeated opioid receptor activation can contribute to adaptations involved in dependence and compulsive use.

• FentanylRelated: Repeated fentanyl exposure can contribute to this disorder, which has evidence-based treatments.

• Pain managementRelated: Long-term opioid exposure can contribute to this disorder, making prevention and monitoring essential.

• BuprenorphineRelated: Buprenorphine reduces withdrawal and cravings as medication treatment for this disorder.

• Mu-opioid receptorRelated: Repeated mu-receptor activation can contribute to reinforcement, tolerance, and compulsive opioid use.

• AnalgesiaRelated: Repeated opioid analgesia can contribute to this disorder in some patients.

• CodeineRelated: Repeated codeine use can contribute to opioid use disorder, despite its medical use.

• Opioid analgesicsRelated: Repeated exposure can lead to this disorder, though prescribed use does not inevitably do so.

• MethadoneRelated: Methadone treatment reduces withdrawal and cravings without requiring immediate abstinence.

• Opioid withdrawalNarrower topic: Withdrawal may occur in opioid use disorder, but physical dependence alone does not establish the diagnosis.

• HeroinNarrower topic: Persistent heroin use can develop into this disorder.

• Opioid epidemicBroader topic: Repeated opioid exposure can lead to this diagnosable disorder, though dependence does not affect everyone alike.

• NaltrexoneRelated: Naltrexone is one medication option after opioids have been stopped and cleared.

• Nicotine dependenceCompared with: It shares features such as craving and impaired control, but involves a different drug class and risks.

• OpiumRelated: Repeated exposure to opium’s alkaloids can lead to compulsive use and dependence.

• OxycodoneRelated: Oxycodone exposure can contribute to this disorder, particularly with prolonged or unsafe use.

• Medication-assisted treatmentBroader topic: The treatment is most commonly discussed and studied in this specific substance use disorder.

• Papaver somniferumRelated: Dependence and harmful use can follow exposure to medicines derived from poppy alkaloids.

• The Man with the Golden ArmNarrower topic: The film dramatizes dependence through one man’s repeated attempts to stop using heroin.

• TramadolRelated: Repeated tramadol use can lead to opioid-related compulsive use and harms.

• LoperamideCompared with: Loperamide is not an approved treatment for this disorder, and taking excessive amounts to manage withdrawal can cause severe toxicity.

• HydrocodoneRelated: Repeated hydrocodone exposure can contribute to this disorder.

• DesomorphineRelated: Repeated exposure to potent opioids can lead to compulsive use and dependence.

• HydromorphoneRelated: Repeated hydromorphone exposure can contribute to this disorder in some people.

• IbogaineRelated: Ibogaine has been studied as an intervention for opioid withdrawal and ongoing dependence.