• Question: What is an opiod?

    Asked by city42pen to Sudhin, Sergio, Katie, Frances, Diarmuid, Aoife on 12 Nov 2019.
    • Photo: Katie Fala

      Katie Fala answered on 12 Nov 2019:

      An opioid is a class of several types of drugs that have similiar but slightly different molecular structures. It gets its name from the opioid receptor that it interacts with in the human body. Some opioids are used in medicine as pain-relievers, e.g. morphine, others are illegal e.g. heroin.

    • Photo: Aoife Campbell

      Aoife Campbell answered on 12 Nov 2019:

      An opioid is a major class of drugs that are usually used for pain relief (eg morphine) but also they can be widely abused due to their addictive properties (eg heroin).

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