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MONITORING OPIOID MISUSE: CHEMICAL ENTITIES AND TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENTS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF PAIN

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VENKATESH KAMATH B1, ARAVIND PAI2, BHAVANA B BHAT3,
» doi: 10.31838/ecb/2023.12.5.401

Abstract

Opioids fall into the classification of analgesic agents used in healthcare set up. Opioid crisis in America is considered as the national level health crisis. On an average five persons in United States of America died due to opioid addiction or overdose of opioids. This crisis not only exists in America but a global complication as well. Frequent use of opioids has led to the “Opioid Use Disorder” a commonly used term at healthcare settings. As a technology era, there are a number of innovative technologies to curb this problem. These technologies help the patients and the patient parties to closely monitor and send alerts about the opioid misuse. Scientist have developed these technologies by investing lot of time and cost for the benefit of the patients. However, these technologies are unknown to people and should reach out to the public for appropriate use. Training and educating the patients and their care givers on these technologies is an ideal way to help them combat this disorder.

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