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Opioids

Opioid Basics:

  • Prescription opioids are prescribed by practitioners to treat moderate to severe pain, but can also have serious risks and side effects.
    • Common types are oxycodone (OxyContin, Percocet), hydrocodone (Vicodin, Lortab, Norco), morphine, and methadone.
  • Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid pain reliever. It is many times more powerful than other opioids and is approved for treating severe pain, typically advanced cancer pain.
  • Fentanyl can also be made and distributed illicitly (commonly referred to as illicitly manufactured fentanyl, or IMF). Most recent cases of fentanyl-related harm, overdose, and death in the U.S. are linked to IMF.
  • Heroin is an illegal, highly addictive opioid.  

Opioid Prescribing Guidelines

Safe Use, Storage, and Disposal

Naloxone

Fentanyl

Contact Information

Mailing Address:
Oklahoma State Department of Health
Injury Prevention Service
123 Robert S. Kerr Ave., Suite 1702
Oklahoma City, OK 73102-6406

Physical Address:
Oklahoma State Department of Health
Injury Prevention Service
123 Robert S. Kerr Ave.
Oklahoma City, OK

Telephone: (405) 426-8440
Fax: (405) 900-7588
Email: injury@health.ok.gov

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