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Desomorphine

Desomorphine is listed as an ester of morphine, in a wrong way in my opinion. Since is a reduction derivative of codeine, it's better to put it in the section of semi-synthetic derivatives.Fbet1 (talk) 00:11, 3 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Medical use? Sources?

Is this yet another attempt by WP to interject politics into an encyclopedia? This from the lead paragraph:

Other medical uses include suppression of diarrhea, replacement therapy for opioid use disorder, reversing opioid overdose, suppressing cough,[3] as well as for executions in the United States.

So now putting someone to death is medical treatment for that terminal illness known as life. There is no cure for it.

This appears to be an unsourced assertion rather than fact. Is this even real? More importantly, IMO it is irrelevant and inappropriate for a medical article, without further context. If it were sourced, perhaps it could be included in the "Recreational use" section. Blueistrue (talk) 14:41, 18 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hydromorphone was used in the execution of Joseph Wood and the execution of Dennis McGuire, so this appears to be real.

However, lethal injection as part of capital punishment is not a medical use.

I was unsure whether to simply remove this part of the statement or merely correct it, but the potential of opioids to cause death does belong in the lead. IpseCustos (talk) 15:53, 28 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

RL -- OL Usage of opioids and does the topic belong here?

I noted the RLS debate - and the use of opioids in managing R-RLS - while the editor did give a couple of okay cits., there are MANY other citations that either contradict/challenge the usage or totally refute it.

I'm not going to prescribe an opiate in this political climate to an RLS patient casually - FL treatment is not an opioid - perhaps pointing that out is impt.

Off label use by any given US Doc., is not uncommon - but perhaps focusing on primary indications - as in approved - might be more appropriate for a WP article - perhaps this RLS bit belongs in an article about RLS and not in this art. - Just a thought.

Dr. BeingObjective (talk) 20:55, 5 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Tried a DIPLOMATIC COMPROMISE - very slight mod and ref. "

Restless legs syndrome[edit]

Though not typically a first line of treatment, Opioids, such as oxycodone and methadone, are sometimes used in the treatment of severe and refractory restless legs syndrome." BeingObjective (talk) 23:27, 5 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Incorrect infographic description

The infographic comparing molecular structures of the opioids under the "Terminology" portion has a false statement. They wrote, "the methyl group is missing from codeine so it is not 100% true". The methyl group is part of the graph, so the comment should be deleted. If they find genuine mistakes on the infographic though it should be removed from the page. Oddchamp (talk) 03:53, 8 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Terminology

The "Terminology" section includes a graphic showing chemical structures of various opiates and opioids, but there is no obvious similarity at all, to the layman, between the "fully synthetic opioids" and the others, and there is nothing in the text to explain why these would be called "opioids" when they appear, as I say, to the layman, to be chemically completely different. I think a note in the caption to explain this would be very helpful. Thanks. 2A00:23C8:7B0C:9A01:EC5C:91AF:2F47:4551 (talk) 21:34, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]