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Opiate drugs occupy the same receptor sites as dopamine?
Dopamine is incorrect. Opiate drugs occupy the same receptor sites as endorphins.
Opiate drugs occupy the same receptor sites as?
endorphine
Is suboxone on opiate?
Suboxoneâ„¢ is the brand name for a prescription medication containing two drugs, one of which is an opiate and the other an opiate antagonist (a compound that occupies the same receptor sites as an opiate without causing any of the effects of an opiate).The opiate in Suboxone is buprenorphine hydrochloride, and the anti-opiate, technically called an opiate antagonist or an opioid antagonist, is naloxone hydrochloride dihydrate. Don't worry about the "hydrochloride" or the "dihydrate" names. They are only artifacts of how the drugs are chemically separated from impurities when the drugs are manufactured. Regardless of the strength of the medication prescribed, the amount of buprenorphine relative to the amount of naloxone is 4:1.You may know that Suboxone is not used to treat pain; it is used to treat opiate dependence, and that is part of the reason that it contains naloxone. Naloxone is the antidote for opiate overdose. It is given to an opiate overdose patient by injection only for two reasons: 1) An overdose patient needs the antidote in his system as soon as possible. 2) When it is taken orally, only about a measly 3% of the naloxone ends up in the patient's blood. The remaining 97% is destroyed by the liver.Suboxone is supposed to only be taken sublingually (placed under the tongue). When taken that way, almost all of the opiate and naloxone gets into the patient's bloodstream. In other words, the bioavailabilities of the drugs are nearly 100%. However, if the thin film were swallowed instead, most of the opiate would get to his bloodstream while only about 3% of the naloxone would be bioavailable.
How is a synthetic opiate different than a opiate analgesic?
a synthetic opiate is different from an actual opiate analgesic because it is created chemically in a lab and therefore is not a real opiate it just acts like one in your body targeting the same nerve receptors that perceive pain to alter your body's reaction to that pain synthetic opiates would be drugs such as Ultram or tramadol Darvocet or propoxyphene opiate analgesics are also labeled as controlled substances or narcotics where as synthetics are not because even though they are supposed to do the same thing you can never truly manipulate the effect of the real thing in my opinion the real drugs always work better but synthetics are less addictive and therefore usually prescribed more. Also a synthetic opiate or narcotic will not show up as a narcotic in a drug test.
I am on probation and I need to know if Valium would test positive for the same thing Vicodin does. Or would they they show as 2 different types of drugs?
it is not the same as a hydrocodone and it will not show up the same but it is an opiate and will show up like cocaine does
Do methadone drug tests show the same as any other drugs?
Methadone will only show up as methadone cause it is a synthetic opiate that requires its own specific test.
What is a channel linked receptor?
A channel linked receptor transduces functions of the same protein molecule. An example of a channel linked receptor are neurotransmitters in the brain.
Will hydrocodone and morphine show up the same on a urinalysis?
No, morphine is an opiate while hydrocodone is a synthetic opioid, although hydrocodone can occasionally show as a false positive for opiates.
If two predators only eat the same prey they both they both occupy the same?
they both occupy the same food chain
Will hydrocodone-apap 5-325 and hydrocodone ibuprof 7.5 come out the same in a random drug test?
Yes...it is the opiate that the drug test is looking for. The difference in those two drugs is one has acetaminophin and one has ibuprofin. They both have opiate. One has a tiny bit more, but both have it.
No two units of matter can occupy blank at the same blank.?
No two units of matter can occupy the same space at once. This is one of the primary properties of matter.
Does meth register the same as heroin on a drug screening?
No Meth is a type of amphetamine, a stimulant drug aka speed and heroin is an opiate drug. It requires separate drug screens to detect these drugs
