The Wayne Focus

Responses The following are my remarks and comments for the meeting.  1.    a)     As a family member and an individual who works with people that have had or have an active opioid substance use disorder I have been informed of the impact of opioid withdrawal as well as use and how it causes nausea, diarrhea, cramping and other symptoms.  An anecdote I have is from an person who told me that constipation had set in.  In an attempt to hide their addiction they kept up appearances by going to family events where there was a lot of eating and drinking.  This led to unpleasant circumstances.  Apparently the individual also began to lose weight because they were still hungry but their body was not evacuating normally which led them to expel food through vomiting much as if they were suffering from bulimia.     b)     The effects of opioid withdrawal I have become familiar with include c...

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