Hazardous use of opioids

Definition

A pattern of opioid use that appreciably increases the risk of harmful physical or mental health consequences to the user or to others to an extent that warrants attention and advice from health professionals. The increased risk may be from the frequency of opioid use, from the amount used on a given occasion, from risky behaviours associated with opioid use or the context of use, from a harmful route of administration, or from a combination of these. The risk may be related to short-term effects of opioids or to longer-term cumulative effects on physical or mental health or functioning. Hazardous use of opioids has not yet reached the level of having caused harm to physical or mental health of the user or others around the user. The pattern of opioid use often persists in spite of awareness of increased risk of harm to the user or to others.

Exclusions

• Disorders due to use of opioids (6C43)

Also indexed as

Nearby in Hazardous drug use

• QE11.1Hazardous use of cannabis
• QE11.2Hazardous use of sedatives, hypnotics or anxiolytics
• QE11.3Hazardous use of cocaine
• QE11.4Hazardous use of stimulants including amphetamines or methamphetamine
• QE11.5Hazardous use of caffeine
• QE11.6Hazardous use of MDMA or related drugs
• QE11.7Hazardous use of dissociative drugs including ketamine or PCP
• QE11.8Hazardous use of other specified psychoactive substances