In medicine, the term opiate describes The narcotic opioid alkaloids usually found as natural products in the opium poppy plant, as well as many semi-synthetic chemical derivatives of such alkaloids. These Chemicals Stimulate the pain relieving receptors in the brain and body, these are commonly known as analgestics or Painkillers. The three basic natural occurring opiates are Morphine, Codeine, and thebaine. These three chemicals are what most opiate/narcotic painkillers are synthesized from today in the Pharmaceutical industry and even sometimes found in Black Market labs.

When a natural opiate is changed in a lab the opiate that gets to the brain is the same but the chemical marker in front of the natural opiate acts as a delivery system

Example codeine is the opiate, and when you oxygenate codeine it becomes Oxycodone which is a prescription painkiller. Oxycodone is significantly more potent than codeine because the oxygenation of the codeine allows the codeine to cross the Blood Brain Barrier a lot more rapidly and more readily. That means that its a lot stronger when its oxygenated.





Ps if you have any questions about Opiates and the deffinition please post it here, if you have a question about Oxycodone or codeine than start a new topic in the Opiate Subforum.