Prescription painkillers called opioids are made with opium like compounds. These painkillers are manufactured to react on the nervous system in the same way, as drugs resulting from the opium, like heroin. Opium is a brownish, gummy extract from the opium poppy and narcotic is a drug affecting the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord), which can cause dizziness, lack of coordination and unconsciousness. The most common type of abused opioid painkillers include oxycodone, hydrocodone, meperidine, hydromorphone and propoxyphene.
Narcotics (also called opioid pain relievers) are used only for pain that is severe and is not helped by other types of painkillers. These drugs are used to reduces pain under the doctor’s direct care carefully..