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Opioids are the class of drug that include strong pain relievers and illegal drugs such as heroin and illicit pain relievers for example hydrocodone, oxycodone, morphine and fentanyl. Also they are available legally on prescription. These drugs interact with opioid receptors on nerve cells in body and are well known for the management of acute pain and cancer related pain among patients of all age group. As per stats published by National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) on February 2017, despite decreased use of cocaine after 2010, deaths related to cocaine overdose increased, this increase was associated with opioids, primarily with synthetic opioids. Furthermore, according to NIDA, in 2013, the number of prescriptions for opioids was 207 million around the globe with major share accounted by North America and in 2012, around 2.1 million people in the U.S. suffering from disorders related to prescription opioid pain relievers and out of that, around 467,000 people get addicted ...