What is opioid withdrawal? Opioid withdrawal is a group of symptoms that occur when you suddenly decrease or stop taking opioids. Opioids include medicines to control pain, such as morphine and codeine, and illegal drugs, such as heroin. Withdrawal symptoms occur if you are physically dependent on opioids.
incident noun [ C/U ] (EVENT) âº an event, esp. one that is either unpleasant or unusual: [ C ] Many shipping companies do not report incidents of piracy, for fear of raising their insurance rates. [ U ] The demonstration took place without incident.
(Ä­nâ²sÄ­-dÄnâ²tl) adj. 1. Occurring or likely to occur as an unpredictable or minor consequence: the principle that even annoying, intrusive, and offensive speech is to be protected by the courts and tolerated by the public as incidental to an open society (Frederick Schauer). See Synonyms at accidental.