Violent Crime Rate per 100K in PA cities (74 replies) Latest news from Waynesboro, PA collected exclusively by city-data.com from local newspapers, TV, and radio stations. Ancestries: German (33.7%), Irish (15.1%), United States (8.9%), English (7.0%), French (2.4%), Italian (2.2%). Current Local Time: EST time zone. Incorporated on 12/21/1818.
Opioids Used to Treat Chronic Pain. 1  Codeine -- Codeine is a pain medication that is taken by mouth. It is short-acting, meaning it lasts only for a few hours per dose. 2  Oxycodone -- Oxycodone is available in both a short-acting and long-acting pain medication form.
Opioids are substances that act on opioid receptors to produce morphine-like effects. Medically they are primarily used for pain relief, including anesthesia. Other medical uses include suppression of diarrhea, treating opioid use disorder, reversing opioid overdose, suppressing cough, and suppressing opioid induced constipation. Extremely potent opioids such as carfentanil are only approved for veterinary use. Opioids are also frequently used non-medically for their euphoric effects or to preve