EMBEDA exposes patients and other users to the risks of opioid addiction, abuse, and misuse, which can lead to overdose and death. Assess each patientâs risk prior to prescribing EMBEDA, and monitor all patients regularly for the development of these behaviors and conditions. Life-threatening Respiratory Depression
Definition of Mental retardation. Mental retardation: The condition of having an IQ measured as below 70 to 75 and significant delays or lacks in at least two areas of adaptive skills. Mental retardation is present from childhood. Between 2 and 3 percent of the general population meet the criteria for mental retardation.
Intellectual disability. Intellectual disability (ID) is the current term used to describe what in the United Kingdom has been known as learning disability and in the United States as mental retardation. From: Brocklehurst's Textbook of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology (Seventh Edition), 2010. Related terms: Down syndrome; Epilepsy; Epileptic seizure