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Can excessive opiate cause brain damage?
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Yes: It is possible to damage the brain from excessive opiate use, perhaps not directly, but by various other mechanisms depending on how you take the opiate.
Answered 7/15/2017
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Chronic chaneges: Long term use causes changes in the circuits but not damage. These changes have been described in the pleasure circuits and in the endocrine systems.
Answered 9/13/2013
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