F11: Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of opioids
F11.6: Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of opioids : amnesic syndrome
Opioids is a group of substances that can relieve pain and, in certain quantities, act as a stimulant. Examples of opioids are the painkillers morphine and tilidine. But the drug heroin is also an opioid.
Your memory has got worse because of your opioid consumption. For example, you may no longer be able to remember things so easily. Sometimes you no longer know for sure when certain things have happened.
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