Because neonates in the first few hours of life usually don’t have adequate vitamin K in their blood stream, physician often prescribes Phytonadione to prevent hemorrhaging of the newborn. However, the patient in the case study was given too much vitamin K. This medication error puts the patient at risk of hemolytic anemia and
Amanda Barrier Mrs. Carson Junior English 5 March 2012 The Influence of Amphetamines in America “Since amphetamine-like stimulants have high abuse potential and other adverse toxic consequences, why do we continue to use them”(Ellinwood 4)? Large percentages of Americans use, or in other cases, abuse these amphetamine-like drugs on a daily basis. They have been used medically over time for a wide variety of conditions, including: obesity, narcolepsy, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and asthma. Unfortunately, Americans continue to abuse the substance, causing harmful effects on many aspects of the body, mind and soul. “Amphetamine abuse has been present at least at low endemic levels ever since the introduction of these drugs in the 1930s.
Much to contrary belief meth users do suffer from withdraws as well as any other addict would. The severity and length of the symptoms vary with the amount of damage done to the body through amphetamine use. The most common systems are irritability, loss of energy, depression, difficulty in sleeping and shaking of the hands or other body parts. These symptons can last for several days up to weeks after the user stops taking the drug. The more of the drug that comes into the body, the more the chemistry is suppressed.
“Two New York physicians, Vincent Dole, a metabolic specialist, and his colleague, Marie Nyswander, a psychiatrist, invented methadone maintenance.” (Velten, 1992) Methadone clinics are available in every state and the medication can be prescribed orally, as a tablet, or can be injected. Methadone’s effects last up to twenty four hours which allows the patient to take a once a day dose for opiate detoxification and maintenance. High dose methadone blocks the effects of heroin and opiate drugs such as pain pills. This discourages the continued use of drugs by addicts under treatment. Heroin and opiates release endorphins in the body, called dopamine, causing users to need an opiate continuously.
Gavin Freihofer Mod: 3 Methamphetamines Intervention: A meth intervention can be among one of the toughest meetings to conduct because of the meth addicts propensity towards unpredictable, and often times violent behavior. Individuals who become addicted to meth will often go on binges, where they will use huge amounts of the drug for several days in a row. After a meth binge is over, it is extremely common for a meth addict to begin to express deep remorse and for them to swear on everything that is sacred to them that they will never use the stimulant again; unfortunately, loved ones will often delay a scheduled meth intervention, and take the person with the meth addiction at their word. The fact of the matter is that every time the person binges on meth, it only strengthens their addiction to the toxic stimulant. Timing is everything, in relation to conducting an effective meth intervention process.
For this reason, Adipex-P (Phentermine) can only be prescribed and monitored by a physician. (1) Appetite Suppressant: Adipex-P (Phentermine) After discussing my Kinesiology class with my mother, I discovered that she has been taking an appetite suppressant to help jump start her weight loss. I knew that she had been losing weight; however, I thought it was only from diet and exercise and that she was clear from the steroids and chemo that she had been exposed to after being diagnosed with colon cancer. To my surprise she had told me that she had tried many diet supplements in the past 20 years and understood a lot of the articles I had showed her from my test reviews. I asked her how much money she thought she had spent on the variety of supplements that she had tried and she cringed when she thought of the amount of money wasted.
Billions of people deal with pain every day, and many of those are probably dealing with it right at this moment. It seems most people with frequent pain have gotten to the point in which they take something to ease their suffering without really thinking about it. One of the most popular pain killers is Acetaminophen, which also goes by the name of Tylenol. Acetaminophen belongs in two classes of drugs, analgesics which relieve pain and antipyretics which are used to reduce fever. The structure of Acetaminophen is found in Fig 1.1.
People who are clinically depressed cannot “will” themselves to feel better or just “snap out of it.” It takes a combination of prescribed medication, Natural remedies, and psychological help to fully treat Depression. One in every three people who are depressed actually seek treatment and 80-90 percent of those who seek treatment feel better within a few weeks. If you do not receive treatment, symptoms can continue for months or even years. I am going to inform you of the different types of Treatment for Depression. Many people choose Antidepressant medication as a treatment because that is the first thing their doctors suggest.
Naloxone was FDA approved in 1971 and has been used for decades by emergency medical services for reversing opioid overdose and reviving victims who otherwise would have died (Leavitt, 2010). I decided to do this paper for two reasons, one, this problem is not going away. The ‘war on drugs’ is not a war that we are going to win. But with the availability of Naloxone, it may save lives so that recovery is still an option in this fight. Background Approximately 15,000 people die each year by overdosing on opioids, a rate that has more than tripled since 1990 (Wermeling, 2012).
After a while, users need higher doses to get the same effect. This leads to dependence and addiction for those users of the drug. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, 43 percent of ecstasy users become dependent on the drug. Users are aware of the negative consequences of ecstasy, but their dependence on it prevents them from stopping to use the drug. However, Ecstasy is used medicinally to relieve victims of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).