Because of some of the patients being linked to one another through the same doctor, the question has arisen; who is responsible for these deaths? Even in our own state, the deaths are at an all-time high. According to Jens Manuel Krogstad, sixty-two Iowans died last year from overdoses of prescription pain relievers like oxycodone, hydrocodone and methadone, the report said. That’s an increase
The author, Angela Garcia, covers the issue of heroin addiction in New Mexico. Heroin addiction kills many people a year. It has been around for years and is still thriving. People with heroin addiction usually are introduced to the drug at a young age. There are different means of introduction as well from relative use to experimenting.
Users tend to suffer from severe anxiety, paranoia, psychosis, hallucinations, agitation and delusions. Those are the symptoms that cause users to act out violently as we’ve seen in the news. The user appetite has decreased and they’ve lost a lot of weight in a short period of time. Since bath salts are a stimulant you’ll notice involuntary muscle movements, grinding of the teeth and rolling of the tongue. Drastic changes in sleep patterns and dilated pupils are also signs that a person is abusing bath salts.
LSD does not store in the spine as some may have you believe. It metabolizes within twenty-four hours after ingestion and leaves the body (Last). All of the minor physical effects last merely a little longer than the duration of the experience. Users may experience jaw tension along with other bodily tension accompanying the physical anxiety the chemical causes. Some of this tension can be accompanied in the stomach area by mild nausea.
How would you feel being the mother of a child who was told that they only have mere months to live? This was the case for the mother of 2, Cheri O'Connell. Her younger daughter was suffering from over 20,000 seizers a year, this equated to roughly 60 per day. The debilitating effects of epilepsy had reached a bitter end on young Tara and her body couldn’t take much more. After hundreds of trailed and failed pharmaceutical drugs they resulted to using a controversial medication – Cannabis Oil.
“From then on it was like a twenty here, a forty there. After a couple months I moved up to twenties and forties every day.” The twenties and forties that Woody refers to are the milligrams of oxycodone contained within the prescription pills she would buy. Many heroin addicts start their road to addiction with pills. “When I was a year deep, trying to sustain an OxyContin addiction was not feasible, that’s how I started on ‘H’,” says Woody. The deaths from overdose in New Mexico hit close to home for Woody.
The only way Jerry would be authorized to call in a prescription for the patient is if Dr. Williams has left a prescription for refill for the patient. Valium is a very addictive drug and if the patient was to have a reaction to this medication and lived the doctor and Jerry would be in danger of a malpractice lawsuit and losing their licenses. If the patient didn’t make it
This is the state in which they can be a threat to themselves or others. The next stage is the crash in which the user’s body cannot handle the drug anymore and will shut down into a sleep for 3 to 5 days. After the crash, a hangover of hydration and exhaustion starts, lasting for weeks. The user will feel weak, falsely leading the user to turn back
A clinical instructor in psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and author of Prozac Backlash, Dr. Joseph Glenmullen says, “We see withdrawal symptoms that can be so severe that patients feel held hostage to the antidepressant." (qtd. in Healthy Place) Drug companies have named this phenomenon of withdrawal symptoms "Antidepressant Discontinuation Syndrome.” Patients coming off the antidepressants may experience symptoms such as, balance problems, flu-like symptoms, hallucinations, blurred vision, irritability, tingling sensations, vivid dreams, nervousness and melancholy. Compounding the problem is patients who go off the drug mistake these withdrawal symptoms for a return of the original symptoms. It is then very common for patients to restart the medication.
with high dosages, meaning users are more at risk (but not guaranteed) to experience side effects such as but not limited to: development of horrific acne and scarring, male breast tissue, baldness, testicular atrophy, high blood pressure, liver tumors, and jaundice. The reason they are illegal is because the amount of steroids required to reach one’s maximum potential is considered abuse. “Withdrawal symptoms such as mood swings, fatigue, restlessness, and depression…have been known to persist for a year or more after the abuser stops taking the drugs.” (Tolliver) Also at that high of dosage users are subject to become addicted to the drug based on the quick and positive results they