Drug Overdose Ketline Abel January 13‚ 2011 A drug is any substance that when absorbed in the body alters the normally body function. In pharmacies drugs are a chemical substance in the treatment‚ cure‚ prevention or diagnosis of disease or otherwise physical or mental well being. All drugs have the potential to be misused whether prescribed by a doctor‚ bought over the counter or bought illegally off the streets.
Premium
issue Drug abuse carries many risk of serious side effects‚ including overdose. Drug overdose is caused when a person takes more than what is medically recommended. Any type of drug overdose can either be accidental or intentional. Whether it is accidental or intentional‚ drug abuse is dangerously harmful to one’s life. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse‚ the number of deaths due to drug overdose have increased more than double from 2002 to 2015 (2017). A person can overdose on drugs
Premium Drug addiction Drug Pharmacology
Research critique on Pre-hospital treatment of Opioid overdose in Copenhagen [Author] [Institution] Research critique on Pre-hospital treatment of Opioid overdose in Copenhagen The obsession of opioid overdose has become extensive these days throughout the world (Clarke et al‚ 2005‚ p. 616) . The use of narcotics has led human lives towards dreadful circumstances and it has been unveiled that the increase in death rates of opioid users is due to the immense ingestion of narcotics
Premium Heroin Morphine Patient
Narcotic Overdose Narcotic overdoses have become an ever-increasing public health emergency in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. Narcotics‚ defined by the Miriam-Webster Dictionary as “a drug that in moderate doses dulls the senses‚ relieves pain‚ and induces profound sleep but in excessive doses causes stupor‚ coma‚ or convulsions‚” has long been part of medical treatment and illegal usage. Overdose‚ was also defined by Miriam-Webster Dictionary as “a lethal or toxic amount of a drug” (Miriam-Webster
Premium Heroin Morphine Respiratory system
Drug trafficking in the United States The topic that was selected was Drug Trafficking in the United States. The reason this was chosen was because there are so many issues that surround this topic. These issues are growing more and more each year. Some of these issues are not enough border patrol to stop drugs from entering the U.S.‚ more drugs each year are entering the U.S‚ drug related deaths are on the rise‚ and the funding to increase border patrol. There is a lot of information to
Premium Drug addiction Heroin United States
Drug Overdose What is a drug overdose? A drug overdose (OD) is where a person consumes an excessive amount of a drug and the body is unable to cope with it leading to certain overdose signs‚ symptoms and complications (acute toxicity/poisoning). The drug or its byproducts (as a result of drug metabolism) is toxic to the body‚ especially in large quantities associated with overdose‚ and may lead to death. An overdose may be accidental and this is frequently seen in addicts who require higher doses
Premium Opioid Morphine Methamphetamine
A big problem some people face each day is drug overdose. Many people have been addicted to drugs and in some cases it has lead to death. Drug overdose can cause a lot of effects of someone’s mind and body. Many lives are lost because of overdosing on drugs such as smoking‚ painkillers‚ and even alcohol. Overdosing has become more and more of a big problem over the years and could be very dangerous. Many people have been suffering with overdosing for many years. People in United States have died
Premium Drug addiction Addiction Nicotine
Teaching Skills That Save Lives The United States‚ unfortunately‚ losses over 33‚000 people annually due to opioid narcotic overdoses. Of those 33‚000 people lost‚ one of the victims was a kid named Kent. “He was a sweet‚ gentle‚ very normal child. (Mom 2003)” Kent accidentally overdosed on the painkiller‚ Oxycodone. Oxycodone is an opioid narcotic prescription medication used to treat acute and chronic pain. Unfortunately‚ Kent had ingested a plethora of this powerful medication resulting in
Premium Drug addiction Morphine
Drug overdoses are associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Cardiovascular-active medications are very challenging to treat in overdose situations. Intravenous lipid emulsion therapy (ILE) was first successfully used in local anesthetic systemic toxicity (LAST) in 2006. Since then there have been numerous case reports of ILE being used in other lipid soluble medication overdoses. We describe a case of a combined beta-blocker and calcium channel blocker overdose treated successfully with
Premium Patient Blood Nursing
Health of Adults NURS 2023 Assignment 2 Introduction This assignment is a case scenario based on a 22 year old Vietnamese female and her health status. This assignment will describe an overview of the theorist Erickson and how his life span and development theory is applicable to the case study of Phuong Thi. It will discuss the cultural perspective of the Vietnamese and how this impacts on the health behaviours that need to be considered for this patient. It will describe the effects of
Premium Paracetamol Nursing