Military Veterans face many life changing stressors while away on active duty as well as when they return home. To cope with the stress‚ drugs and alcohol become a way to self-medicate and cover the unseen pain. Substance abuse‚ because of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)‚ is a coping mechanism for some of the nation’s Veterans‚ but with proper medical attention‚ treatment is possible. PTSD can occur after a traumatic event‚ in which there are four types of symptoms: reliving the event or
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Epidural anesthesia is preferred by some clinicians. Epidural anesthesia and analgesia requires placing a specially designed needle (Hustead‚ Tuohy‚ or Crawford) into the epidural space. Drugs may be injected directly through the needle or an epidural catheter may be inserted. Subsequent postoperative analgesia may utilize continuous drug infusion or injection of a single drug. A variety of other agents have been added to epidural infusions Epinephrine can induce a synergistic analgesic on the spinal
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(objective/subjective) would you expect to find? What test(s) are done to help provide a definitive diagnosis? o Well to begin with‚ I would want to ask the patient to rate his/her pain. For an acute episode‚ the best medication to treat with is analgesia. Morphine sulfate is given to relieve pain and reduce ureteral spasm (LeMone‚ 2015‚ P.758). o Other assessment data I would expect to find is complaints of flank‚ back‚ or abdominal pain. Radiation‚ characteristics and timing‚ aggravating or relieving factors
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Depressants and Their Effects In today’s world people are becoming more and more dependant on drugs‚ in particular‚ depressants. By definition‚ a depressant is a chemical agent that diminishes the function or activity of a specific part of the body. There are many different types of depressants ranging from sleeping medications to laughing gas‚ and of course the most common‚ alcohol. Like all medications‚ there are the legal and illegal types. Heroin‚ marijuana‚ and GHB which is commonly used
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A Presentation on Drug Abuse in Bangladesh Course Name : Composition & Communication Skills Course No : ENG 102 Section : 17 Prepared for : Shakil Sarforaz Rabbi Lecturer East West University Prepared by : 1. Segupta Kabir Nodi ID No : 2010-3-10-216 2. Sharmin Khanam ID No : 2010-3-10-224 3. Rehnuma Rahman Anchol ID No : 2010-3-10-108
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can be injected‚ snorted‚ and smoked. Some people mix cocaine with heroin and call it a speed ball. Heroin is an opioid drug made from morphine‚ a natural substance taken from the seed pod of the Asian opium poppy plant. Heroin was first made in 1898 by the bayer pharmaceutical company of Germany first used as a treatment for tuberculosis and a remedy for morphine addiction. Heroin can be a white or brown powder‚ or a black sticky substance known as black tar heroin. Other names for heroin are dope
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physical detoxification and a program that addresses the mental‚ emotional‚ social‚ and spiritual ‚ H7YN6aspects of drug addiction” (Methadoneaddiction)‚ not a life of dependency. Methadone was first created by German scientist during WWII‚ to act as morphine after their supply lines were cut. It was later introduced as an analgesic or pain reliever in the United States‚ and it has been used to treat heroin addicts since the 1960’s. Methadone was so popular as a synthetic opiate because of its slow metabolic
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major public health concern and is often referred to as the opioid crisis. The National Institute of Health (NIH) reports there are approximately 2.1 million people in the United States suffering with the abuse and addiction to drugs such as heroin‚ morphine‚ and other prescribed opioids‚ and that number is increasing (NIH). While heroin addiction has been at the forefront of this problem‚ prescription opioid abuse is on the rise. Overdoses are also increasing‚ according to the NIH in 2012 the number
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Phencyclidine (PCP)‚ also referred to as angel dust‚ is a hallucinogen that produces feelings of euphoria‚ superhuman strength‚ and social/sexual prowess.1 All but one of PCP derivatives‚ ketamine‚ became illegal in 1978.1 Ketamine is a synthetic compound used as a surgical anesthetic today. PCP‚ before 1978‚ was indicated for anesthesia and for animal tranquilization‚ but it was removed from the market due to its many side effects‚ the most common being psychosis‚ dysphoria‚ and agitation.1 Today
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PRESCRIPTION MEDECINS USE AND ABUSE Krasimir Atanasov English 5 Teacher: June‚2014 END NOTES 1. Waters Jo‚ “Taking antiobiotics ruptures my tendom: The hidden dangers of everyday drugs are assume are harmless”‚ 7 February 2012. 2. National Drug Intelligence Center (2010). National Threat Assessment: The Economic Impact of Illicit Drug Use on American Society. Washington‚ DC: United States Department of Justice. 3. Bellenir K‚” Alcoholism Source book 2000”‚ p.19‚20‚21. 4. Gordon
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