How does cocaine effect the body? Cocaine is a powerful and highly addictive substance. Cocaine hydrochloride remains a Schedule II controlled substance as it has some legal therapeutic applications as a pain reliever and vasoconstrictor‚ useful in association with some medical procedures. In most other cases cocaine is an illegal substance. It can be found in a number of forms such as‚ white powder‚ paste‚ or solidified and rock like‚ referred to as crack cocaine. It can provide a rapid- onset‚
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Derek Hardin Professor George Solomon AEMT 16 Week 27 June 2017 Generic Name (Trade Name): Acetaminophen (Tylenol) Classification: antipyretic‚ analgesic Indications: Fever‚ pain control Contraindications: severe liver disease‚ AMS (given PO) Side Effects: n/v‚ abd pain Dosage: 1000 mg PO‚ peds 10 mg/kg PO Route of Admin: PO Onset/Duration: onset 15-20 mins; peak 60-90 mins; duration 4-6 hrs Generic Name (Trade Name): Aspirin Classification: Platelet inhibitor‚ anti-inflammatory agent Indications:
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During the 20th century‚ the element radium was used for commercial purposes and medicinal. While radium had some positive effects in both these areas‚ many people failed to see that radium actually had deadly capabilities. One example of the deadliness? Of radium in human life was with an energy drink called Radithor. The drink had radium dissolved in the solution. The owners of the company preached the benefits of the drink and that it could possibly increase sexual desire. In this way‚ many people
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The milestone drug legislation I have chosen is the “Pure Food and Drug Act” of 1906 which was the first of a series of significant consumer protection laws enacted by Congress in the 20th century and led to the creation of the Food and Drug Administration. Its fundamental design was to boycott remote and interstate movement in contaminated or mislabeled sustenance and medication items‚ and it coordinated the U.S. Department of Chemistry to review items and elude wrongdoers to prosecutors. It required
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Acupuncture helps migraine headaches with long-term relieve. Have you ever felt your head pounding so hard that you could not even open your eyes? Or having an excruciating pain that would not allow you to think? Or even not being able to stand direct light? Yes‚ we call it a migraine. Migraines have been disrupting the way humans function since ancient times. Traditional medicine shows us there are two types of migraines. The first one is a clinical condition we call a primary headache. Primary
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Patient Desire Desires 0 pain‚ will accept 1-2 on 0-10 pain scale. Has incision pain of 2-3 between drsg changes‚ which is controlled by two Percocet‚ has a 6 during changes. Scenario K.C. 43 y.o. female 280 lb‚ I&D of renal abscess 2nd post op day. Being d/c’d home where daughter will do drsg changes. What is Pain? According to (Lewis‚ 2011) The International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) defines pain as “an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or
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least 90 days. As a person continues to abuse drugs‚ the brain starts needing more and more of that substance to reach that peak. The tolerance to the drug and subsequent increasing of the “dose”‚ puts a drug user at an increased chance of overdosing. An overdose occurs when too much of a substance is put into the body. The body struggles against the attack‚ but can’t always compensate as the organs are affected. During a depressant overdose(morphine‚ fentanyl‚ oxycodone‚ heroin‚ etc.) some of the
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DOI: 3/1/2016. Patient is a 49-year-old male electrician who sustained a work-related injury to his back while he was bending over to pick an item up in the gang box. As per OMNI entry‚ he was initially diagnosed with left-sided low back pain with sciatica and constipation. MRI of the lumbar spine without contrast dated 06/22/2016 showed disc protrusion with annular fissure at L5-S1‚ which can be a source of pain. Per physical therapy notes dated 06/30/2016‚ the patient has attended a total of
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Dobutamine‚ a synthetic catecholamine bearing chemical structural resemblance to dopamine‚ is a beta-adrenoceptor agonist. It has remained the drug of choice in management of acute heart failure patients with systolic dysfunction. Mechanism of action: Clinically available preparations of dobutamine are a racemic mixture of (+) and (–) isomers and have complex pharmacological effects. While both isomers are full agonists at β1 and β2 receptors their effects on alpha receptors are contrasting. The
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e live in very turbulent times. It seems we are a race that has a conflict addiction‚ we see it daily everywhere. From minor confrontations at work‚ to the massive amount of violence and aggression we see in movies and the media. It shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone that the number of triggers and the severity of the following reactions are increasing. Back in the Vietnam era the phrase PTSD was not developed and the condition was not fully understood‚ with the advent of the recent conflicts
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