is necessary. Addiction is an illness‚ and there are many substances that enable addiction. People who are addicted to opioids are just like anyone else who has an illness‚ they are sick. People who are ill need medicine‚ and methadone is a medicine that is used to treat people who are sick with opioid addiction. Methadone has been used for 35 years in the treatment of opioid addiction and has helped millions of recovering addicts (Methadone and You 4:1) Methadone is a effective way to help opiate
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with depression‚ or to simply elevate boredom. According to Volkow (2010)‚ “The three broad categories of psychotropic prescription drugs with liability include opioid analgesics‚ stimulants‚ and central nervous system (CNS) depressants”. The most addictive of these medications are opioid analgesics‚ which would be OxyContin and Morphine. Opioid analgesics are prescription medications used to treat individuals with moderate to severe pain. The second most abused prescription medication would be stimulants
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1. Adjuvants are recommended with patient required opioid dosing. The rationale is to reduce side effects associated with opioid use (White‚ 2005). Some of the most common side effects associated with opioid dosing are 2) inability to carry normal daily activity 2) risk of respiratory depression 3) post operative nausea and vomiting 4) opioid induce hyperalgesia (Mercadante‚ 2003). The studies have shown that opoid causes hyperalgesia by activating
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in Opioid use C. 10% of high school seniors report recreational use of hydrocodone 4. Definition of Terms A. prescription drugs are ones prescribed by a doctor B. drug abuse is when drugs are not used for their intended purpose‚ in their intended dose by the intended people. B. Analysis of Problem 1. Why is there a problem? A. Many people are being prescribed opioids for chronic pain treatment B. Opioids are very addictive C. by over prescribing opioids‚ they
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an ethical dilemma. Does she give the dose further compromising the patient’s status‚ possibly acting in a way that will result in the patient’s death? To Dose: Pain control is one of the most important goals of end-of-life care and the use of opioids for this purpose is extremely common. It is the nurse’s duty to alleviate pain‚ and according to Brennan et al. (2007)‚ “The American Medical Association states that physicians have an obligation to relieve pain and suffering‚ and the American Nurses
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* . * Preview: * Types of prescription drugs * The harms they cause * Ways to overcome the spread of addiction Body: A. . 1 .. The three different classes of prescription drugs a. . opioids- used to treat pain-oxycodone‚ vicodin‚ roxicet b. . depressants-used to treat anxiety and sleep disorders- Xanax‚ Valium‚ Klonopin c. . stimulants- used to treat attention deficit disorders- Adderrall‚ ritalin 2. .. The harms
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Approved in 1995 by the FDA‚ OxyContin is “One of the fastest growing concerns for public health and non-medicinal use of prescription opioids.” (Roget 662) During the late 1990s and early 2000s‚ doctors could prescribe OxyContin to pretty much anyone with even mild pain. The pharmaceutical industry touted the infamous drug as a safer alternative to other common painkillers of the time.
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According to the “Chasing Herion” video medical staff believe that the use of opioids can be in a positive way. Dr.Russel states “The likelihood that the treatment of pain using an opioid drug which is prescribed by a doctor will lead to addiction is extremely low.” Thus supporting this claim. Opioids will be used to treat AIDS and other pain causing diseases. Heroin is considered one of the most addictive drugs. Up to 60% of addicts relapse in the first year after treatment. In other words treatment
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Due to substance abuse these prescription and illicit drugs combined‚ kill tens of thousands of people each year. The three mainly abused types of prescription drugs are opioids‚ depressants‚ and stimulants. These 3 types all have something in common and that is‚ that they are all widely used and incredibly addictive. Opioids are usually given after surgery is performed due to serious pain. Stimulants are meant to speed up the activities in the body by enhancing alertness‚ concentration‚ and energy
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management‚ this means that controlling the pain must be worth the inevitable myriad of effects that come with medication use. The more commonly used pain medications‚ belong in the opioid family. These medications also have a long list of side effects. According to (Benyamin‚ 2008) common side effects of opioid administration include sedation‚ dizziness‚ nausea‚ vomiting‚ constipation‚ physical dependence‚ tolerance‚ and respiratory depression. Physical dependence and addiction are clinical concerns
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