to moderate pain such as headache, myalgia and postpartum pain. It is a very good alternative for mild to…
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.…
Relieve symptoms and improve quality of life, Slow disease progression, Reduce the need for emergency room visits and hospitalization, help people live longer…
It is important for the nurse to assess respirations of the client when administering opioids because of the possibility of respiratory depression. The other interventions may or may not be necessary in the care of the client and do not focus on safety.…
A new wonder drug was developed in 1810, this new wonder drug, morphine, (also an opium derivative), was eliminating severe pain associated with medical operations or traumatic injuries. It left the user in a completely numb euphoric dream state, and was named after the Greek god of dreams, Morpheus, by F.W.A. Serturner, a German pharmacist. By the mid 1850’s morphine was available in the U.S., and was pretty popular with the medical profession. The benefits of using the drug to treat severe pain were considered almost miraculous by the doctors of the time.…
As one of the strongest opiate drugs available, fentanyl used to help patients manage pain after a surgery, injury, or cancer diagnosis. At 50 to 100 times stronger than morphine, fentanyl excels at mitigating breakthrough pain, which occurs when someone who is already taking an opiate experiences temporary bouts of pain. However, since the drug is so strong, medical professionals need to administer it carefully to avoid undesired side effects and accidental overdoses.…
People have argued that methadone treatment does not help the drug problem. It only switches their addiction from one drug to another. Morphine does the exact same thing methadone does, but without the addicting properties. However, methadone only…
Dehghan, R., Ramakrishnan, J., Ahmed, N., & Harding, R. (2010). The use of morphine to control pain in advanced cancer: an investigation of clinical usage in Bangladesh. Palliative Medecine.…
It helps to slow down the disease, it can also help prevent it, helps with appetite and sleep. Although marijuana is looked down upon we should take in consideration the benefits it has. We can make a difference with cannabis oil and make it easier for people who actually need it to be able to get it for themselves or their loved…
It helps with pain management, but when one is diagnosed with terminal cancer, the quality of life is gone. That is no way to live, laying in bed in pain, or having visitors come and mourn you before you're even gone. Speaking from personal experience, I have seen patients suffer tremendously on pallative care. Yes, the nurses and doctors try their best to keep a patient comfortable. But being kept comfortable can only do so much. I have seen first hand patients begging to die, struggling to take their last breath. If they were given the option of physician-assisted suicide, most would probably jump at the…
Morphine is a potent drug deriving from opiates that is used to relieve severe pain. It is used as an analgesic. In clinical medicine, morphine is called the gold…
Medical marijuana reduces pain and has helped people on overdose. Medical marijuana is a way of not using a pill that could go over 1,000mg an overdose, medical marijuana is a vapor that is inhaled and is able to work through people's system in order to help them cure their illnesses in not a dangerous way. As in the article “Medical Marijuana reduces pain killer overdose” Medical marijuana have reduced the numbers of people that have overdosed. This shows that if the use of medical marijuana has reduced more deaths than taking pills doctors or physicians will soon be prescribing more medical marijuana to their patients because now that it has been proven that people on medical marijuana happen to heal faster and cause less deaths than pills or other prescriptions.…
While some people choose to think marijuana is a recreational drug, medicinal marijuana helps a vast amount of individuals around the universe that deals with their everyday life crisis from high risk diseases to emotional stability. Through years of studying patients along with the evolution of scientific research; marijuana has been proven to have an enormous positive influence on the patients that have chosen to indulge in the drug. The most important reason people depend on medicinal marijuana is it relieves the patient of the side effects of diseases because it helps take the chronic pain away. Marijuana can be very effective in treating a number of illnesses and diseases.…
prescribe the marijuana in order for a patient to take it. It would be almost…
Doctors of our generation are not newcomer to this question. Going back to my internship days, I can remember many patients in pain, sometimes in coma or delirious, with late, hopeless cancer. For many of them, we wrote an order for heavy medication – morphine by the clock. This was not talked about openly and little was written about it. It was essential, not controversial…