drug abuse and overdose deaths. Pharmaceutical reps receive big bonuses for pushing their products on doctors‚ which resulted in they get the large profit and thus forgot for a certain responsibility to their patients. How many lives have been limited by the use of painkillers? Who is responsible for the pain-pill epidemic? How many dreams are not fulfilled? What are the true reasons behind it? Those are questions that befuddle many individuals and experts. Sadly‚ drug overdoses now kill more
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of the compound in solution‚ expressed in mol L-1 INTRODUCTION OF PARACETAMOL : Paracetamol (325mg)‚ a non-opioid and non-salicylate analgesic. It is indicated for the treatment of moderate to severe pain. Name Acetaminophen Drug Type Small Molecule Approved Description Analgesic antipyretic derivative of acetanilide. It has weak anti-inflammatory properties and is used as a common analgesic‚ but may cause liver‚ blood cell‚ and kidney damage. Synonyms Acetaminofen
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Prescription drug overdose is an increasingly widespread public health issue. This is a public health issue because it is claiming lives at a faster rate than ever‚ with 29 states having doubled the death rate from prescription drug overdose since 1999 (APHA). Not only is it claiming lives at a faster rate‚ but research has shown repeatedly that prescription drug abuse is a chronic brain disease and should be treated as such‚ but in our society‚ we tend to view it as a choice and judge them instead
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It is clearly shown by the evidence in the article‚ that this issue has been recognized by the medical field. This leaves hospital employees helpless to the major issue‚ and only limited to treating the effects after they have occured. Opioid overdoses are rising each year‚ sending the statistics through the roof and families down the
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Abdominal Infection Case Study This case relates to an abdominal infection; therefore‚ purposefully look into the medication use and vocabulary as they relate to abdominal infections. Vocabulary: Before attempting to work the case study‚ define each of the vocabulary words. Although the words may have several subheadings‚ it will give you a place to begin your inquiry. When reviewing the vocabulary words‚ you might want to ask several questions: who‚ what‚ where‚ when‚ why and how. This should
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suboxone and the combination of two drugs. Unfortunately‚ the rise of drugs use and abuse has many consequences in our community. For instance‚ these consequences are: High crimes‚ health problems‚ social consequences of drugs‚ death due to drug overdose‚ crime over drug sell to the kids. The first consequence of the highest use of drugs in baltimore is the increase of crime rates which involves gang violence and gun violence. For instance‚ Gangs violence in Baltimore is the killing between
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INTRODUCTION Dengue Fever is caused by one of the four closely related‚ but antigenically distinct‚ virus serotypes Dengue type 1‚ Dengue type 2‚ Dengue type 3‚ and Dengue type 4 of the genus Flavivirus and Chikungunya virus. Infection with one of these serotype provides immunity to only that serotype of life‚ to a person living in a Dengue-endemic area can have more than one Dengue infection during their lifetime. Dengue fever through the four different Dengue serotypes are maintained in the
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Chemicals in medicines Rakesh Mohan Hallen The words medicine’ and ’drug’ are often used in our country to mean the same substances: any substance‚ manufactured artificially‚ which can help recovery from sickness‚ relieve symptoms or modify a natural process in the body. A medicine is often a mixture of several chemical compounds. Even if it has only one active component compound often other substances are used as fillers or binders to give it bulk. Chemistry‚ the science related to chemical substances
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My recommendation to Marvin Koslow is to follow the first approach of pricing Datril at par with Tylenol ($2.85 retail price‚ $1.69 trade cost)‚ leveraging Bristol-Myers’ brand name‚ and positioning Datril as an analgesic with similar relief effects to the those of the already successful‚ aspirin-based Bufferin and Excedin‚ but more gentle on the stomach‚ and without the side effects of aspirin. By doing so‚ Datril will primarily target aspirin users‚ specifically those from Bufferin’s and Excedin’s
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Chapter 42 Care of Patients with Hematologic Problems Copyright © 2013‚ 2010‚ 2006‚ 2002 by Saunders‚ an imprint of Elsevier Inc. Anemia Reduction in either the number of RBCs‚ amount of hemoglobin‚ or hematocrit Clinical sign (not specific disease); manifestation of several abnormal conditions Copyright © 2013‚ 2010‚ 2006‚ 2002 by Saunders‚ an imprint of Elsevier Inc. 2 Cardiovascular Effects of Anemia Orthostatic hypotension Tachycardia (increasing with activity‚ after meals)
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