if the patients use their prescribed medication‚ they can very easily overdose. Overdose becomes even more likely if the patient combines multiple opioids. By contrast‚ medical cannabis has an extremely low risk of overdose. An average-sized human adult would need to ingest nearly 1‚500 pounds of cannabis in a short period of time to overdose. Given most cannabis strains are effective in low doses‚ it’s very unlikely an overdose would occur. Medical cannabis in Canada is also made available by licensed
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treatment of pain due to statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revealing the rise of opioid overdose deaths since 1999. The author states that there are many other alternatives that can be given to treat pain and doctors should be considering them before writing out prescriptions for opioids. This article focuses mainly on the statistics of opioid use and overdose deaths‚ alternative treatments‚ and the different steps that health care providers can use to minimize the risk of
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1. It will be most important for the nurse to check pulse oximetry for which of these patients? a. A patient with emphysema and a respiratory rate of 16 b. A patient with massive obesity who is refusing to get out of bed c. A patient with pneumonia who has just been admitted to the unit d. A patient who has just received morphine sulfate for postoperative pain C Rationale: Hypoxemia and hypoxemic respiratory failure are caused by disorders that interfere with the transfer of oxygen into the
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Since the mid 1900’s‚ heroin has been an epidemic in the United States. Heroin overdoses are one of the leading causes of deaths among all narcotics‚ and in 2003‚ people in Vancouver‚ Canada decided to try and make a difference. A safe heroin injection site is “a legally sanctioned medically supervised facility designed to reduce nuisance from public drug use and provide a hygienic and stress free environment in which individuals are able to consume illicit drugs intravenously” (“Supervised Injection
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GENERIC NAME:LABETALOL - ORAL (luh-BET-uh-lol) BRAND NAMES: Normodyne‚ Trandate DRUG CLASS AND MECHANISM: Labetalol is a drug that is used for treating high blood pressure. Nerves from the adrenergic nervous system travel from the spinal cord to arteries where they release norepinephrine. Norepinephrine attaches to adrenergic receptors on arteries and causes the arteries to contract‚ narrowing the arteries‚ and increasing blood pressure. Labetalol blocks receptors of the adrenergic nervous system
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Toronto is talking drugs again‚ but this time it’s not about Rob Fords recreational habits. Injection sites in Toronto have been a hot topic of conversation lately. The city’s medical officer of health‚ Dr. David McKeown‚ is calling for the development of a safe injection site for illegal drug users. The Toronto Board of Health will discuss the recommendation on July 10 and if approved‚ the measure will move forward for consideration by city council. What is an injection site? You may ask… Supervised
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Marijuana: Why It Should Be Decriminalized Nearly twenty thousand people die from prescription medication overdose in the United States each year. By federally decriminalizing medical marijuana‚ these statistics can be changed. Prescription drugs‚ and over-the-counter medications are the leading causes of accidental overdose related death in the United States. Logistically speaking‚ it makes no sense for an ancient herb‚ with known medical and physiological benefits
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An overdose is when someone takes more of the prescription painkiller than the body can handle. If an athlete is taking the prescription drug oxycodone a slight overdose may include symptoms of being sleepy and your pupils will become smaller. If an athlete were to overdose a lot on oxycodone they may slip into unconsciousness. With a bad overdose the oxycodone may effect your breathing‚ causing it to slow down and even stop
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Care Plan Worksheet Student: Date of Care: Age/Gender: Rm Number: Code Status: full Allergy: NKA Admitting Diagnosis : embolic cerebral vascular accident (CVA)‚ right side Current Medical/Surgical Diagnosis: chronic left ventricle thrombus on anticoagulant‚ hypertension‚ chronic kidney disease stage 3 Past Medical/Surgical History: metastasis of prostate cancer‚ primary; bone cancer‚ secondary; cardiomyopathy‚ a central hypertension‚ left bundle branch lock‚ past substance abuse
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Substance Abuse In B.C The overdose problem in B.C has seen a recent spike in the last four years‚ this has been largely due to overdoses related to fentanyl use. There has been a steady increase in overdose fatalities since 2014; the amount of deaths caused by overdose in B.C were 119‚ in 2015 the number was 136‚ and in 2016 the number reached 256 (Britten‚ L. 2016). Another major problem that corresponds with illegal substance use is criminal behaviour. Illegal drugs are often linked in the involvement
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