04Townsend(F)-04 8/23/07 6:27 PM Page 65 CHAPTER 4 Substance-Related Disorders ● BACKGROUND ASSESSMENT DATA The substance-related disorders are composed of two groups: the substance-use disorders (dependence and abuse) and the substanceinduced disorders (intoxication and withdrawal). Other substanceinduced disorders (delirium‚ dementia‚ amnesia‚ psychosis‚ mood disorder‚ anxiety disorder‚ sexual dysfunction‚ and sleep disorders) are included in the chapters with which they share
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relax abnormally include:  Fatty foods  Chocolate‚ caffeine‚ onions‚ spicy foods‚ mint and some medications  Alcohol  Large meals  Lying down soon after eating  Tranquilizers‚ such as benzodiazepines including diazepam (Valium) and alprazolam (Xanax)  Theophylline (Slo-Bid‚ Theo-Dur)‚ an asthma medication  Being overweight  Hiatal hernias  Oral contraceptives  Heart medications The amount of
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assess the distention of the bladder. In case there is an issue‚ the nurse needs to insert an indwelling catheter. If it is appropriate to do so‚ the next step is to assess for impaction. The patient may need to be given antipsychotics or even benzodiazepines such as haloperidol or chlorpromazine and lorazepam or midazolam respectively. It is also important to maintain an environment that is calm around the patient. One can play the favorite music of the patient and dim any bright lights. The patient
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definition of the American Society of Addiction Medicine. • Stimulants: o Amphetamine and methamphetamine o Cocaine o Nicotine • Sedatives and hypnotics: o Alcohol o Barbiturates o Benzodiazepines‚ particularly flunitrazepam‚ triazolam‚ temazepam‚ and nimetazepam o Methaqualone and the related quinazolinone sedative-hypnotics • Opiate and opioid analgesics o Morphine and codeine‚ the two naturally occurring opiate
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Fentanyl Withdrawal Timeline Fentanyl (also known as Subsys‚ Onsolis‚ Lazanda‚ Fentora‚ Duragesic‚ and Abstral) is one of the strongest synthetic opiate painkillers available. In fact‚ the drug is 50 to 100 times more powerful than morphine. Due to its strength and effectiveness as a painkiller‚ nurses and physicians often use fentanyl to treat chronic pain‚ manage discomfort after surgery‚ and help patients who have developed a tolerance to other medications for pain. Additionally‚ fentanyl can
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PCP/Angel Dust (Phencyclidine) Classification: hallucinogenic MW: 243.394 g/mol pKa: 8.29 Chemical Formula: C_17 H_25 N IUPAC name: 1-(1-phenylcyclohexyl)piperidine Description Phencyclidine also known as PCP‚ is a hallucinogenic which is normally used as an veterinary anesthetic. PCP is similar to another hallucinogenic drug‚ Ketamine‚ based on their structure and effects on the person. PCP causes a dissociative state by inhibiting NMDA receptors (N-methyl-D-aspartate). [1‚2‚3]PCP
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We age from infant to toddler and from teenager to adulthood the mentality of our brain changes as we get older‚ anxiety can happen from one person to another but it will never go away. “Anxiety” is a term used very loosely. It’s not often that people acknowledge just how debilitating it is. Everyone worries every now and then‚ depending on what’s going on in your life‚ it is normal to feel stressed out once in a while. People with generalized anxiety disorder experience the feeling of stress to
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Many many ordinary people suffer from anxiety or when in passing conversation say that they suffer regularly from anxiety. But what is anxiety? Anxiety is a term used for different disorders that can turn into physical symptoms that are caused by being tense‚ nervous and worry. There are different levels of anxiety where you can have mild anxiety which can be unsettling to more severe symptoms that cause mental and physical health problems. Anxiety usually develops when someone is facing something
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Buprenorphine Matthew Frei (2010) author of the qualitative piece of literature‚ Opioid Dependence Management in General Practice‚ reviewed by the third researcher‚ (RW). Frei presents a quality overview‚ albeit based in Australia‚ of the process and complications of General Practitioners (GP’s) in dealing with opioid addiction within their patient base. The article describes the complexities‚ socially as well as clinically‚ of the use of Buprenorphine as a substitute opioid agonist for the purpose
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500 – 074 CARA NAIMAN MARCH 27‚ 2013 Introduction Definition of drug abuse: the use of a drug for a nontherapeutic effect. Some of the most commonly abused drugs are alcohol; nicotine; amphetamines; cocaine; opium alkaloids; synthetic opioids; benzodiazepines‚ ketamine; and anabolic steroids. Drug abuse may lead to organ damage‚ addiction‚ and disturbed patterns of behaviour. Some illicit drugs‚ such as heroin‚ lysergic acid diethylamide‚ and phencyclidine hydrochloride‚ have no recognized therapeutic
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