any one group receives greater benefits than another. Good post. I had no idea that opium has been used for so long. As I was looking at threads on the discussion board‚ I decided to read yours because my wife is sick and her cough medicine has codeine in it. You mentioned that the sap can be man-made and put into pill form. Do you know how much modern opium is man-made versus natural? In terms of this plant-based drug I think it would be hard to determine if any indigenous people we improperly
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Assignment1 300745000 Seunghyo Hong Case1 1. What happened to Claire Lewis? She had a surgery to remove tumor at Hamilton General Hospital. Then she was transferred to McMaster University Medical Center to recover. However‚ that time to transfer her between hospital‚ her medical records did not go with her. MUMC`s staff did not know what drug she had gotten and how much‚ she was misdiagnosed with diabetes insipidus. As a result‚ her brain stem was crushed by excessive fluid and she was brain
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Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)‚ some conventional medical practitioners refer to these as unconventional therapies. WHO defines it as a therapy or a treatment that is not a part of the country’s own tradition or not an integrated part of their health care system. CAM is becoming more available‚ more used and more socially acceptable in the United States. CAM products and providers are regulated by NCCAM (National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine)‚ an agency for scientific
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Drug abuse is a chronic public health problem‚ affecting all levels of society‚ with potential irreversible consequences. Drug abuse may affect a person’s relationships‚ employment status‚ educational opportunities‚ status in society‚ and general health and wellness. The initial decision to abuse a drug is often voluntary. However‚ as the substance’s active chemicals disrupt central nervous system processes over time‚ the individual’s self-control is challenged and he or she becomes unable to resist
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Why Medicinal Marijuana Should be Legal For the past decade‚ talk of Medical Marijuana legalization has been a huge debate in the United States. Individuals on both sides of the issue refuse to concede to each other. Everyone is convinced that their opinion on the issue is the right opinion. Doctors and Physicians on both sides have researched this issue to the end. My question to those who oppose; is marijuana more harmful than the prescription drugs Doctors so easily prescribe today? I understand
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Postpartum case study 1. Title page: Date: 05/10/11 Instructor: 2. Patient data: C O MR#0882470 financial#110941625 G:2 P: 1001 Room: Age: 37 Allergies: PNC‚ Codeine Date of care 3. Medical history: None 4. Obstetrical history: C/S 12/27/07 40 wks 7.4 lbs Female‚ H/O post partum depression Week gestation first seen 13 4/7 weeks 5. Labor/Delivery Summary: Induced at 40 weeks Stage
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Malcolm James McCormick (born January 19‚ 1992)‚[1] better known by his stage name Mac Miller‚ is an American rapper from Pittsburgh‚ Pennsylvania. He is also a noted record producer under the pseudonym Larry Fisherman. He is signed to Pittsburgh based Rostrum Records‚ and released his debut album Blue Slide Park‚ on November 8‚ 2011‚ which debuted at number 1 on the Billboard 200 despite being released completely independently. His second studio album Watching Movies with the Sound Off was released
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lying down than in any other position. She is still working fulltime‚ but is not doing the heavy lifting at this time. She has been going to a Chiropractor for the last two months with no pain relief. She has taken Flexeril‚ Norflex‚ Tylenol with codeine and Darvocet. All of these have failed to improve her symptoms. She had a CT scan done recently and we are getting those results. PAST HISTORY: Significant for cesarean section 20 years ago‚ otherwise negative except as in HPI. ALLERGIES: Some
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Diamorphine is an opioid produced over one hundred years ago by the acetylation of morphine. Diamorphine is twice as potent when compared to morphine‚ because it is a more lipophilic molecule‚ containing a partition coefficient of 280 (Suresh‚ 2013). The lipophilicity of diamorphine allows it to rapidly distribute across the blood-brain barrier‚ producing effects within seconds. Morphine cannot penetrate the blood brain barrier at that rate‚ because it contains two hydroxyl groupings within its structure
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the largest producers of opium in Afghanistan with Mexico coming in after it. Heroin comes from the opium poppy‚ which looks like a regular poppy‚ but when it is cultivated and grown in the right climate it can be turned into heroin‚ morphine or codeine. Heroin is one of the drugs‚ which you are less likely to become addicted too except if you are in a hard emotional
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