doctors no longer need to review long essays about other physicians’ thoughts because of medical alerts and reminders. The computers have some “built-in” intelligence capabilities‚ such as recognizing abnormal lab results‚ or potential life-threatening drug interactions. (Koeller‚ 2002) In a nutshell‚ the EHR is by far‚ more efficient‚ cost saving than hard-copy way of recording patients’ data. Though a lot more has to be done for the successful implementation of the EHR‚ the advantages are way better
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cardiovascular system‚ can experience frightening feelings of paranoia and suspicion Withdrawal: since user is instantly dependent‚ they take more cocaine to overcome crash. Crash lasts longer than high. Tolerance: user can increase tolerance in this drug Amphetamines: Uses: recreational‚ to speed up body functions and stimulate neural activity. Effects: restlessness‚ high blood pressure‚ insomnia‚ agitation‚ loss of appetite‚ and a state of hyper-alertness. Has very stimulating effects Withdrawal:
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Prescription and Drug Abuse I am introducing an Ethical dilemma of “Prescription and Drug Abuse.” This topic will be very beneficial to me. Since I am in the process of majoring in Pharmaceuticals‚ it will relate to any future encounters of drug abuse in work areas‚ at home‚ or even in the hospital. Prescription abuse is uneasy encounter that needs crucial attention to be controlled as much as possible. Prescription drugs will always have an abuser. There will be people that approach the situation
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Drugs and there effects on Society Drugs have been probably the biggest contributor to the downfall of the world in the last 50 years. There are many drugs with many different side effects. The most common of drugs are Marijuana‚ Cocaine‚ Heroin‚ Crack Cocaine‚ Ecstasy‚ LSD‚ Angel Dust‚ and Mushrooms. All of these drugs are put into a class with other recreational and elicit drugs that have similar effects. Marijuana is in a class of its own. Cocaine and Crack Cocaine are Stimulants. Ecstasy
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Teens and the misuse of prescription drugs: evidence-based recommendations to curb a growing societal problem This article looks at the growing problem of misuse of prescription drug abuse among teens in the United States. This trend is studied and analyzed to see what are the most effective ways at preventing this problem. Prescription drug abuse has been on a frighteningly dramatic incline since the early 2000’s and is growing every year. The drugs most frequently abuse include pain relievers
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Controlled Legalization of Illegal Drugs In this piece I plan to look at drug legalisation and how it would be a vastly positive thing around the world. Drugs are a sensitive subject. This is not a piece in support of taking drugs‚ nor is it an essay on the wonders of marijuana consumption. Instead it is simply a look at how much more stable and controlled our drug culture and general way of life would be if drugs were legalised. I will look at first of all the reasons why drug prohibition has failed and
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Contextual Conditioning of Drug Tolerance and Drug Addiction Research on the contextual conditioning of drug tolerance shows it is an important factor in understanding drug addiction in humans. Context is a way of noting that the likelihood of a behavior or response depends on certain conditions. Contextual conditioning is said to occur when a person becomes conditioned not only to the drug but also to the environmental circumstances or cues in which the drug is taken. Studies have shown that tolerance
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is not responsible for his actions? There is a point of view that drug addicts should “learn their lesson” like other criminals. That could potentially prevent them from committing other crimes. However‚ this might not‚ in fact‚ be the case‚ as‚ according to Langan and Levin (1994)‚ 25 per cent of drug offenders released from prison were back in prison within three years of their release. That indicates that some proportion of drug offenders do not “learn their lesson”. On the other hand‚ same could
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Consequences of using drugs Many people would ask: why do people use drugs? Or what is the interesting thing about having that vice? Drugs act as poisons‚ when people have the first time using would begin internal and external situations. Saying that drugs have become the greatest misfortune of society is an exaggerated form of referring to the situation. No one sector of life is free from this outbreak. Crime and violence are obvious consequences‚ but the lack of morality‚ education ruined and
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