puts a drug user at an increased chance of overdosing. An overdose occurs when too much of a substance is put into the body. The body struggles against the attack‚ but can’t always compensate as the organs are affected. During a depressant overdose(morphine‚ fentanyl‚ oxycodone‚ heroin‚ etc.) some of the signs include respiratory distress or failure‚ cyanosis of lips and hands‚ limp body‚ unresponsiveness‚ or confusion. In a stimulant overdose(cocaine and meth) signs of overdose can include chest pain
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Codeine: Codeine is readily absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract. It is rapidly distributed from the intravascular spaces to the various body tissues‚ with preferential uptake by parenchymatous organs such as the liver‚ spleen and kidney. Codeine crosses the blood-brain barrier‚ and is found in fetal tissue and breast milk. The plasma concentration does not correlate with brain concentration or relief of pain; however‚ codeine is not bound to plasma proteins and does not accumulate in body tissues
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year. The board is also looking at 12 others doctors and physicians assistants who have prescribes larges dose known as opioids. Opioids are substances that act opioids receptors to produce morphine like effects most use medically relieves pain‚ that can refers as drugs derived from opium‚ including ‚ morphine itself. Over one thousand people a year in North Carolina in the las two decades died of overdose prescriptions such as oxycontin‚ percolate and others pain killers know as Opioids and to
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can. When Jem damages Mrs. Dubose’s camellia bushes‚ a neighboor who tends to have a problem with the Finch’s‚ Atticus punishes him by having to read to her each day. As Jem reads‚ he and Scout witness the sad‚ dying woman’s battle against her morphine addiction and learn the true meaning of courage: "it’s when you know you’re licked before you begin but you see it through no matter what‚" Atticus tells them. It seems as though Atticus is a good father because he holds a good balance between being
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“NARCOTICS” Research Paper In English IV Prepared and Submitted by: Adrian R. Rosasiña Submitted to: Mrs. Felonila Cortado OUTLINE Narcotics Thesis Statement: Narcotics have valuable medical uses‚ however‚ illegal and excessive use of narcotics can endanger people’s lives because of its damaging effects on the mind and body. I. Narcotics Education A. Narcotics B. Kinds of Narcotics C. Characteristics and Medical Uses II. Narcotics Abuse A. Causes
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Are Drugs more than ever a problem in our society today? In today’s society seems we have a significant problem with drugs and alcohol. This is due to the fact that Class A drugs like heroin is more available to buy or sell. Replacement heroin has been introduced to bring addicts off heroin and gradually stop them from using drugs. Even although methadone costs the NHS up to Sixteen Million a year‚ in some years it has exceeded this figure. So are drugs and alcohol causing more problems than ever
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[SAMHSA]‚ 2002). Various drugs have a much greater effect than other drugs may have. Drugs such as heroin impact a user’s livelihood both physically and mentally as well as family members. Heroin is a highly addictive synthetic drug derived from morphine and addiction is considered a disease. Common effects of heroin abuse may include drowsiness‚ mild delirium‚ many cardiovascular and respiratory effects (shortness of breath and increased heart rate)‚ nausea‚ vomiting‚ constipation‚ and itching
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but now the epidemic is out of control and many are dying daily. Heroin is a substance that is synthesized from morphine‚ and extracted from the poppy seed plant. The opium poppy has been refined for more than five thousand years for a variety of medicinal uses. When heroin was first created it was used as a cough syrup and pain killer. At first people believe it would help with morphine and opium addiction but then doctors realized people were becoming addicted to heroin. Heroin was first synthesized
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if it is straight heroin‚it will be white and have a very bitter taste. Heroin is an opioid painkiller. It can also be used as a cough suppressant. How it is made Heroin is processed from morphine‚ which is a natural substance removed from the seed pod of specific varieties of poppy plants. Morphine is where heroin is made from. It is made into heroin by a chemical reaction that has a chemical compound known as‚ acetic anhydride. When the poppy plant that the heroin comes from is ripening‚
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(objective/subjective) would you expect to find? What test(s) are done to help provide a definitive diagnosis? o Well to begin with‚ I would want to ask the patient to rate his/her pain. For an acute episode‚ the best medication to treat with is analgesia. Morphine sulfate is given to relieve pain and reduce ureteral spasm (LeMone‚ 2015‚ P.758). o Other assessment data I would expect to find is complaints of flank‚ back‚ or abdominal pain. Radiation‚ characteristics and timing‚ aggravating or relieving factors
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