According to an article on wcax.com‚ “more Vermonters died from opiate overdoses last year [2011] than murders and traffic fatalities combined.” Some opiates have medically valid uses‚ while others are recreational drugs of abuse. All are physically addictive‚ and it has become evident that many people have begun to abuse them. Pharmaceutical drugs have taken over the minds of many Vermonters. I do believe that Vermont is facing a severe epidemic when it comes to opiate addiction. According to
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CHEM 1660 BETTER LIVING THROUGH CHEMISTRY Part III Addiction Dr. Susan Y. LIANG Email: ytliang@hkbu.edu.hk Office: FSC 702B Opium – Catholicon or Toxin • Evidence suggests that more than 5‚000 years ago the properties of opium were known in the Euphrates River (幼发拉底河) delta. • Around 330 B. C.‚ Alexander the Great took opium to Persia and India‚ from where cultivation slowly spread eastward and reached China in about the 7th century (唐朝). 13th century‚ India The opium poppy
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The year 1983; it was a huge risk for the famous rock photographer to move to a glossy mainstream magazine‚ Vanity Fair. During her 13 years tenure at the Rolling Stone her work interfered with her extensive drug use; she had overdosed twice and was rumored to have hawked her photograph equipment to pay for cocaine. After some time in rehabilitation‚ clear and good‚ Annie was ready to start a new chapter in her career. The timing was right; Annie became the first magazine’s chief photographer.
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Papaver somniferum L. a member of Papaveraceae family‚ is one of the most agronomically and economically important medical crops with powerful pharmacological features (Ziegler and Facchini‚ 2008). The opium poppy produces numerous secondary metabolites such as benzyl isoquinoline alkaloids (BIAs) including the antimicrobial agent sanguinarine‚ ‚ the cough suppressant and potential anticancer drug noscapine and vasodilator papaverine (Choe et al.‚ 2011). Beaudoin ‚ Facchini .‚ 2014). Noscapine belong
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2 Local anaesthesia is used to numb a specific part of the human body to prevent the sensation of pain whilst undergoing any procedure e.g. removal of the appendix. Lignocaine is a local anaesthetic that is most commonly used due to its effectiveness in the human body. It is free of toxicants and works rapidly in the body to prevent the sensation of pain. The way in which lignocaine works is by reversibly blocking nerves that transmit any sensation of pain from the moment a response is sent from
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There are many people who do not believe in the efficiency of acupuncture and do not see it as a functional therapy. Nevertheless‚ acupuncture has been proven its effectiveness for almost 2000 years.(1) Moreover‚ acupuncture is recognized by the World Health Organization‚ and it became a branch of physiotherapy. Furthermore‚ the effects of acupuncture have been proven in many cases.This essay will focus on three different examples of the effect of acupuncture in nowadays. First‚ acupuncture
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"Religion is the opium of the people" (Karl Max). This famous quote simply says religion does the job of a drug for people. Religion provides comfort to people who are suffering just as people who are physically or mentally in pain receives comfort from the opium drugs. In this week’s lecture Professor Berman also states that “sometimes opium is the opium of the people”. According to the lecture throughout the history the choice of the drugs have changed. 1920’s and 30’s the drug choice was alcohols
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Aqsa Khalil Ms. Burrows ENG4U July 23 2015 The Need for Control: Brave New World Everyone wants to feel as if they are in control of something. The idea of not knowing what may happen next can drive someone insane. There is a certain satisfaction that comes along with having control‚ one which everyone craves. The dominate use of technology to create social stability in Aldous Huxley’s novel‚ Brave New World‚ results in individuals lacking control over their emotions‚ thoughts‚ and bodies. Soma is
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This is a 47-year-old female with a 1/28/2008 date of injury. A specific mechanism of injury has not been described. DIAGNOSIS: - Pain in left foot 12/16/15 Progress Report documented that the patient has left foot pain‚ which is described as stabbing‚ aching pain‚ which shoots up the leg with excessive walking and standing. The patient benefited greatly from a sympathetic nerve block. She was able walk and sensitivity of the foot was restored. The pain is rated 3/10-scale level with medications
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DOI: 4/20/2016. Patient is a 51-year-old female assembler who sustained a work-related injury to her right hand due to repetitive motion. Per the PT note dated 06/27/15‚ the patient has 6/6 sessions for the shoulder. Per the medical report dated 04/20/16‚ the patient was prescribed with ibuprofen and provided with cold pack. MRI of the right shoulder performed on 07/19/16 showed subacromial bursitis and supraspinatus at the myotendinous junction. There is fluid seen in the subacromial bursa compatible
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