During the 20th century‚ the element radium was used for commercial purposes and medicinal. While radium had some positive effects in both these areas‚ many people failed to see that radium actually had deadly capabilities. One example of the deadliness? Of radium in human life was with an energy drink called Radithor. The drink had radium dissolved in the solution. The owners of the company preached the benefits of the drink and that it could possibly increase sexual desire. In this way‚ many people
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The milestone drug legislation I have chosen is the “Pure Food and Drug Act” of 1906 which was the first of a series of significant consumer protection laws enacted by Congress in the 20th century and led to the creation of the Food and Drug Administration. Its fundamental design was to boycott remote and interstate movement in contaminated or mislabeled sustenance and medication items‚ and it coordinated the U.S. Department of Chemistry to review items and elude wrongdoers to prosecutors. It required
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Acupuncture helps migraine headaches with long-term relieve. Have you ever felt your head pounding so hard that you could not even open your eyes? Or having an excruciating pain that would not allow you to think? Or even not being able to stand direct light? Yes‚ we call it a migraine. Migraines have been disrupting the way humans function since ancient times. Traditional medicine shows us there are two types of migraines. The first one is a clinical condition we call a primary headache. Primary
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Patient Desire Desires 0 pain‚ will accept 1-2 on 0-10 pain scale. Has incision pain of 2-3 between drsg changes‚ which is controlled by two Percocet‚ has a 6 during changes. Scenario K.C. 43 y.o. female 280 lb‚ I&D of renal abscess 2nd post op day. Being d/c’d home where daughter will do drsg changes. What is Pain? According to (Lewis‚ 2011) The International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) defines pain as “an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or
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least 90 days. As a person continues to abuse drugs‚ the brain starts needing more and more of that substance to reach that peak. The tolerance to the drug and subsequent increasing of the “dose”‚ 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
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DOI: 3/1/2016. Patient is a 49-year-old male electrician who sustained a work-related injury to his back while he was bending over to pick an item up in the gang box. As per OMNI entry‚ he was initially diagnosed with left-sided low back pain with sciatica and constipation. MRI of the lumbar spine without contrast dated 06/22/2016 showed disc protrusion with annular fissure at L5-S1‚ which can be a source of pain. Per physical therapy notes dated 06/30/2016‚ the patient has attended a total of
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Dobutamine‚ a synthetic catecholamine bearing chemical structural resemblance to dopamine‚ is a beta-adrenoceptor agonist. It has remained the drug of choice in management of acute heart failure patients with systolic dysfunction. Mechanism of action: Clinically available preparations of dobutamine are a racemic mixture of (+) and (–) isomers and have complex pharmacological effects. While both isomers are full agonists at β1 and β2 receptors their effects on alpha receptors are contrasting. The
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e live in very turbulent times. It seems we are a race that has a conflict addiction‚ we see it daily everywhere. From minor confrontations at work‚ to the massive amount of violence and aggression we see in movies and the media. It shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone that the number of triggers and the severity of the following reactions are increasing. Back in the Vietnam era the phrase PTSD was not developed and the condition was not fully understood‚ with the advent of the recent conflicts
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Unit 47 - Understand approaches to managing pain and discomfort (Knowledge questions only (missing numbers observations) 1.1 explain the importance of a holistic approach to managing pain and discomfort There is more to taking care of an individual than just the physical needs which have caused them to need your care. A holistic approach is about taking care of their mental‚ emotional‚ social and even spiritual needs as well to ease their mind and alleviate any worries or negative feelings that
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Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome The purpose of this research critique is to inform the reader of a randomized clinical study regarding the treatment of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS). This writer is interested in the treatment of drug exposed infants and the goals of reducing babies’ hospitalization in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). The study researches the adjunct therapy for treatment of NAS. The study will be broken down into the following units: protection of human participants‚ type
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