I recently saw a young 18-year-old female in my clinic who was seeking pain medications for abdominal pain. Her urine pregnancy test was positive. The moment I told her the results‚ the patient was in tears. She broke down and told me that she was addicted to opiate pain medications. She was suffering from severe withdrawal symptoms and did not know what to do. She said that her father left the family when she was 9 and her mother died from an overdose last year. She did not have a job‚ nor had
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circumstance. If your addiction is quite significant‚ you may be required to submit to a medical detox process. The process would require closer monitoring by the medical staff on an inpatient basis only‚ plus the administration of substances like Suboxone and/or methadone maintenance. This type of program is designed to allow your body to taper its reliance on the drugs and/or alcohol over a period of
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Opiates: Heroin‚ Pain Pills‚ and Methadone Opiate use in the United States and all over the world is destructive to society and the user. From heroin to a prescription from your family doctor‚ opiate use is everywhere. In this paper I will discuss the history of heroin‚ withdrawal‚ the prescription pain pill epidemic‚ short and long term effects‚ and other general information on opiates and their use. History of Heroin Heroin was first created by C.R. Alder Wright in 1874. His purpose was
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German scientists Max Bockmühl and Gustav Ehrhart first synthesized methadone in 1937. The synthetic opioid analgesic was created while they were searching for a pain reliever that would be safe to use during surgeries and had a low potential for addiction. On September 11‚ 1941‚ they filed for a patent for what they called Hoechst 10820 or Polamidon. Eli Lilly and Company brought methadone to the United Stated in 1947. They gave it the trade name Dolophine‚ which came from the German Dolphium
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Considering the Present Amber Bishop PSY 202 Jerry Collins 01/21/2014 Considering the Present In childhood and throughout our lives we live‚ we love‚ and we learn. These learning experiences can be either positive or negative and they can quickly be forgotten or can stay with us forever. Throughout my lifetime I have gone through my fair share of both positive and negative experiences. It is through these experiences that I have become the woman I am today. Two of these
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Opioid Abuse and Addiction Treatment Kaplan University Crystal Ybanez CM107-85 1/13/12 What was once an effective solution for managing chronic pain has become one of the most commonly abused substances in our society‚ causing the need for a monitored and effective plan for treating chemically dependent individuals and their addiction to opiate’s. Ghodse (2012) stated that addiction to opiates is a disease causing malfunctions of the brain; it has effects on the mind and body requiring a
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Opiate History The first written mention of opiates is believed to have come from third-century B.C. Greek culture and the writings of philosopher Theopphrastus. By this time‚ people had discovered that drying the poppy plant’s extracted fluid created a highly powerful drug which would become known as opium. The first opiates are believed to have been cultivated during the Neolithic period in what is now known as Switzerland. The settlements in this area cultivated Papaver which was a source
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Meaningful Relationships Christina reports having several relationships that serves as meaningful components to her treatment. The most important relationship the patient described is her relationship to her unborn children. The patient has expressed feeling extremely guilty about the troubled relationship she has with her living children‚ and this is a source of motivation for the patient to change and becoming more parent-oriented in her life choices. Another relationship the patient reports as
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Examples include: Dilaudid‚ methadone‚ Demerol‚ OxyContin‚ Percocet‚ fentanyl‚ morphine‚ codeine‚ and hydrocodone. Schedule III- Drugs have a lowered potential for abuse and accepted medical use. Examples include: Tylenol with Codeine‚ and Suboxone (buprenorphine). Schedule IV- Limited abuse potential and accepted medical use. Examples include: Xanax‚ Soma‚ Klonopin‚ Tranxene‚ Valium‚ Ativan‚ Versed‚ Restoril‚ and Halcion. Examples of commonly abused prescription drugs: Opiates: • OxyContin
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Negative effects and impact of drugs on a user and their family Negative effects and impact of drugs on a user and their family Drugs‚ such as heroin‚ cocaine‚ and prescription pain relievers encompass negative effects on users and his or her family members physically and mentally‚ however there are various treatment options for the drug or drugs abused. In 2003‚ 7.1% of Americans aged 12 or older were classified as current substance abusers. Statistically significant increases in the use
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