Today’s pharmaceutical companies provide a powerful impact on the situation of a heroin epidemic in the United States because modern pharmaceutical companies have allowed production of legal‚ regulated prescription opiates that led to the increase of drug abuse and overdose deaths. Pharmaceutical reps receive big bonuses for pushing their products on doctors‚ which resulted in they get the large profit and thus forgot for a certain responsibility to their patients. How many lives have been limited
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Epilepsy is a chronic neurological disorder associated with recurrent seizures‚ which influences approximately 50 million individuals worldwide [1-2]. More than 30% of the cases still have uncontrolled seizures even after the administration of antiepileptic drugs [3-4]. This represents a major unmet clinical need for new‚ well-tolerated antiepileptic drugs able to control pharmacoresistant epilepsies. Natural cannabis has a long history in medicine [5]. Cannabinoid derivatives have been used as therapeutic
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How does cocaine effect the body? Cocaine is a powerful and highly addictive substance. Cocaine hydrochloride remains a Schedule II controlled substance as it has some legal therapeutic applications as a pain reliever and vasoconstrictor‚ useful in association with some medical procedures. In most other cases cocaine is an illegal substance. It can be found in a number of forms such as‚ white powder‚ paste‚ or solidified and rock like‚ referred to as crack cocaine. It can provide a rapid- onset‚
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Derek Hardin Professor George Solomon AEMT 16 Week 27 June 2017 Generic Name (Trade Name): Acetaminophen (Tylenol) Classification: antipyretic‚ analgesic Indications: Fever‚ pain control Contraindications: severe liver disease‚ AMS (given PO) Side Effects: n/v‚ abd pain Dosage: 1000 mg PO‚ peds 10 mg/kg PO Route of Admin: PO Onset/Duration: onset 15-20 mins; peak 60-90 mins; duration 4-6 hrs Generic Name (Trade Name): Aspirin Classification: Platelet inhibitor‚ anti-inflammatory agent Indications:
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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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Overdoses are the most common cause of unintentional death in America today. Dr. Sanjay Gupta says most of the blame belongs to doctors which leads us to the question who’s at fault for our prescription overdose. Doctors‚ doctors are at fault. Addiction blog.org says “ What happens when our drug pushers become those that we trust most with our health?” Doctors don’t put in the effort needed for the patients anymore‚ they just write up a prescription and send you out. Doctors do not take the time
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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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Alternative Chronic Pain Treatment for the Substance Abuser In the United States‚ there are more than 100 million people suffering from some sort of chronic pain. With the most common treatment is being prescribed medications such as a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory‚ or opioids (Boyles‚ 2011). Treating chronic pain with opioids can be affective. But the long term use presents many problems. Especially with treating a substance abuser of prescription or nonprescription opioid drugs. Patients that
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The first international meeting to discuss illicit drugs was in 1909‚ at the Shanghai Opium Commission. This led to the first drug control treaty‚ the International Opium Convention of the Hague‚ which resulted in an 80% drop in opium production and consumption. Since then‚ multiple significant resolutions have been passed to regulate and prevent drug trafficking. Resolution #67/193 emphasizes need for better rehabilitation of drug addicts and also called for complete cooperation and unification
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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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