Some long term
Some long term
Fentanyl According to Susan Robertson, the drug fentanyl which is an opiate agonist, has been around since the 1960s and created by Dr. Paul Jansen. "The use of fentanyl as a pain reliever and anesthetic was quickly adopted in the medical setting. In the 1960s, the agent was introduced as an intravenous anesthetic under the brand name Sublimaze"(S.Robertson)pg.1. In the 90s fentanyl was turned into a patch which breaks down into the blood stream through a period of 72 hours.…
Xanax Samantha E. Mendoza San Joaquin Valley College Xanax The brand name is Xanax, the generic name is alprazolam, and the chemical name is 8-Chloro-1-methyl-6-phenyl-4H-s-triazolo [4,3-α] [1,4] benzodiazepine. It is a drug used for managing anxiety disorder or for the short term relief of anxiety symptoms in adults (WebMD, n.d.). Xanax is considered a Schedule IV narcotic because Xanax has a medical use, but the drug is still considered to have potential for abuse. It belongs to a class of medications called benzodiazepines, which are a type of medications commonly known as tranquilizers (Addiction blog, n.d.).…
As described in Dreamland, OxyContin contains one drug, Oxycodone which comes in doses of either 40 or 80 mg. Most importantly, Purdue Pharmaceutical Company urged its salesmen to emphasize the safety of the drug, such that there was less than a one percent chance of addiction and that there were studies to show this, even when there wasn’t. These Purdue salesmen even offered OxyContin coupons to physicians in order to hand out to their patients. Additionally, there was even a video used to promote OxyContin. This video was called From One Pain Patient to Another: Advice from Patients Who Found Relief.…
Their business was concentrated in Florida because the state didn’t have a prescription drug monitoring program until late 2010. In fact, of the top 50 physicians who prescribed OxyContin all 50 were in Florida. This activity was even more concentrated than you may imagine. To demonstrate, merely four pharmacy locations in Florida sold 12 million OxyContin pills over a three year period. Florida pharmacies essentially served as a wholesaler of black market OxyContin throughout the U.S.…
The documentary Chasing Heroin, searches for answers as to why addiction has escalated over the years. It is believed to have been started by the distribution of Oxycontin (Oxycodone). It began innocently enough, prescribing pain medication to the most seriously ill patients, those afflicted with cancer or AIDS. Doctors were reluctant to prescribe opiates for fear of the implications of an addiction. A company called Pharma Purdue wanted to expand the distribution of pain medication by promoting a new drug, one without the…
Essay #2-Chasing Heroin was a documentary that highlighted many different programs to help with America’s increasing Heroin issues. There were two programs that were mentioned to help people with their heroin addiction. The first program is known as the Law Enforcement Addiction Diversion program, or LEAD program. This program has a goal to not punish people for their addiction but to improve their quality of life. This program essentially gives users a second chance by instead of taking them to jail right away.…
Generic Name: Dolophine (Metadol) Proprietary Name: Mathadone Classification: Narcotic Methadone: (Meth-a-dohn) a potent opioid; Conducted by mouth or injection to relive discomfort. Also helps with cough and to treat heroin dependence. (A.McFerran, 2011) For this assignment I chose to do Methadone.…
More fatalities occur when more opioids are prescribed. These excessive opioid prescriptions are making it less difficult for someone to abuse the drug. The amount of prescriptions given for opioids is absurd and in 2015 alone, “249 million opioid prescriptions [were] filled…, almost one for every American adult” (Stop). Another view comes from Charles Lane who blames the companies producing opioids, specifically Purdue Pharma and Dr. Richard Sackler. Purdue Pharma created OxyContin and it “has earned an estimated $34 billion in revenue since it came on the market in 1995, an event many consider the trigger of the opioid epidemic”…
Alot of different drugs are called opioids. Many of them are prescription used for relife of pain. Herione is also known as an opiod. The opiod drug binds it self to opiod receptor cells in the brain. When the opiod os binded to the cell it travels throught the body.…
The main street names for this drug are Blacktar, The Big H, Brown Sugar, Junk, Dope, Chiva, La Buena, and Smack. All of these street names are used depending on the area people live in and where they come from. Heroin is made from a substance that is found inside of the Opium poppy plant's seed pod. To be able to make the heroin substance, the milky sap must be removed from the plant's pod. This poppy plant is grown all around the world even though it is illegal in the United States of America, making it…
Opioids What are opioids? Opioids. A prescribed drug that has been killing millions. You may be wondering what is a opioid? The word opioid is derived from opium, which is a drug that can be both natural and synthetic.…
Opioids have been known to also be a gateway drug to other drugs that have opioids in them like heroin. Another thing it can do is cost the person using the drug money. It does not only cost the abuser money but it also costs the government,…
Crystal Meth (or ice) is a strong, highly addictive illicit drug that stimulates the central nervous system, speeding up the messages that travel between the brain and the body. The substance comes in clear crystals and is generally smoked or injected, but can be snorted or even consumed. When taken, the drug increases the production of dopamine therefore a false flash of energy and happiness preoccupies the person. This tends to make the individual’s body endure unfamiliar activities and levels energy. People use drugs to relax, to function, for enjoyment, to be part of a group, out of curiosity or to avoid physical and/or psychological pain.…
Keywords: Opiate Pain Management Body: Sometimes, we undergo some chronic pain and we are more than often left clueless about what needs to be done in such circumstances. During the course of such chronic pain, the best method would be opiate pain management. Opiate pain management is the method of pain management that includes the usage of drugs that are related to opium. Opiate pain management includes the usage of drugs calles opioids.…
This class of drug contains drugs like heroin, oxycodone, hydrocodone, morphine, codeine, fentanyl, etc. In most cases, opioids are prescribed by doctors as a short term pain reliever. Usually a person’s body can handle small doses of opioids without becoming addicted, but when people decide to abuse opioids their chances of becoming addicted are much greater. Most people are unaware of the toll abusing painkillers can take on your body. If a painkiller is not prescribed to you, it can have long term effects on your body including stomach bleeding, brain damage and liver failure.…