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group were found to have a median of 2.43 pain crises per year. When compared to the concomitant hydroxyurea placebo group this was a 32.1% lower rate than placebo. • Patients in the high dose Crizanlizumab group who did not receive hydroxyurea were found to have a median annual crisis rate of 1.00. This was found to be a 50% reduction compared to the placebo group who also did not receive concomitant hydroxyurea Subgroup: Based on sickle cell related pain crises in past 12 months • Patients…

atient is a 34 year old woman complaining of joint pain, 7 on a pain scale of 1-10, as well as feelings of anxiety. She states her joint pain began a little over a month ago at first in her knees. Then she began to notice the pain increasing, and soon spreading to her wrists and fingers. She believed her job as an accountant and the constant typing required for the job exacerbated her joint pain in her fingers and wrists. She describes the pain as a “burning” sensation. Ms. Edwards also began…

Abstract Treatment of chronic pain in diabetic neuropathy or neuropathic pain of other origins is challenging. Compounded topical formulations have evolved as potential treatment options. The objective of this retrospective study was to evaluate the efficacy of a compounded topical cream (Transdermal Therapeutics). Two versions of TT-CTAC cream were evaluated. Both creams contain Ketamine (10%), Baclofen (2%), Gabapentin (6%), amitriptyline (4%), bupivacaine (2%), Clonidine (0.2%). Additionally…

physical or mental pain in order to achieve the goal of satisfying some want of the torturer or to punish the guilty. In the United States about 25% of Americans believed that torture is “often” justified while another 38% is being “sometimes” justified. Only 15% said it should never be used. Today, I will inform you about torture devices as well as strategies used throughout centuries and if they are still practice today. Torture devices were designed to deliver an abundant of pain throughout…

The story of Terry Fox is about a young, motivated individual who was highly anticipated in sports and athletics. One day after driving home from basketball he crashed realizing his right knee was sore however ignored it. Shortly after, Terry was diagnosed with cancer and spent weeks in the hospital. During his time in the hospital, Terry came upon an interesting article about Dick Traum which inspired him to set forth on an incredible, life changing journey. The beginning of his journey took…

Torturers in the Middle Ages were used to violently frighten, force confessions, punish, and to satisfy personal hatred towards the accused. (McDonald 1) Torture in the Medieval Times was today’s form of interrogation, but was used with multiple torturing devices. Torture was performed in the torture chambers or the dungeons, usually located in the lower parts of the castles. Before torture was approved the accused would have to be proven mostly guilty, but not completely, before torture was…

The relevance of these depictions are crucial as the confrontational subject of child soldiers indeed does represent a breach of their human rights and degrades our humanity. As westerners we cannot begin to comprehend the psychological and physical pain child soldier’s face each…

Rachels begins a series of arguments for active euthanasia by discussing a situation where a patient is dying of incurable cancer of the throat and is in unbearable pain. It is certain that the patient will pass on in the next couple of days, even with treatment. However, the patient decides that he does not want to continue to bear the pain, even for that short period. Both the patient and his family seek an assisted death. Since it is illegal for doctors to take direct action (which consists…

perfect. This idea is a serious problem that many people refuse to acknowledge today. Though many people feel assisted suicide should be legal, I believe assisted suicide should not be legal because in most cases the patient isn’t feeling any physical pain, it doesn’t take into account people who cannot speak for themselves, and it goes against American ideals. Physician assisted suicide can be classified between euthanasia, and assisted suicide. Euthanasia is the process of painlessly helping…

stages of dying and dead. Dying is the process happened before people actually become dead, and it usually involves a lot of pain caused by the disease. Here, we should consider the latter situation and agree with what Epicurus presented. Following A2 as the premise, people will no longer exist and thus have no consciousness while dead. Therefore, People will lose the feeling of pain after they…