Analgesic

348). Thus, practitioners have tried psychostimulants, adjuvant analgesics, intra-spinal therapy, neural blockades, or opioid rotation to discover a better quality of life for their patients (Indelicato and Portenoy, 2002, p. 348). However, it has been found that medical error in opioid rotation significantly contributes…

Heroin is a highly addictive, illegal substance synthesized from morphine. Morphine is a derivative of the seedpod of opium poppy plants. Heroine is classified in the opioid family in the United States, heroin is an illicit drug classified as having no medical utility; however it has been used, and in some countries is still in use for medical treatment. It 's medicinal uses include the treatment of pain from different types of trauma, chronic pain, respiratory illnesses including…

Since 2008 to 2012, use of prescription drugs among teenagers rose 33%. The reasons for teens to take and use prescription drugs for a variety of reasons. The CDC said, “Percent of persons using at least one prescription drug in the past 30 days: 48.7% (2009-2012)” (“Therapeutic Drug Use”). The population increased with the use from the teenagers use, although they aren’t based on the same amount of use. Prescription drugs are used to help people, yet teens are abusing them. The article from…

Types of Depression Depression is diagnosed by studying a person's behavior and by evaluating his/her state of mind. Many people are not aware that there are several kinds of depression. Medically, several different types of depression have been diagnosed and identified based on the symptoms of depression displayed by people. Based on their symptoms the following paragraphs contain a list of the Different Types of Depression Agitated Depression Symptoms are an agitated state, both mentally…

In this essay, I will be talking about Marc, a 28 years old rugby player and a postman who was just involved in a road accident. Because of this Marc right leg had to undergo corrective surgery and had the above knee amputated. I will also state the health needs and services that might be of support to Marc or his family as an inpatient and the impact this might have on Marc, his career and his family. I will be discussing the roles of other professionals involved in his care while in the…

Using Clove: From ancient times, clove oil has been one of the regular instant therapies. If you are not able to set the clove oil, then search your kitchen shelves to find out few cloves. Try to squeeze this towards the painful area. Clove being analgesic in nature will reduce the soreness. 9. Asafetida: An alternative miraculous pain killer! Take a half spoon of it and mix it with bit of lemon juice to make the paste of it. Make this paste Luke warm and apply the mixture with help of cotton…

Brief history of Opiates Archeological evidence fossilized poppy seeds suggest that Neanderthal man may of used the opium poppy about thirty thousand years ago. Also the first known written reference of the poppy appears in a Sumerian text from around 4000 B.C. Around 3400 B.C, the opium poppy is cultivated was lower Mesopotamia. Then, during 330 B.C, Alexander the Great introduces Opium to Persia and India. In the 15th and 16th century, it is believed Arab traders brought opium to the far…

of pain to include tools such as Wong-Baker scale, Numerical scale, and FLACC scale. It continues to identify under what circumstances the pain rating scale should begin to include further interventions to pain, for example, pharmacological non-analgesic and Opioids. Continuing to define tools for non-pharmacological interventions such as: Therapeutic exercise, Manual therapy, Modalities, and the use of Occupational Therapy ("Department of Health and Human Services", 2011). Very little research…

Recent literature shows marijuana may cause: an increase in infectious disease, cancer, oral diseases, pulmonary infections, heart disorders, neurologic disorders, renal and urological dysfunction, nausea and vomiting, infertility, and nutritional concerns (Adam Gordon et al., 2013), but these correlations have not been proven. If marijuana is legalized, scientist and doctors can study the drug further to confirm or deny these potential symptoms. If marijuana truly is hazardous, legalization…

This past November boasted the first Barbie commercial to feature a boy, and that ad isn’t even going to air on television. Fifty-six years since Barbie made her debut and this whole time ads didn’t feature boys playing with her. The whole world seems to be broken up into a divide between male and female, the pink and blue. The romantic languages of French, Italian, and Spanish give all of their words a gender. That divide is called the gender binary. The concept of the gender binary cannot be…