Analgesic

reactions are acute hypotension, orthostatic hypotension, vertigo, and hyperglycemia. Contraindications include hypersensitivity to furosemide or any other component of the drug formulation. Interactions with other drugs involve ACE inhibitors, analgesics, antidiabetics, antihypertensives, barbiturates, and herbs with hypotensive and hypertensive properties. Taking Lasix during pregnancy can cause an increase in birth weight. Caution should be used for women who are…

Sinusitis means your sinuses are inflamed. The cause can be an infection or another problem. Your sinuses are hollow air spaces within the bones surrounding the nose. They produce mucus, which drains into the nose. If your nose is swollen this can block the sinuses and cause pain. There are several types of sinusitis including: Acute which lasts up to 4 weeks or less, Subacute which lasts 4 to 12 weeks, Chronic which lasts more than 12 weeks and can continue for months or even years and…

Chronic Kidney Disease Chronic Kidney disease(CKD) is also known as Chronic Kidney Failure and is the gradual loss of kidney function. The kidneys are responsible for filtering wastes and excess fluids from the blood, which is than excreted through urine. When CKD reaches an advanced stage, the levels of fluids become very dangerous and it causes electrolytes and wastes to build up in the body.(Mayo Clinic, 2016) Pathophysiological Process CKD occurs when a disease or condition impairs kidney…

Every day, whether it effects everyone’s day-to-day lives or not, a person somewhere in the world is diagnosed with an incurable disease. When the term ‘incurable disease’ is dropped into a conversation, most people’s mind usually goes straight to physical diseases. That person encounters seemingly endless amounts of pain daily with ideally no hope of getting well. Hospitals do everything within their power to try and make them at least feel comfortable, but more often than not, it is not…

cocaine using glass - in 1903 it was moved, nonetheless the drink still has coca flavoring. William S. Halstead (1852-1922), an American surgeon, injected cocaine facing nerve trunks and demonstrated its numbing effect. It shortly became used as an analgesic agent. In 1898 August Bier, German surgeon supplied cocaine as a spinal anesthetic, not long afterwards the medical service became interested of the addictive of cocaine…

This experience took place in the early hours of a beautiful sunny day in the dementia unit. It was my first day of placement and I was reviewing some daily routines with my preceptor in her busy locked Unit. We were interrupted by a RPN who looked worried and stressed. She told us that a resident was getting agitated and attempted to hit the bathroom mirror. Later she described that, this resident was thinking that her daughter is “trapped inside” the mirror and she was attempting to get her…

Heroin, known as one of the deadliest recreational drugs, is making a comeback to the eastern shore. Heroin, derived from the seed of a poppy plant, has a unique molecular structure, making it an interesting topic of discussion. Using this highly addictive drug destroys both your mind and your body. Sudden discontinued use, also known as cutting off “cold turkey”, can bring about intense symptoms of withdrawal, leaving the user feeling incredibly ill, helpless, and desperate for the drug. Heroin…

Inadequate attention to pain relief may be due to moral and legal malpractice which leads to a violation of the principle of ethics. Many medical practitioners still lack in the right approach to pain management, which leads to a fastidious use of analgesics. One cannot have a debate on pain management and exclude the ethical issues that arise due to the doses of painkillers that are…

derivatives biologically active. Lately, great emphasis is laid on the synthesis and development of these derivatives reason being the wide variety of pharmacological activities exhibited by them. So far, thiosemicarbazones have been shown to exhibit analgesic and anti inflammatory [1], antibacterial [2],anticancer [3] anticonvulsant [4] anti fungal [5], anti HIV [6], anti leishmaniac [7], anti-malarial[8] neurotropic [9], anti trypanosomal [10], antitubercular [11] and antiviral [12]…

There is no denying heroin has infiltrated all areas of the country and all levels of society and that its emergence is traced back to misuse and abuse of prescription painkillers. As this research has noted, narcotic painkillers are similar to heroin, both are opioids, and they act in similar ways in the brain, producing the same kind of euphoria and lead to the same devastating addiction. Consequently, drug dealers provided heroin as the cheaper alternative for prescription opioid addicts…