Benzodiazepine overdose

Treatment of Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome The goal of this paper is to summarize and synthesize five research articles that are relevant to my PICOT question. My PICOT question is: In patients that are withdrawing from alcohol, what is the effect of benzodiazepines, compared to other drugs in the treatment for Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome (AWS)? The synthesis will include inconsistencies and contradictions in the literature that was reviewed. Lastly, I will provide preliminary conclusions on…

A lifeless mother suffers a heroin overdose. She lays comatose amid the aisle of a Massachusetts Family Dollar, and the morose ululation of her daughter erupted upon social media, for a bystander recorded the distressing incident. A hopeful young man, one week following his rehabilitation discharge, died inside of his Colorado home, allegedly overdosing on a fatal sedative and opioid overdose. (The Opioid Crisis, Peter Katel). The heroin and opioid crisis continually fluctuates within the United…

creating an addiction that seems to be growing out of control and law and health officials do not know how to control it. Since 1990 drug overdose rates have tripled in the United States, accounting for nearly 15,000 deaths alone in 2008 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC] , 2011). According to the CDC (2011) one hundred people die from overdose every day in the United States. In 2010 alone more than 2 million people used prescription opioids for no medical reasons (CDC, 2011).…

Engaging the Community in Assessment and Decision Making: Prescription Drug Overdose In today’s world, many people are dying in the United States because of prescription drug overdoses. “Every 19 minutes, someone in the United States dies from an unintentional prescription drug overdose. One major contributing factor to the rise in such deaths is the increased use of opioid analgesics” (APHA, 2015). What is alarming is that even though these prescriptions were given for a medical reason, they…

behavior, and then that will increase the amount of overdoses and contribute to the drug problem. The beginning of this battle was when drugs where on the rise and measures were trying to…

A jailhouse in Thunder Bay, Ontario was accused of ignoring warnings on desperately needed updates for solitary confinement cells. It was requested by staff and government several times that the jailhouse be upgraded to suit the basic needs of inmates. The cells received small modifications but this did little to help the situation. These unsafe conditions were factors in the deaths of two inmates in 2003, 2008, and potentially a third in 2016. The death of Christopher Coaster in 2008 was the…

1. On presentation, this patient’s overdose has resulted in the following symptoms: bradycardia, bradypnea, hypotension, hypothermia, hypoxia, and non-responsive to pain. For this patient, an endotracheal tube would be placed to protect the airway and start mechanical ventilation, since the patient is having difficulty maintaining spontaneous ventilation. This will also protect the airway from potential aspiration. Continuous oxygen therapy at 100% to help improve the patient’s hypoxia.…

to treat pain, benzodiazepines is used to treat anxiety and sleep disorder and amphetamine is used to treat deficit disorder and sleep disorder. When a person abuse opioids for such a long time it may lead to an overdose or life threatening situation. Opioids can be snorted or injected to increase the euphoric effects. (Symptoms and Signs of Drug Abuse , 2016). Benzodiazepines is used commonly for anesthesia which are prescribed to treat seizures, insomnia and anxiety. Benzodiazepines is a…

The prefilled naloxone kits are administered by first responders, family, and friends in the event of an opioid overdose. Chapter 10 explores this new and important avenue of emergency treatment of an opioid overdose. Opioid treatment programs (OTPs), previously called methadone maintenance clinics, are outpatient medical clinics where patients receive methadone as an aid to recovery from opioid addiction. Some…

Status - uncontrolled Drug therapy problem - safety: dose too high - LS's pain medication dose is too high and at risk for opioid overdose. Drug therapy problem - indication: needs additional drug therapy - LS is at high risk for opioids overdose, a rescue medication for opioids overdose is recommended; LS needs optimal pain medications to control her symptom. Drug therapy problem - compliance: noncompliance - LS is not compliance with taking her MS Contin tablet and oxycodone IR tablet.…