Benzodiazepine

Introduction The use of pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic strategies for sleep problems clearly identifies relationships between the use, its accomplishments and efficiency of strategies. For many experienced nurses sleep research is often difficult to understanding what borders or strengths are within a study. Insomnia is described as “difficulty falling asleep, staying asleep or short sleep duration despite having acceptable opportunities of sleep”. (NCSDR, 2003) Insomnia is a disorder that…

TERMINOLOGY CLINICAL CLARIFICATION • According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition (DSMS), avoidant personality disorder (APD) is associated by a pattern of hypersensitivity to negative evaluation, social inhibition, and feelings of inadequacy 7 • Individuals who meet the criteria: 2 o Being extremely shy, o Inhibited in new situations, o Fearful of disapproval and social rejection. • Their fear of rejection is so overwhelming that is affects all aspects of…

According to Gould, (2010). different studies have shown the negative effects of drug use on working memory: Morphine has been shown to impair working memory (Friswell et al.,2008); polydrug users who preferred cocaine or heroin, continued to have cognitive impairments, including working memory, up to five months into abstinence (VerdejoGarcía, and Pérez-García, 2007); methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA, ecstasy) caused working memory impairment even two and a half years after cessation of use…

the ER and Ms. McGinnis was admitted to WBMC. Upon admission, she appeared heavily sedated and minimally responsive. She was hypotensive with systolic blood pressure in the 80’s. Urine toxicology report showed positive for benzodiazepine, opiates, and methadone. The benzodiazepine and opiates positive reading was expected. However, Ms. McGinnis does not have a prescription for methadone. On 10/29 worker called Mr. Michael McGinnis to set up an interview. Mr. McGinnis refused to set up an…

The first patient I had the pleasure of assessing is a 17-year-old adolescent named Tracy. Tracy was diagnosed with asthma at the age of 3 years old, she also has been diagnosed with ADHD and a generalized anxiety disorder. Tracy is responsible for her own care. With Tracy’s age in mind, adolescence is a particularly challenging period for adequate self-management. In the course of managing her illness, she has been requesting refills for her ADHD medication sooner than the refill date. It would…

Introduction- Alcohol Use Disorder can be defined as having an excessive urge to drink, that usually cannot be controlled. Studies in 2012 that were taken by the “National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism” show that almost 8 percent of people over the age of 18 in the United States had an Alcohol Use Disorder. This number includes about 16.3 million adults, 10.6 million men and 5.7 million women (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 2012). Cause- While there is no…

Alcohol impacts the transfer of endorphins in the brain which is the same area of the brain that regulates mood. The manic episodes observed in patients with bi-polar disorder creates susceptibility to alcoholism. • Panic disorder and benzodiazepines: Benzodiazepine drugs such as Xanax, Klonopin,…

reducing the seizure frequency and a protective effect on peripheral organ injury in animal models of seizure(30). Vitexin, another flavonoid occurring in lavender, has shown anticonvulsant effects in the brain, possibly through interaction at the benzodiazepine site of the γ-aminobutyric acid type A(GABAA) receptor complex(31). It is also likely that the calcium channel blocking activity of the plant phenolics is responsible for its anticonvulsive effect…

In the psychology field, there are both psychiatrists and psychologists. Psychiatrists tend to be purely for prescribing medication for a mental illness, while psychologists tend to be based on therapeutic ways to cope with a mental illness. Within these two fields of work, there has been much debate over whether medication or therapy is the best way to cope with mental illnesses like depression and anxiety. Medication used for psychological disorders are all neurotransmission blockers…

Wagner, L. M., Castle, N. G., & Handler, S. M. (2013). Feature Article: Use of HIT for adverse event reporting in nursing homes: Barriers and facilitators. Geriatric Nursing, 34112-115. doi:10.1016/j.gerinurse.2012.10.003 This article is a study by Wagner, Castle, and Handler that analyzes why adverse events reporting are such an issue especially in the nursing home setting. The authors determine that most nursing homes do not use a computer which makes it difficult for healthcare workers to…