Benzodiazepine

Introduction Many people I interact with in a daily basis in the healthcare world feel that it is not right or even legal for the pharmacist to refuse the patient any medication for any reason. Especially if the medication in question is prescribed by a licensed health care Physician. There are several reasons why a pharmacist may deny any patient a medication but should there reasons be legally allowed on a federal or state level. Floridians living with pain are finding it increasingly…

Anxiety is the most common mental illness in the United States. As many as 40 million Americans, ages eighteen and older have an anxiety disorder. This is equal to about 18% of the total population of the U.S (Marvelous, 2013). For many people, anxiety has a huge effect on the way they live their daily lives. Many people just believe that anxiety is all made up and that people who have it re unreasonable. But in reality it is a very serious disorders that often has very serious effects. However,…

tiredness is pervasive, there is severe lack of energy, sleep problems, headaches. Many of the common medications, and especially SSRIs, are prescribed for both anxiety and depression. The best-known of these is probably fluoxetine (Prozac). Benzodiazepines like Valium, Librium and Ativan are generally used for anxiety. If you are more interested in how to use essential oils for anxiety from a practical perspective, refer to this article. Finding the correct medication, in the right dosage, and…

Classified as a manic-depressive illness, pediatric bipolar disorder is one of the hardest psychological illnesses to diagnose in children. The psychological disorder is mainly characterized of mood swings switching from mania to depressive periods of time called episodes. Bipolar episodes in children last for a week or more. Also known as early onset bipolar disorder, it is usually more intense than the typical mood swings of a child or adult-onset bipolar disorder. Pediatric bipolar disorder…

Psychological Components of Generalized Anxiety Disorder Ellyn Rachelle Boggess Liberty University Abstract The feeling of anxiety is a natural reaction to stresses. It can be a healthy natural reaction that keeps us safe in dangerous situations. Without some sort of a natural defense mechanism such as fear, that can cause and anxious feeling, humans would go around doing dangerous things all of the time. Yet for many people that anxious feeling is much more than a natural…

A different anaesthetic approach could have been planned, as the use of benzodiazepines or the application of topical anaesthetic to numb the venepuncture site. Needle phobia has been related to cases of death, by patients who developed vasovagal reactions and others who avoided life-saving interventions. Beeing prepared to manage…

There is a common saying that, in order to reduce the total amount of time you spend in sleeping, you must increase the quality of sleep (Postawski, 2011). Surprisingly, many people have limited knowledge and beliefs about what sleep is. Most of them do not pay attention as to how it affects health. However, sleep is needed just as the basic needs like food and water. The quality and quantity of sleep affect daily functioning and the general health of an individual. Therefore, any factor that…

Name: KOH WEI YING (A148456) Title: Reflective writing for HKL Visit 1) What you have learned from the visit. Firstly, I learned three ways of using nicotine-containing products which include smoking, chewing and sniffing with given examples for each. Besides that, I was amazed by the severe consequences as a passive smoker (exposure of >15mins twice weekly). I was taught that it is harder to quit smoking than to quit any other substance abuse like codeine or morphine. It is also important…

Well-known writer, Annabelle Gurwitch, in her article, Death Without Dignity, describes the effects of allowing euthanasia in all states of the United States. Euthanasia is not accepted in all states as of today. Physician aid in dying, or assisted suicide, is legal in the states of Vermont, Oregon, Montana, and Washington. The key difference between euthanasia and physician aid in dying is who administers the lethal dose of medication. Gurwitch’s purpose of this article is to persuade her…

you aren’t depressed. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) are the ones that are commonly used for anxiety and phobia disorders. Two examples of SSRIs are citalopram and sertraline. Another thing that is used to ease the anxiety are benzodiazepines. They are called minor tranquilizers but they can have serious side effects. They make you drowsy and it’s not a very good long-term treatment for phobias. They are addictive and can lose their effect if take more than a few times a week.…