Detoxification

CURRENT STATUS: Rosa Lee’s typical daily activities include waking up, although wanting to stay in bed, she can’t. Rosa Lee describes having stomach pains that awaken her early every morning, as they do many heroin addicts. The cramps begin at 6:30am and linger until she can get to the city drug-treatment clinic for her fifty-five milligram dose of methadone. She describes not having an issue with waking up early because she enjoys utilizing the extra time to make herself look nice. Due to Rosa…

in several important processes within the body that are carried out hundreds of times, every single day. What is choline most beneficial for? Choline helps in the process of methylation, which is used to create DNA, for nerve signaling, and for detoxification. It’s also important for the functioning of a key neurotransmitter called acetylcholine, which similarly helps nerves to communicate and muscles to move, acts as an anti-aging neurotransmitter, and performs other basic…

The SER plays an important role in the carbohydrate metabolism, synthesis of fats and phospholipids and in the detoxification drugs. The RER is very important for protein processing and is called rough because it contain ribosomes in its membrane (refer figure1). The double membranes of rough ER form sacs called cisternae. Insulin molecules are synthesized and collected…

. Engagement is the first and most important step in the assessment process. This is where the counselor creates the first impression of trust and safety. The friendly handshake, body language, and warm greeting of the counselor sets a comfort zone for the client. This safe zone that is created, allows for empathy, and a trusted bond between counselor and client. The client is called into the clinician’s office and asked to take a seat. While sitting at the desk moving and preparing paperwork…

Mary Williams has been overweight her entire life. She suffered from diabetes, high cholesterol, anemia. Mary’s life was in a shamble, she did not know where to turn to. Mary lost fifty pounds, but regained the weight back in a matter of months after exhausting every diet whim on the market until recently after embarking on a voluntary abstinence from food of drink technique called intermittent fasting. Research studies have shown intermittent fasting is beneficial to fighting against obesity,…

The phone call came in the afternoon, one of twenty or so that day. Marty, a former patient, had died of a heroin overdose. Reportedly, another person was with her when she injected the heroin but ran off when she crashed. A prompt call to 911 or access to a Narcotic Overdose Rescue Kit might have saved her life. Marty was a rebellious teenager, having dropped out of school in the 11th grade. Her parents thought it was just a phase until she overdosed for the first time on heroin. They had been…

Medically-Assisted Treatment: Methadone Titration Counseling Group Medically-Assisted Treatment (MAT) has been and continues to be a viable treatment option for individuals with opiate use disorders. The use of opiate-agonist medications, such as Methadone, have been incorporated into treatment programs to provide an alternative to abstinence-based treatment models. While Methadone has been proven successful in “reducing drug use, drug-injecting behaviors, drug-related HIV, and in improving…

The Rational Model strategy, a cognitive decision model used in the campaign, postulates that by providing unbiased information and increasing the person's knowledge, then change in attitudes and beliefs will occur, prompting behaviour change (WHO, 2012). This strategy is evident in the campaign as the website focuses on providing information, resources, and support instead of using scare tactics or targeting people's vulnerabilities to prompt people to change behaviour. Furthermore, rather than…

The country, in which we live in, is the greatest country in the world. However, without a doubt we do have many things that we do wrong. I believe one of the biggest felonious acts we commit is that we throw people in jail due to “The War on Drugs.” There are so many misconceptions when it comes to drugs, people who do drugs and what drug abusers really are. People who never have done drugs really don’t know the highs that it gives or the effects it has on you first hand why, because those…

little to no protein, salts, and absolutely no processed foods. Taking natural supplements are also imperative to this diet. Potassium, vitamin B-12, thyroid and pancreatic hormones, and more are just some of the supplements to take (Gerson.) The detoxification of the body through coffee enemas are…