Dextromethorphan

Kapp, Maurer, Auwärter, Winkelmann, and Hermanns-Clausen (2011) describe a case of a 25-year-old male who developed jaundice and pruritus after ceasing to ingest Kratom. The patient had been using Kratom acquired “via the Internet (www.thai-kratom)” for two weeks (Kapp et al., 2011, para. 3). On the second day after having quit taking the Kratom powder the man began experiencing subjective fever and chills. Restlessness and insomnia was also reported by the patient, possibly signalling…

conduct their assessments, diagnosis, and interventions accordingly to appropriately care for individuals abusing OTC drugs. The FDA has considered requiring a prescription for certain OTC medications such as cough medications containing DXM, dextromethorphan, a cough suppressant (Benotsch et al., 2013). If the FDA decided to change some OTC drugs to requiring a prescription, this would impact the nursing process by causing people to seek healthcare more frequently. Nurses would have to the…

The program is a good program and could be bad at the same time. The things it teaches children is what parents are supposed to do it adds more excuses for parents to leave their kids at school and not handle the talks they should have. On the other hand, with so many single parents it a good thing for parents that do work and cannot do the talking with their children. The dare program adds safety to schools and police presents which can deter crime in schools. School safety is an important…

for GRE, TOEFL and successfully completed those hurdles. In the meantime, as I was interested to research I get admitted as a thesis student at Masters of .Pharmacy class. At this level I have done my thesis project titled as “Interaction of Dextromethorphan Hydrobromide with Deoxyribonucleic acid and Bovine serum albumin measured by fluorescent quenching method”. I am really enthusiastic to publish my thesis paper in a scientific journal…

the central nervous system. Examples of stimulants are nicotine, caffeine, cocaine, etc. The third substance is called hallucinogens and this substance stimulates perceptions at odds with reality. Examples of hallucinogens are LSD, ketamine, dextromethorphan, peyote, etc. The last substance in psychoactive drugs is opiates. Opiates are substances that produce sleep-inducing and pain-relieving effects. Examples of opiates includes codeine, morphine, oxycodone, heroin, etc. No matter what…

experienced throughout the phase up until the presence of the hallucinogen is no longer present in the body (Volkow 2016, Alonso 2015). A very similar process occurs when a dissociative drug is ingested, like PCP (Phencyclidine), ketamine, and dextromethorphan, but instead, events of respiratory depression, heart rate abnormalities, and a withdrawal syndrome can occur while the user may begin to feel out of control and disconnected from their own body and environment. In some cases, this leads…

OTC Drug Abuse Over the counter drug abuse.Just alone, is not good news in the slightest bit. It’s one of the many serious problems in the world today. Drug abuse isn’t just about street drugs such as marijuana. Besides marijuana, legal medications are the most commonly abused drugs in the U.S. Over-the-counter and prescription drugs can help and heal us.. But some can be addictive and dangerous if they’re used the wrong way. I chose two questions to ask someone who knows a lot in this kind…

The prescription and over the counter drug markets have been rapidly increasing over the century. New drugs are continually being marketed to consumers of different ages for various symptoms and illnesses, some unheard of in the past as new scientific studies have determined newly found psychological and physical illnesses in recent years. New medications are becoming available for some form of treatment for every illness found (Levinthal 340). The government has increased restrictions for…

Acetaminophen is classified as an analgesic and an antipyretic. It is also one of the most commonly used medications to relieve pain in the United States. “Approximately one-third of the people in the United States report using an acetaminophen product at least once a month” (Aschenbrenner, 2006). The most common brand name for the over-the-counter medication is known as Tylenol, however, acetaminophen is also a major ingredient in many over-the-counter cold and flu medications, such as…

For this project I chose the company Vicks, and more specifically their product Nyquil. The reason for choosing Vicks Nyquil is because of my interest in medicine and how demands for certain medicine products increase and decrease based on many different factors. Vicks Nyquil is a medicine designed to relieve you of Flu and cold symptoms. Vicks also make many other products for cold and flu relief, but the focus on the project is just around their product Nyquil. Nyquil came out in 1966, Vicks…