Fentanyl

form of pain killers can be obtained through doctor shopping; a tactic consisting of going to multiple physician 's to gain prescriptions. Heroin, a more lethal form of opioid, is being illegally imported from Mexico and is produced with traces of fentanyl and carfentanil, which is used in elephant tranquilizers. Those additives in the already dangerous drug are irresistible to addicts. The reforms are all in the spirit of creating a better situation for addicts, but that should not be the only…

Imagine having to sneak around to do something and having to worry about getting caught. It makes you paranoid and fearful. Or worse trying something just because it 's illegal draws your attention to why it 's not allowed for everyone to use it. This is what the prohibition of drugs feels like for most drug users. They might not even be getting hurt because of drugs, yet they aren 't allowed to use them. Drugs have always been a huge problem not only in America but everywhere. When people talk…

Until recently, I worked as a physician at a primary care clinic one day a week in addition to my job as a science reporter for a newspaper. In two decades, I had only one patient taking opioids long term. She was in her 50s when I met her. She’d spent many years working in factories making cups, boxes, and other things, until they’d all closed down. She ended up at a commercial laundry, on her feet eight hours a day. Of her many medical problems, the one that concerned her most was low-back…

This paper seeks to establish a provisional diagnosis from presenting signs and symptoms and discuss the supporting pathophysiological implications of the prognosis, based on the following case study. Bill is a 62-year-old male who self-presented with a cardiovascular emergency at a small regional health centre. The information gathered in the primary and secondary surveys allows the formation of an evidence-based prehospital management plan including optimal pharmacological therapy and other…

are drugs prescribed by doctors to reduce pain. Commonly known products of this drug include, oxycodone, morphine, and codeine. Some of the synthetic drugs being created from these prescribed medications are heroin, and an even more lethal drug, fentanyl. This drug is given to patients suffering from advanced terminal illnesses. People who take these prescribed drugs can build tolerance overtime. Leading them to need higher doses for the same effect. In this people were looking for something…

children on vacation with her in South Carolina when she overdosed and was in a coma. I was notified by my uncle whom they were staying with. The toxic report was she had been extremely high amounts of vicodin, percocet in her system and she had 3 fentanyl patches on. My sisters and I had to come to fact she mind not survive this because of the tylenol in her system could shut everything down. When she did finally wake up,her only excuse was that she was still in pain and needed more pain…

"Patients you speak to today may be gone tomorrow.” At the age of seventeen that quote didn't mean a lot to me, but now working in a pharmacy for four years I see the meaning behind that quote. When I started working in a pharmacy as a cashier at the age of sixteen, I did not know what pharmacy really was until I became a pharmacy technician and I knew that I wanted a career in pharmacy. I have over four years of pharmacy experience, and within those four years I have come to learn that…

Description Discuss the usage of controlled drugs, why been prohibited to use by individuals, why five schedules, which schedule ineligible to use by prescription and give examples for each schedule. Discuss the usage of controlled drugs? Controlled drugs are used to treat moderate to severe pain. Short-acting formulations are taken as needed for pain. For example Morphine used before the surgery. Morphine and Codeine, are the most powerful pain treatments. These usually are reserved for the…

What Caused the Opioid Epidemic? Would you be surprised if I told you that the United States had 50% more people die last year due to a drug epidemic than in car accidents? I heard this on a news podcast and was shocked to find this statistic to be true. This drug crisis is the opioid epidemic we are currently facing in our country that last year alone claimed 60,000 lives. This prompted me to ask, why are we having this epidemic? How could we be having such a massive amount of deaths each…

Successful pain management and the need to address functional problems can be accomplished through a variety of different techniques, some safer than others. To provide instant relief physicians often prescribe painkillers. Mild to moderate pain OTC over the counter oral medications like acetaminophen and NSAID 's non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are prescribed. Stronger medications are prescribed for chronic or severe pain, thereby increasing the possibility of serious side effects and…