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    Pros And Cons Of Narcan

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    keep low prices that their users can afford, makers will often dilute their heroin and add other ingredients for potency such as Fentanyl. Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is 50-100 times more powerful than morphine. Though it is a Schedule II drug with listed medical uses, the drug becomes deadly when the heroin user does not know they are taking a drug laced with Fentanyl. Overdoses occur when the users tolerance threshold is broken, meaning they simply take too much for their body to…

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    The opioid heroin has become an epidemic in the state of Ohio with the amount of overdoses on a rise. One of the most notable overdoses in recent months is one that happened in September in East Liverpool. A man was pulled over after driving erratically and then he incoherently told police his driving was due to the fact that he was taking the passenger, who was passed out, to a hospital. Shortly after this statement, the driver then passed out. Police noticed that the passenger’s face was…

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    Albuterol: This medicine is used to treat patients dealing with breathing issues caused by; asthma, bronchitis, emphysema (Mayoclinic.org, 2015). The usage of this drug is mainly to help alleviate breathing problem by using the medicine to open up the bronchial air passage to allow the air to freely travel throughout the air way (Mayoclinic.org, 2015). This medication can be taken as a form of; capsule, solution, Power, aerosol power (Mayoclinic.org, 2015). Fexofenadine: Fexofenadine is a…

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    Why marijuana should be decriminalized. I think that marijuana should be decriminalized in Canada. Marijuana has been used for over 10,000 years and not one single death has ever been recorded. Marijuana has also been proven to be far less addictive than caffeine. Marijuana is expected to be legalized in Canada by July 1st 2018. Decriminalizing marijuana could improve many people’s life and health, create job opportunities and boost revenue. All off these benefits could be used by simply…

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    MODULE IV Discussion I There are hundreds of opioid conversion calculators available online, though they are not all of good quality. I would like to direct you to one of the opioid conversion calculators that I find to be most useful and evidence based. Locatehttp://opioidcalculator.practicalpainmanagement.com/ and complete 2 opioid conversions of your choice and read the description of your "answer." Discuss your experience with this calculator as compared to others you have used in the…

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    This CBS News article by Jonathan Dienst discusses two of New York City’s largest drug busts. It was noted that one of the busts included enough fentanyl to kill thirty-two million people. There were also seventy-five pounds of cocaine and heroin. These busts occurred as the city was experiencing a high rate of deaths caused by an overdose. Worth about $30 million, these confiscated drugs are highly addictive and have severe consequences. One of the confiscated drugs, heroin, is classified as an…

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    and studio called Paisley Park. Autopsies determined that he had accidently overdosed on tablets containing an opioid called fentanyl. According to https://www.drugabuse.gov/drugs-abuse/fentanyl , fentanyl is usually known to ease patients of critical pain and cases of the opioid being addictive also exsist. Prince was reported to have been taking painkillers containing fentanyl because of “severe hip pain he was struggling with ever since his Purple Rain tour” (…

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    Drugs prescribed by doctors are extremely likely to cause addiction in a high percentage of their patients. At least eighty percent of heroin addicts today were first exposed to prescription drugs. Prescribed medicines are considered a major gateway drug by a large part of the population. Experts believe that the opioid epidemic started in the 1990s when physicians ignored treated chronic pain. Pharmaceutical companies wanted to increase the same of their pain killers, so they had started to…

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    drugs continues as new legislation looks to make 22 chemicals, typically found in the synthetic marijuana drug K2, illegal across the country. Friday, U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer was in Watkins Glen to introduce the federal legislation. From the fentanyl laced pills found in Chemung County this past March to the synthetic marijuana found at a convenience store in Broome County just this past week , U.S Senator Chuck Schumer says synthetic drugs are sweeping the nation. Something Schuyler…

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    Myocardial Ischemia Introduction A 55-year old, male truck driver, presents with crushing central chest pain which has radiated to his neck and occurred on rest. On arrival, the patient was pale and clammy, demonstrated shortness of breath. his pulse rate was 120 beats per minute, blood pressure 150/70 and his oxygen saturation level was 96%. The patient presented with chest pain due to myocardial ischaemia. Myocardial ischaemia is a disease caused by a coronary artery obstruction which reduces…

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