Hydromorphone

Addiction by Haley Dotson Opiates are drugs that are used to treat pain, some may also see them called Opioids or Narcotics. They may be legal or illegal. Some of the most popular and recognizable opiates are called Codeine, Heroin, Hydrocodone, Hydromorphone, Methadone, Meperidine, Morphine, and Oxycodone and many more. Along with the brand names of these opiates some are also known as Vicodin, Dilaudid, Demerol, Percocet, and Oxycontin. Wrongly using these drugs can affect people in many…

Overdosing death and dying is a hard topic for most people to talk about. When friends and family are involved it becomes even harder. An overdose is defined as intentional or accidental ingestion of a drug over the recommended amount. When an overdose occurs the body is overwhelmed and cannot dissolve the drug quick enough. When this happens the person can become unconscious, have abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, slow or raised heart rate, chest pains, and shallow or rapid breathing. (Overdose…

A little over a decade ago, boxing seemed to be on the decline, with calls from all over for it to be banned. But the sport has since had a Renaissance due to modern development in the UK and USA in the late 20th century. Boxing is a tough and physical sport, that’s for sure, which could be why it’s used to reference life so often. Life, much like boxing, knocks you down, but as a fighter, you have to get back up and continue the fight until the match is over. When a boxer enters the ring, for…

The first death penalty law was adopted around the Eighteenth Century B.C.E. The law was put in place by King Hammurabi of Babylon. Capital punishment came to America during the European colonization in the Seventeenth Century. Since then, the United States was formed. Originally, every state used capital punishment up until 1846 when Michigan banned capital punishment for all crimes except treason. Between the years 1846 and 1887, three states completely abolished capital punishment…

treatment allow me elaborate. According to Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, methadone is a synthetic opioid created in a lab and is commonly prescribed for treatment of opiate addictions. Individuals addicted to “heroin, oxycodone and hydromorphone” receive daily doses of methadone to alleviate withdrawal symptoms. CAMH expert’s rationalized the use of methadone as minimizing the risks associated with opioid drug use; primarily preventing the spread of diseases such as HIV & Hepatitis C…

Aim: Identify positive and negative colors seen from substances contacted with Marquis and Mandelin reagents Introduction: Drug location includes introductory screening of tests for medications and in restorative applications the screening tests results specifically utilized for medicinal assessment. For legitimate purposes, the screening technique takes out all negatives, positive results viewed as possible and require affirmation utilizing corroborative strategies, for example, elite fluid…

Today as we live in the 21st century, the general populations knowledge of pediatric palliative care is miniscule. The death of a child is considered unimaginable, the day when a parent has to bury their child is seen as one of the worst possible life experience one could endure. The focus of this paper will be on the nursing care of a child, symptom management (pain), family care, and the deciding factors and process of choosing where the child will die. There have been many studies on the end…

What Happened To the “Right to life”? Since adolescence, there is the teaching of death and that murder without justification is wrong. By knowing that, what exactly is capital punishment? Oxford Dictionaries defines capital punishment as “the legally authorized killing of someone as a punishment for a crime” (Capital Punishment, Oxford). Methods of capital punishment included gas chambers, oxygen deprivation, firing squads, electrocution, and the most commonly used, lethal injection (Death…

Currently in the United States, prescription opioid abuse is at an extremely high epidemic level. Prescription opioid abuse is at a peak due to the fact they are easily obtainable. The abusers themselves can either be prescribed the painkiller, their friends or family members may be prescribed, or they can purchase these medications on the street from dealers who are trying to make a quick buck. A major role of community health nurses today is to prevent the spread of illness and disease.…

Morphine (MS Contin®, Avinza®, Kadian®, Embeda®, others) Morphine treats moderate-to-severe pain and is a Schedule 2 opioid. Although once available only as a rapidly acting formulation, long-acting products are now routinely prescribed to treat chronic pain. Morphine is the most prominent and active ingredient in opium. It was first extracted from opium some 200 years ago. Morphine is as easy to abuse as heroin and carries the same risks as heroin. To reduce the potential for abuse, the newer…