Ketamine

There are many children who suffer from depression. According to Rama Rao, MD, "It is estimated that five percent of all children suffer from serious depression that requires some form of treatment and intervention by physicians and other health care workers." Many parents don 't even realize their child is suffering from depression. When they see their child sad they often assume it is problems with other friends that will eventually pass. Treatment is rarely sought out and depression is rarely…

Gabapentin and the Nmethyldaspartate antagonist, ketamine, are similar in improving early pain control and in decreasing opioid consumption.One key issue is its safety and tolerability, with psychotomimetic adverse effects being the major concern. In surgery with high risks of neuropathic pain, the preventative…

Date rape drugs are a type of opiate that causes temporary loss of memory or inhibition. An attacker gives them to the victim them discretely in order to harm them with sexual abuse. “About 25% of women report that drugs were a factor in their rape.” ("University of the Sciences in Philadelphia." Date Rape. N.p., 5 May 2014. Web. 01 Feb. 2016.) Date rape drugs are very dangerous, they have possible lethal effects, and should be avoided at all costs. Date rape drugs are commonly known as “club…

Ketamine is a very fast acting unawareness of the medicine kicking in and you are unable to move. Ketamine has a dreamlike feeling and very much lost sense and identity. Now that I discussed the top date rape drugs, lets talk about the statistics. Statistics of Date Rapes, According to the article…

foundation of this health issue as well as drawing upon reliable evidence to support this. The article being analysed is “Once-popular party drug ketamine now used to treat severe depression” 3rd February 2016 in ‘The Age’ Melbourne Newspaper. This article discusses the mental health issue of depression, and how it has recently been discovered that ketamine can be used to help treat the symptoms of depression. The social determinants of health (SDOH) are defined as, according to Keleher and…

We read with great interest the recent work by Stevens et al, in which the authors performed an excellent work showing intestinal barrier permeability biomarkers, e.g., zonulin and FABP2, have a closely relationship with endotoxin lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and abnormal composition of gut microbiota in patients with anxiety or depression. This directly suggests that abnormalities in gut, especially intestinal barrier, are of great importance for brain function. We appreciate this finding and would…

Dr. Christian Book Review for Manufacturing Depression Manufacturing Depression: The Secret History of a Modern Disease is an journey that seeks to challenge the ideas of what constitutes as depression. As the author, Gary Greenberg, challenges the medical industry, he manages to present a compelling argument. Greenberg is a practicing psychotherapist in Connecticut. Looking at his background, we can say that he has the credentials to be writing on this topic. He actually was diagnosed…

As a follow up exercise to our substance misuse lectures we were given a scenario to assess and discuss potential approaches the situation in a group. The scenario that my group was allocated was: ‘you are called to the SOS bus where Javan, aged 18 has been taken by his friend. Javan appears to be experiencing hallucinations, and is agitated and confused. His friend says that Javan has been “having problems peeing recently” and he thinks that he snorted some ‘grainy white powder’ which he…

The most common ones are Rohypnol, Gamma Hydroxybutyrate (GHB), and Ketamine. They can take away your ability to be in control. Drugs can be mixed into drinks and go undetected and they can make you feel weak and confused. Date rape drugs can cause seizures and death. There is a club drug "ecstasy" that is also used to commit…

1ml per sample. The samples were incubated at 4⁰C overnight. The following day, the samples were washed with DPBS at 4⁰C and then washed with 2ml 1 perm buffer twice. Anti-mouse Foxp3- PE Ab was added in a 1:100 dilution for 30 mins at 4⁰C. The samples were washed with perm buffer and resuspend in DPBS for flow cytometry analysis. Table 2.4 Antibody panel for SHPS-1 Phenotyping Panel PerCP FITC APC PE PB DC 1 CD45 CD11b CD11c CD103 B220 DC 2 CD4 CD11b CD11c CD8 B220 Treg CD3 CD25 FoxP3 CD4…