Methadone

D-The patient requested to see this writer and expressed that she was unable to do a walk-in to the Hartford Behavioral Health as the walk ins is scheduled on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. The patient ensures this writer that she will do the walk-in tomorrow and will provide proof that she completed the intake process on Thursday. This writer stressed the concern factors of the patient illicit use of benzos as she tested positive on 06/17/2016, also with opiates. The patient admits to using pain…

programs in Harrisonburg provide residents with the support, treatment and life skills needed to overcome their addiction problem and regain control over their lives. Drug rehab centers in the area offer group therapy, cognitive and behavioral therapy, methadone/buprenorphine or vivitrol treatment as well as several other specialized forms of care. There are a wide range of programs as well including outpatient care, partial hospitalization treatment, residential rehab, and inpatient treatment.…

County Central Hospital,Any County jail which referred him to the XYZ County Mental Health Center and the Local Charities Substance Abuse Treatment and Psychiatric evaluation. Mr. Byrne has also reported that he was treated in 2007-2008 County Methadone treatment program. He acquired Hepatitis C after discharge from the…

For many centuries, socioeconomic remained as a huge bio ethnic issue among many individuals, specially designating people with low socioeconomic status and how much effect it has on one’s life. First, what is a socioeconomic status? This term is usually referred to a “total or final measure of a person’s economic or sociological status and where they are from”. A person’s economic is often used to indicate an individual work experience and of the individual’s income. Sociological, on the other…

Opioids are psychoactive substances derived from the opium poppy, or their synthetic analogues. They are natural, semisynthetic or synthetic narcotic drugs used as painkiller such as morphine, meth or methadone, oxycodone, fentanyl, hydrocodone, codeine, hydromorphone and buprenorphine. They are legal only when prescribed. Opioid overdose (OOD) occurs by accident or on purpose. OOD depresses central nervous and respiratory systems leading to drowsiness, slow breathing, pinpoint pupils, bluish…

According to the Watson Caring Science Institute (2010) the cartative factors have been further defined by Watson to include the “caritas process: Guidelines for putting love/heart-centered caring practice into action.” The philosophical assumptions of Watson’s theory of caring are that caring is holistic, universal and spiritual, it is within a shared relationship in which caring and healing occurs (Wills, 2014). The carative factors and the caritas process emphasis those assumptions, they…

How Dopamine works in Human Body 1. Dopamine 2. Drugs 3. Dopamine Deficiency 4. Dopamine Treatments Introduction Pleasure, happiness, love, excitation, motivation, pain, anxiety, sad, anger, and all emotional feelings related to being human are linked to the…

CURRENT STATUS: On a daily basis, Rosa Lee awakens to the effects of substance abuse. Her stomach cramps wake her every morning at about 6:30am. Due to her symptoms, to relieve some of the pain, she must make her daily trek to the clinic for her methadone treatment. The amount of pain relief involved means that taking a day off from treatment, is not an option for Rosa Lee. It can take more than an hour on some days, including several bus changes, in order to reach the clinic for treatment. But…

Status - uncontrolled Drug therapy problem - safety: dose too high - LS's pain medication dose is too high and at risk for opioid overdose. Drug therapy problem - indication: needs additional drug therapy - LS is at high risk for opioids overdose, a rescue medication for opioids overdose is recommended; LS needs optimal pain medications to control her symptom. Drug therapy problem - compliance: noncompliance - LS is not compliance with taking her MS Contin tablet and oxycodone IR tablet.…

Fentanyl is a pharmaceutical drug in a class of drugs called opioids. Initially, fentanyl was used in the 1960s for severe pain and surgical procedures. Nowadays fentanyl is used for patients with chronic pain. Majority of fentanyl users are in their late twenties all way down to age 14. About 0.5 to 1 percent of fentanyl users die annually. In 2015, close to 300 people died from fentanyl in Alberta. Fentanyl used in the streets is illegally prepared in clandestine laboratories. Since fentanyl…