Methadone

Although Mrs. Cunningham is currently on outpatient methadone maintenance treatment, the writer proposes a modification of pharmacological treatments that involves compulsory isolation (residential treatment) because of Rosa Lee’s history of substance abuse and other complicating factors such as her repeated…

Obviously, for many users, OxyContin serves merely as a substitute for heroin, but many people with legitimate pain problems were duped into taking the drug. For instance, that was seemingly the case with Rush Limbaugh who started taking the drug after back surgery. After all, most patients trust their doctor’s word as the gospel and the maker of OxyContin, Purdue Pharma, convinced doctors that it had “reduced addiction risk.” That was a completely false marketing claim as OxyContin is just as…

The war on drugs began in 1971 by Richard Nixon. Although the intension of the war on drugs was really to target certain groups of people, its outward appearance was to curve drug usage. That being said, this war has gone on for over 40 years; yet, the results of drug usage seem to be unchanged. The war on drugs has done nothing but targeted ethnic minorities, costed over a trillion dollars, and has exponentially increased the size of the prison system. This being said, I will argue that the war…

pain. “Even in your darkest, deepest imagination, you can’t imagine their agony. We have some babies who scream as if their limbs are being ripped off” (Hamdan). “Approximately 30-91% of these infants require pharmacological intervention including methadone and morphine” (Hamdan). Because of the addiction they are born with, the babies must be given some form of opioid medication to decrease the severity of the withdrawal symptoms. The entire process of completely weaning the infant from the…

REFLECTION PAPER I Mathari Hospital was established in 1904 as a smallpox isolation centre, later it became known as the lunatic Asylum. In 1924, it was renamed Mathari Mental Hospital, later the name was changed to Mathari Hospital in 1964, currently it is called Mathari Teaching and Referral Hospital. Mathari Hospital is Kenya’s sole National referral and teaching psychiatric Hospital Olwendo, W. M., (2015), it offer services to those suffering from a wide range of psychiatric disorders. In…

Professional Meaning and Conceptual Analysis of Empowerment Introduction This paper will include a narrative of a low socio-economic class mother on methadone therapy who gave birth to an opioid dependant infant on the pediatric floor of where. She was faced with many restrictions and constraints as a result of her socio-economic class, her physical appearance and her previous life choices. The analysis will include the oppression observed by the disempowerment of the mother by a power figure,…

Did you know that more than 47,000 people die from overdose in the US every year? This number is 137% higher since the year 2000. There is a huge drug problem in the US and there is not much that is being done about it. This is why interventions are now being made in the EMS community. Advocates are pushing for more invasive measures for all members of public safety. Nearly half a million people have in the last 15 years due to overdose and that number is on the rise. Drugs are becoming a bigger…

Outline for Social Issue Reaction Paper Marijuana should be legalized I. State and explain your social issue (a paragraph) A. The prohibition of marijuana has been unsuccessful. High school seniors report that it’s easy to obtain (citation). Despite research showing that criminal penalties do not decrease the use of marijuana, millions of marijuana related arrests have been made (citation). When legalized, the government can more easily control marijuana, including eliminating dangerous…

Luckily, Eric was able to do his treatment from home. He would go to the clinic every day so they could check up on his progress. There were some rough patches, drug addicts don’t just quit their addictions cold turkey. Eric’s treatment included methadone, which is like a replacement for opiates. As a family we had heard some negative reviews on the treatment, but for Eric it seemed to be working. Eric began to come around our house more and we were able to patch up our relationship. I finally…

in treat counseling inclines treatment retention, while declining the use of drugs (heroin) use. In addition for the client to cope with reality they’re likely being slowly weaned off any ATOD with either an opioid detoxification, in addition to methadone, or followed up by rehabilitation maintenance. This demonstrates another form of having a reinforcement based treatment (RBT) which is individually based and the (BCT) is grouped based. As they mutually…