Methadone

Introduction Heroin is a highly addictive opioid that is derived from morphine, a natural substance extracted from an opium poppy plant (“Heroin”, 2014). This drug can be administered by injection and inhalation, via snorting or smoking. This allows the substance to travel to the brain at a rapid rate, contributing to its highly addictive effects (“Heroin”, 2014). Heroin is converted back to morphine once it is in the brain, which then binds to mu-opioid receptors (MORs), stimulating the release…

Heroin Some people carry addictions as if it were a secret. They wouldn’t look like your typical drug addict. They were clean, took care of their kids, and lived life as if it were normal. That’s what Beth’s story was like. She was was your typical mom with beautiful children and a normal life. You never would’ve known she had an addiction. Beth started using drugs at a young age. She was between the age of 16 and 17, it started out as normal teenage experimentation. But painkillers became an…

The Impact of Injection Drug Use and HIV The Aboriginal population within Canada, including aboriginals on and off reserves, is most often associated with being a vulnerable population, one that struggles with immense poverty and multiple health disparities (Stamler, 2011). This paper will discuss population traits of Aboriginals, injection drug use and how it can impact the population by increasing their risk for contracting HIV infection, as well as initiatives that can create a healthier…

Safety Process: Six Rights and Three Checks The administration of medication is an integral component of the healthcare provision in the modern world (Koehler & Schwinghammer, 2008). It is necessary for nurses to understand the fundamental ideals that seek to safeguard patient safety and ultimately ensure safe outcomes in relation to the administration of drugs (Koehler & Schwinghammer, 2008). The observance of the Six Rights and Three Checks principles are an example of measures that are…

In today’s world there are many different issues that receive attention from the media, communities, and organizations that try to raise awareness and help solve them. One of these issues is substance abuse. In the human service system substance abuse is one problem that patients have, need treatment for, and require education on. The human service system has a models of service delivery that is broken into three parts: the medical model, the public health model, and the human service model.…

Psychology is a science dedicated to comprehend behavior of human. According to Baskind (2012), therapists are concerned with enhancing the nature of individuals ' lives and their life fulfillment. Clinicians consider practices that advance individuals ' prosperity and life fulfillment versatile practices. Practices that serve to utmost individuals ' working and reduce life fulfillment are termed maladaptive practices. Since addiction is an unsafe, maladaptive behavior where mental models are…

It is needed by the body to produce red blood cells. vi. Lansoprazole 6 mg, Route: PO, once daily (QD)  It was prescribed to the patient to prevent gastroesophageal reflux, stomach pain and treat conditions that cause excess stomach acid. vii. Methadone 0.3 mg, Route: PO, every six hours (Q6H)  It was prescribed to the patient to treat moderate to severe pain and reduces the withdrawal symptoms of Ativan as the patient was weaned from Ativan. viii. Sodium Chloride (Hypertonic Saline 3%…

Street Drug Addiction in Nevada Street drugs are defined as “substances purchased from a drug dealer; may be a legal substance, sold illicitly (without a prescription, and not for medical use), or it may be a substance that is illegal to possess.” Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine. Street drug abuse is a recurring pattern of use that causes detrimental personal, professional, and social consequences for the user as a result of using drugs. Specifically, in the case of street drug abuse, the use of…

However, the National Institutes of Health stated in 2015, opioids were responsible for the deaths of over 30,000 people and this figure has quadrupled since 1999. During the same time, the number of deaths that occurred from synthetic opioids, like methadone and fentanyl, a staggering 107.4% in the Northeast United States and in the Midwest. The Kaiser Foundation also claims that the risk of addiction to painkillers outweighs the benefits, rising to 95.0%. The Kaiser Foundation also surveyed…

Criminalization of Prostitution. Retrieved from Berkely Journal of Gender, Law & Justice: http://scholarship.law.berkeley.edu/bglj/vol10/iss1/7 Ohlund, L. S., & Gronbladh, L. (2008, April 17). Patterns of deviant career in the hisrtory of female methadone clients: an exploratory study . Retrieved from International Journal of Social Welfare: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1468-2397.2008.00566.x/pdf Sanders, T. (2007, March 27). Protecting the health and safety of female sex…