Naloxone

Conclusion Already, the President, governors, government organizations and researchers have started to take steps to understand and deter the abuse of opioid addiction. The Associated Press released a statement that President Donald Trump is promising to increase efforts to fight against the country's opioid addiction epidemic. President Trump has been quoted saying that his administration wants "to help people who have become so badly addicted" (AP, 2017). The president announced a new…

In reality, we are all a few different decisions away from being in the same circumstances as anyone else. The moment I had been waiting for finally occurred when the naloxone administration demonstration took place. Earlier in the event naloxone agents had been given out and were then used when a health care professional showed how you could save a life with this device in 5 seconds. I felt so proud of my contribution to the process of getting this product…

The prefilled naloxone kits are administered by first responders, family, and friends in the event of an opioid overdose. Chapter 10 explores this new and important avenue of emergency treatment of an opioid overdose. Opioid treatment programs (OTPs), previously called…

depend of the situation that arises, including things like the patient's condition, the drug ingested, protocols and the level of provider training. (Skills station, 2010) First responders that are equipped with naloxone can administer it, naloxone can reverse effects of overdoses. Naloxone blocks the effects of drugs made from opium or opioids. (Treating a drug overdose, 2018) For certain overdoses, other medications may be needed to be given and that would be decided by the doctor at the…

(Davis, 2014). In Georgia, the number of drug overdose deaths have tripled since 2013. Prescription drugs such as Hydrocodone, Methadone, and Oxycodone have claimed more lives than both heroin and cocaine. Drug overdose can be reversible if given Naloxone, a medication used to stop the effects of opioids. Georgia’s 9-1-1 Medical Amnesty Law encourages people who witness a drug overdose or who are experiencing a drug overdose to call for help by granting them limited immunity from drug charges,…

The Ethical Dilemma of Narcan Administration to Drug Users Lorene E. Williams RELE 524 December 2017 Loma Linda University The Ethical Dilemma of Narcan Administration to Drug Users There is a dispute among medical professionals, government entities and individuals as to whether the training and provision of Narcan is really necessary as addicts make a conscious decision to take the drugs. This paper will look at the history of opioid use, facts associated with the opioid epidemic, and the…

Heroin is an opioid drug made from morphine, which comes from the Asian opium poppy plant. Heroin ranges in how it looks. It is normally a white or brown powder, or a black sticky substance. Heroin can be injected, snorted, or smoked. Heroin enters the brain and changes into morphine. It latches on to opioid receptors in the brain. Opioid receptors are also located in the brainstem which controls breathing, arousal, and blood pressure. Prescription drugs such as OxyContin and Vicodin have…

Throughout the busy day of patient assignments, medication administrations, and implementation of telephone orders from the on-call physician, every working nurse experiences a time where he or she stops and contemplates, “is this the best way to do this?” or “why does the body respond like this?”. A part of growing as a nurse and improving nurse practices, is by asking questions. For this discussion board, I will be defining research in nursing and evidence-based practice in nursing along with…

fentanyl (http://bit.ly/1jqBEhp). Compounds similar to acetyl fentanyl are as much as 5,000 times more potent than morphine or heroin, greatly increasing the toxicity. Overdoses for this group of opioids may not always favorably respond to the antidote naloxone. Fentanyl and its analogs, alone or in combination with many other drugs, are as deadly as they…

This essay illustrates the classification of antagonists according to their characteristics. The classification of antagonists is divided into two main categories, receptor antagonists and non-receptor antagonists. In receptor antagonists, it would be divided into competitive antagonists and non-competitive antagonists. In non-receptor antagonists, divided into chemical antagonists and physiological antagonists. In different categories, there are different examples to support the feature of the…