Opiate

could practically feel his sadness. Lines like, “He would not believe; he still sat by her, holding her hand, and calling her every name that love could teach him. I began to fear for his brain. I brought him cup of coffee which I had mixed with an opiate. In about an hour I went back and found him fast asleep with his face on the pillow close by the face of his dead wife” (page 291). When I first read this it strangely caught my attention, the sadness in his actions and emotions made John’s…

overdoses are similar, but often varry slightly depending on the type of drug used. Identifying the exact symptoms can help you prepare the attending medical experts use the right emergency treatment procedure. Symptoms for the following drugs include: Opiates – Constipation, nausea, vomiting, spasms, difficulty breathing, decreased pulse rate, low blood pressure, confusion, drowsiness, seizures Alcohol – Blue skin, poor breathing, confusion, slurred speech, anger, low temperature, inability to…

Drugs. Everyone have probably heard of them- on the news, social media, school, or amongst a group friends. Drugs are bad; everyone has heard that, but why? Drugs cannot be bad just because parents and schools say they are, right? A complete overview and insight into the world of drugs and the dangers of illegal, addictive substances will be provided. Drugs are an evident hazard and epidemic in today’s society, so it is definitely necessary that a full point of view is apparent. From the very…

A subject that seems to ruffle everyone’s feathers when it is brought up, is the topic of legalization of marijuana. When people hear of marijuana, they automatically think negatively about it, mostly because it is classified as an illegal drug. There has been a long history with marijuana and the “problems” that it has caused over the years. Starting out as an herb, marijuana slowly became classified, along with all the other more dangerous drugs, under the same category as them. But if people…

catheter. Patient is also anemic, and is on isolation precaution due to MRSA, staphylococcus aureus, and Escherichia coli infections. M.P. is a homeless paraplegic with double above the knee amputations (due to a motor vehicle accident in 2013) with an opiate addiction suffering from severe malnutrition, extreme depression, and failure to thrive. He has been on the med surge floor since being admitted. I previously cared for M.P. on another floor for a different set of stage IV pressure…

Taking hard drugs slowly kills the mind and the body. For example with cocaine, short term hallucinations over time can lead to having a stroke or death. Drugs take a large toll on the body and they could cause harm to people around a user of them. But unfortunately, because of our justice system, drugs occasionally drag innocent people into court. Even acquiring miniscule amounts of drugs can ruin lives. The personal and social costs of recreational drug use are high; in addition, some of the…

Chapter 6 You will discover many unexpected beneficial effects when you begin to fast. One thing fasting does is to make more of your energy available, so that your body can heal itself naturally. Fasting can be used as remedy for the way we often over indulge. Food is made to be enjoyed, but sometimes we overdo it. Too much food over a long period of time takes its toll on your body. Your body suffers if it is forced to handle more than what is comfortable and appropriate for it. When your body…

My face twisted. Gently, I placed the freshly baked chocolate chip cookie I had been washing down with my whiskey into the garbage, “Ew.” “I ended up having to drag him to the tub and wipe his bottom with wet napkins,” she went on, “After that, I couldn’t take it anymore. I left.” If I would be inclined to give the ladies any advice, it would be to shut the fuck up about your ex-boyfriend war stories. I don’t want to hear how you smeared shit on your love’s asshole once upon a time. Amy’s…

designed is a psychoeducational group for substance abuse. The reason I felt this group was important is that it’s not just about learning about how substances like alcohol, street drug’s like cocaine, heroin, and marijuana, and prescriptions drugs like opiates and benzodiazepine’s can affect you, but how the use of these drugs often lead to other mental health issues like psychosis, depression, and suicide. Psychoeducational groups generally teach clients that they need to learn to identify,…

photo that shows two glass vials, one filled with a typically fatal dose of fentanyl and the other with a typically fatal dose of heroin: The fentanyl is barely visible. Indeed, medical experts have determined that a person who is unused to taking opiates and tries fentanyl is likely to die. Harvard Health Publications points out that it is fentanyl’s potency that makes the drug so appealing to its sellers: If you add a tiny bit of fentanyl to heroin, your client gets high and you spend very…