Opiate

about 669,000 Americans in 2012 reported using heroin in the past year. This number has steadily grown. America treats heroin addiction like a disease when it should be treated as a mental health or social issue. Many heroin addicts begin by taking opiate based drugs. In the Appalachian region of America (Virginia and Kentucky have the highest rate of heroin usage in the country), there is not medical options to the the degree that they exist in the rest of the country. Many doctors in rural…

distinct waves of opioid-related deaths. The first wave of deaths linked to opiates was related to prescription opioids and the overprescription of these opiates. The second wave of opioid-related deaths was caused by the uprising of the heroin market in the United States, attracting those previously addicted to prescription opioids to try heroin. A rise in the production, distribution, and use of illegal, synthetic opiates caused the third wave of opioid-related deaths. Synthetic opioids,…

INTRODUCTION Hip and knee arthroplasty are well known causes of severe postoperative pain. Although the place of peripheral nerve blockade in knee arthroplasty is well recognised (1, 2) its place in total hip arthroplasty is still not defined. In the case of major knee surgery, recent evidence suggests that early rehabilitation may be improved by use of regional anesthetic technique (3, 4). Regional blocks have thus gained acceptance for perioperative management of procedures on the knee and…

his battle with this disease (“David Sword, Jr. Obituary”). Ironically, his death did not come from using illegal street drugs. David died while receiving Methadone Maintenance Treatment, or (MMT). In his determination to remain free from the use of opiate-based drugs, David sought help through a method known as drug replacement therapy.…

treatment goal for patients with fibromyalgia syndrome is to decrease the major symptoms of this disorder, including chronic widespread pain, cognitive dysfunction, fatigue, and insomnia. It is not unusually to see patients with FM that are using opiate for the associated pain but several observational studies have found evidence that the use of opioids in the treatment of FM is associated with worse clinical outcomes (Gaskell, 2016). I will not recommend continued use of the hydrocodone but, I…

drug cravings and would not allow the user to get high on regular forms of opiates. This was because the actual active ingredient in methadone is a man-made chemical that still utilizes the brain’s morphine receptor while also blocking the natural receptor from identifying and utilizing natural opiates - the process is referred to as “synapsis.” Because this new drug allowed the policing of the actual neuron where opiates were broken down in the brain, this brought a new cutting edge theory to…

determining all of the intermediate molecules and determining the way that they would react. Since this first synthesis much more have been discovered. Many of them happened in the past 20 years. Morphine is also used in the synthesis of related opiate medication. A majority of the morphine produced is used in the synthesis of codeine because of its addiction potential being much lower. And for the drug trade morphine is converted into heroin because it is more highly sought for.…

The putative father failed to take his medication as prescribed, failed to attend all follow up appointments with his psychiatrist and to follow all recommendations from the doctor, failed to attend and participate in an anger management assessment and follow recommendations from that assessment, failed to engage in parenting classes related to substance abuse and follow all recommendations, failed to attend the TASC assessment and follow all recommendations from that assessment and failed to…

The past two weeks at Livengrin the topics of pain management and mindfulness have been the main focus in group with patients. The intentions of these lessons are to give the patients healthy coping skills to deal with their stressors instead of relying on drugs and alcohol to cope. The patients were exposed to meditation exercises and ways to self-regulate their frustrations in life. We also explored when it is appropriate for a recovering drug addict to take pain medications to regulate their…

Medically-Assisted Treatment: Methadone Titration Counseling Group Medically-Assisted Treatment (MAT) has been and continues to be a viable treatment option for individuals with opiate use disorders. The use of opiate-agonist medications, such as Methadone, have been incorporated into treatment programs to provide an alternative to abstinence-based treatment models. While Methadone has been proven successful in “reducing drug use, drug-injecting behaviors, drug-related HIV, and in improving…