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Cannabis sativa is a hemp plant which the popular drug marijuana comes from. The leaves, stems, and seeds from this plant can be formed into a dried leaf or hash used to smoke and also eat. In 2005 a survey was conducted by the National Survey on Drug Use and Health and it showed that 97.5 million Americans age twelve and older reported using marijuana at least once. Research studies also shows that about 9 percent of marijuana users become addicted. Tetrahydrocannabinol also known as "THC" is…

Overview Trigeminal neuralgia is a condition in which a person experiences intermittent shooting pains within the face. It occurs when there is a disruption of normal function in the trigeminal nerve, which sends electrical impulses of pain, pressure, temperature, and touch to the brain from the jaw, face, gums, and around the eyes. The disruption is caused by compression or damage to the trigeminal nerve, usually due to contact between the nerves and a nearby blood vessel. This contact places…

Have you ever wondered about the effects of heroin and how the drug is processed? My essay will provide you with interesting facts and multiple other things about the drug itself. Heroin is a well-known drug worldwide, and used by many well-known people recreationally. Heroin, a drug used for its euphoric effects worldwide, has extremely negative impacts on the body, and the brain. Heroin side effects can include bad teeth, itching, loss of appetite, pustules on the face, coma, and many more…

Case Study 5 – AB As discussed in case 3, septic shock results from widespread inflammation and vasodilation in response to an infection. Norepinephrine is useful in septic shock because it increases afterload to maintain adequate tissue perfusion (De Becker et al., 2012). Dobutamine is an inotropic drug used in septic shock as it stimulates myocardial beta-adrenergic receptors thus increasing cardiac output by increasing contractility and heart rate (Dellinger et al., 2013; Enrico et al.,…

Introduction Epilepsy is known as Apasmara: apa, means negation or loss of; smara, means recollection or consciousness. Epilepsy known form thousands of years but came forward past hundred years. It was known from the Babylonians and Greeks also have records of epilepsy and they represent as Sacred Disease21. In India concept of epilepsy is known from ancient Indian medicine and it was developed during the Vedic period of .In the Ayurvedic literature of Charaka Samhita epilepsy is known…

DOI: 9/1/2014. The patient is a 38 -year-old female licensed vocational nurse who sustained a work-related injury to her low back while working with patient. The patient is subsequently diagnosed with sprain of ligaments of lumbar spine, initial encounter; low back pain; and strain of muscle, fascia and tendon of lower back, initial encounter. As per office notes dated 7/14/16, the patient states that she has completed 5 sessions of physical therapy. It has helped her reduce her symptoms. She…

Medical Marijuana Can a joint a day keep the doctor away? Marijuana, is a plant cultivated for its flowering tops and leaves. Also called hemp, marijuana is a source of rope, fibers, birdseed, medical products and others. In fact, the Philippines once provided the United States with rope from this plant before the Japanese cut the supply line. In the year of 1937, however, marijuana was banned as the people misused it. Medically prescribed marijuana has a beneficial effect on patients who…

used to experience euphoria or with other drugs to add to the other drugs’ high or to deal with their side effects. Depressants bring you down and suppress brain function, the effect of this is it will put you to sleep, relieve anxiety and muscle spasms, and prevent seizures.Other effects over a longer time can be depressants cause amnesia, leaving no memory of events that occur while under the influence, reduce your reaction time, impair mental functioning and judgment, and cause confusion.…

Krabbe disease is named after a danish doctor knud haraldsen krabbe he lived until 1885 to 1965.Krabbe disease is inherited disorder that destroys the protective coating (myelin) of nerve cells in the brain and throughout the nervous system. There’s no cure for krabbe disease.However, stem cell transplants have shown some success full in infants who are treated before the onset of symptoms and in some older children and adults. krabbe disease is named after a danish doctor knud haraldsen…

5. Normal muscle contraction occurs in a series of steps, and they are as follows: First, a motor neuron must have acetylcholine released in the synaptic cleft. The acetylcholine is then able to bind with receptors found in the cell membrane. This binding causes the Ca+/Na+ channels to open. The terminal cisternae then releases calcium into the muscle fiber. Calcium will begin to bind to troponin. The troponin moves tropomyosin out of the way since it blocks the actin’s active site. Next, actin…