Opiates are chemical substances that are mostly used in the medical field for treatment and relief of pain. They work by binding to opioid receptors in the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract to stop the sensation of pain. It works as a depressant, thereby inhibiting nerve organs response, changing the heart rate and dulling the feeling of pain and helplessness. Opiates, when used, can lead to several adverse effects which can include nausea and nausea, constipation, dry mouth, sleepiness
more problems, is opiate drugs. The drugs can affect the body in many ways. Another leading problem is the progressive rates of doctor/medical abuse. Opiates are used worldwide, causing higher rates and more comparison. They are used mainly for a pain relief drug, but people abuse them and use them in many other ways to get a high off of. When used correctly, opiates are a very useful drug, but people abuse their use causing many problems in their bodies and everyday challenges. Opiate drugs affect the
July 2015 Opiates Taking America by Storm If you have been working in EMS for longer than a week you will probably already know the epidemic that America is facing. The epidemic that I am referring to has no discrimination and anyone can fall victim to it. If it hasn't already destroyed your family in some way then you are one of the lucky few. Today all across America people are buying and selling prescription drugs and street drugs that are killing our youth and our elders. Opiates directly
Opiate withdrawal can be scary to experience or witness—and is best handled with certain measures of care. Kū Aloha Ola Mau has offered alcohol and substance abuse treatments in Hawaii’s communities since 1976. The treatment center’s compassionate and holistic approach to recovery is supported by a belief in educating communities and removing stigma around these issues. Opiates are often prescribed for pain and include drugs like Oxycontin, Vicodin, Methadone and Dilaudid. Although useful to treat
to prescription medications, but more specifically opiates. Opiates are used to help treat chronic and severe pain, but the drug can become highly addictive. In recent years, more people have overdosed as a result of prescription medications than both heroin and cocaine combined. How Ohio is Trying to Fight the Problem In Ohio, stage legislatures are fighting to pas drug abuse bills to help prevent people from abusing different types of opiates. Over the years, pharmaceutical companies have been
Opiate Addiction: A Health Crisis at Home When people picture a drug addict, many individuals may see the same picture of a dirty, disgusting, maybe even homeless, individual that has no place in this world. While addicts like this do exist, the wide spread of the current opiate addiction crisis has completely changed the worlds perception. The word opiate is a wide spread term for a group of narcotics that cause sedation, respiratory failure, and if used excessively, can result in death. However
Opiate addiction has started to become an epidemic in northeastern Indiana, affecting the lives of about 39,000 people in Allen County alone. U.S. health officials estimate 75 percent of the nearly 21 million people affected by opiate addiction, including family members of addicts, are part of the national workforce. The Indiana Attorney General’s office reported 80 percent of Hoosier employers have spotted signs of prescription drug abuse in the work place. The Allen County Health Department
were expected to be able to meet five outcomes: Demonstrate Knowledge, Conduct Group and Individual Research, Address Environmental Problems, Make Ethical Decisions In Care for Others, and Communicate in a Scholarly fashion. The purpose of this final assignment is to briefly describe how I met the student learning outcomes for the course. Demonstrate Knowledge / Conduct Group and Individual Research During the course, we completed two group projects and four individual assessments. Within Leadership
Methods I chose to use an autoethnography for my research method, as I will be reflecting on my own experiences, as well as my family’s, in dealing with drug abuse, which will be provided in narrative form. In this narrative, I will observe how the lack of communication about available resources within the community negatively impacted my family, and how it impacts other families in the Mid-South. I will be making evaluative and reformist claims, as I will be evaluating the value of the communications
Center and Adult Opiate Abuse Mark A. Lee Keiser University Capstone I Dr. Cheri Hansen November 05, 2015 Children’s Anxiety Treatment Center and Adult Opiate Abuse The purpose of this paper was to overview some studies which examined the quality of the two programs for an evaluation. Two programs whose empiric background was researched in this assignment are Children’s Anxiety Treatment with cognitive-behavioral therapy (individual and family modality), and Adult Opiate Abuse Treatment