Chlorpromazine

Another discovery during the year 1950 was that Animal Antibiotics can help boost the growth rate of the animals if fed to them. In 1951 scientist discover that a low calorie diet can help lower the chances of developing cholesterol. In 1954 Chlorpromazine was proven that it does not only treat nausea and vomiting, but it can also be used as a sedative.

Jaime is a 17 year old caucasian male, living with a younger brother and both parents. According to his parents, he has been suffering from hallucinations for the past 8 months and has has been dealing insomnia for the past 4 months. When meeting him, he showed signs of movement disorders and thought disorders. After Complete Blood Count tests and interviews with multiple mental health professionals, Jaime was confirmed to have paranoid schizophrenia. Jaime was immediately put on antipsychotic medication

Introduction Approximately 2% of children are thought to suffer from cyclic vomiting syndrome (CVS), with an increasing number of cases in adults as well. (Mayo Clinic Staff, 2013) It is a chronic disease; the individual will suffer bouts of severe nausea and vomiting, and then go into remission for a period of time. Some of the patients have noticed episodes occurring more frequently at certain times of the year, while others experience it during certain times of the day; especially in the morning

Causes of medication errors and methods to reduce errors ​Nurses have an ethical and legal responsibility to assess a patient’s need for a drug, administer it safely and correctly and evaluate the response to it. They should always make patient safety a priority because patients rely on the nurse’s skills, knowledge and professionalism. Nurses have a critical role in administering medications to the patients by following the six rights of drug administration. These six rights are: Right medication

treat symptoms of schizophrenia are often used when the individual is in a state of psychosis. These medications are commonly antipsychotics, but can also include atypical antipsychotics as well. Types of antipsychotics include phenothiazines, chlorpromazines, butyrophenones, and thioxanthenes. Phenothiazines work by blocking dopamine receptors in the brain, preventing excess stimulation and thus reduced symptoms. All antipsychotic medications do help reduce positive symptoms, but none reduce negative

(Hart & Ksir, p. 170) 4. What type of drug is chlorpromazine, and where was it first tested on patients? Antipsychotic, A new phenothiazine drug, chlorpromazine, was synthesized in France in 1950 and was tested on such patients. In 1952, two French psychiatrists, Delay and Deniker, announced that the drug exerted a specific effect in diminishing the symptoms

Disorganized Schizophrenia Disorder Hunter Boumans Central Louisiana Technical Community College • DEFINITION- Disorganized schizophrenia aka hebephrenia is one of the main types of schizophrenia. It is characterized by symptoms of extreme disorganization and usually develops during adolescents. Primary symptoms experienced by individuals with disorganized schizophrenia are not similar to other forms of schizophrenia because they do not have delusions, hallucinations, etc. instead

There are numerous mental disorders that may affect any person at a given time. These mental illnesses can affect both the mental, physical, and emotional well-being of people, and even other animals. When the patient’s mental, physical, and emotional state becomes altered, there could be many detrimental effects experienced. Through the treatment of medication and/or therapy, these people can learn to live with and manage their mental disorders, which could lead to a more productive and happier

Background Schizophrenia is a mental illness that doctors are still trying to figure out. “Schizophrenia is a serious illness that infers with a person's ability to think clearly, manage emotions, make decisions and relate to others”( “Schizophrenia” NAMI.org). The average age is in the late teens to early 20s for men and early 30s for women. “Emil Kraepelin a german psychiatrist, one of the most influential of his time. He developed a classification system for mental illness that influenced subsequent

Naegleria fowleri and Solid Organ Transplantation – An Overview Naegleria fowleri commonly referred to as the “brain-eating amoeba”, is a free-living, warm fresh water amoeba, isolated from soil. Site of entrance of N. fowleri is when contaminated water moves up the nose, during swimming,nasal irritation, amoeba then passes the cribriform plate and reaches the brain causing primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM).128 Cases were reported from 1962 -2012 in U.S.PAM usually affect young,healthy individuals