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The epidemic of methamphetamine abuse, causes devastating damage to teeth and oral tissues, making it important that (because I want to be a dental hygienist) I know what to look for, how to treat, and how it affects my patients. Methamphetamine takes the form of a white, odorless, bitter tasting1, crystalline powder. Methamphetamine increases the amount of dopamine (involved in reward, pleasure, motor function,compulsion, and perseveration). The drug produces this effect because it has a similar

The usage of dietary supplements is very common in United States. Nutrition plays a big role in maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Not everyone gets the all the essential nutrition so they make it up by purchasing and consuming dietary supplements. Some of the substances include vitamins, minerals, enzymes, and amino acids. They come in several oral forms such as tablets, capsules, or powders. These dietary supplements have been around for a long time but only recently over the past twenty years have

Definition of the challenge A major concern or challenge of ABC hospital is a recent incident of medication administration error in its emergency room (ER) which almost resulted in the death of a 55-year-old female patient. This is a case of medication administration through the wrong route. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) defines a medication error as "any preventable event that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or patient harm while the medication is in the control of the

Results of their study showed that the frequency of hypotension was lower in the LL group with the lateral position (9.7%) than in the 2 groups with the tilted supine position, i.e., the LS and CS groups [54.8%] and [56.3%], respectively and ephedrine requirements were lower in the LL group than in the LS group (P<0.01) [16]. [17]. Furthermore, Study of Hallworth et al. demonstrated increased prevalence of hypotension with decreasing baricity and results showed increased incidence of hypotension

Methamphetamine How much do you consider you distinguish about methamphetamine? Meth is a very thought-provoking subject. Over one million people are captivated to and are using this synthetic drug in this world, today. This number upsurges each and every day. Meth is used frequently in a lot of teenagers’ lives. Teens commonly get addicted by peer pressure or either they think they will get responsiveness by using it. There are also numerous adults that use this drug as well. It’s very addictive

Many psychiatric and psychoactive drugs that are available on the market, pharmaceutically or illegally, closely resemble neurotransmitters and are actually able to mimic it to the extent that it fools the receptors. Basically, these drugs hijack the neurotransmitters. Once these drugs are ingested, it enters into the brain, gets into the synapse and binds itself to the receptor. This then causes the inappropriate release of neurotransmitters and alter the breakdown and recycling of neurotransmitters

“Why aren’t you doing softball this year? You're the best player on the team and your batting average is almost perfect!” I asked. “They did drug tests and I failed mine, so I can’t play this season.” I herd under a mumbled breathe. I shouted, “that is why schools should not have drug tests, they are restraining great athletes from doing what they do best! You have great grades, participate in extracurricular activities, and even help with food pantries outside of school so why would they be punishing

Introduction The purpose of this lab was to determine the normal heart rate of a Daphnia Magna and decipher the different effects that various substances had on it. A Daphnia Magna is a species of water fleas and can be located in the Northern United Sates against the coastline of the Atlantic in rocky pools. The water flea’s habitat consists of rivers and streams, temporary pools, lakes and ponds, and brackish water. The Daphnia Magna range from two to five millimeters in length and are shaped

4. Results There was no statistically significant difference between the 2 groups of the study as regards their demographic data (age, BMI, sex, and ASA classification), type and duration of surgeries (Table 1). All anesthetic and surgical procedures were completed without any major complication, Anesthesia was inadequate, requiring conversion to general anesthesia and excluded from the study, in 5 cases of CSA group and in 3 cases of CEA group. In CSA group; patients were excluded from the study

Introduction: Worldwide obesity ratio is dramatically increased over few years. Many of the developed countries such as America, Europe, Australia people were suffering with obesity epidemic. Especially 60% of Australians are suffers from overweight and obesity. The reasons for obesity are economic influences poor diet, physical inactivity. The main cause of obesity is to consume more food than required. Obesity reduced the quality of life, lower the life expectancy and also effects on labor productivity