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    Essay On Opioid Overdoses

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    I. Attention Catcher: The number of fatalities related to opioid overdoses has become one, if not the number one, public health emergencies among Americans. II. Listener Relevance Link: Prescription opioid medication had undergone a huge transformation making it more difficult for people to obtain and physicians to prescribe opioid medications to combat pain. III. Thesis Statement: The opioid epidemic is a local, state, and national problem that has caused all areas of government to focus on…

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    Pros And Cons Of Opioids

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    although, prescribed opioid are considered a drug, including opiates, several are legal for prescription for medical use and has accepted medical benefits and risk while some opioid or opiates may not share those mutual benefit or risk. Cannabis (Marijuana) is becoming legalized in several states for various medical reasons and use illegally for recreational use amongst youth, being that opioids have a broad range of drugs which includes opiates in addition to semi-synthetic and synthetic drugs…

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    narcotics while undergoing treatment. The success rate of methadone treatment actually fully working in stopping drug addicts from using drugs is not very high. Infact, many critics say that methadone is only successful in controlling the costs of opiate addictions and that methadone treatment does little to help actually recover from the addiction. Many patients require several years of treatment for it to actually help and unfortunately half of the patients in methadone treatment drop out…

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    denies any side effects. Patient has not had aberrant behavior. He does have a signed opiate agreement on file. Random urine drug screens and occasional CURES reports were…

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    to the high affinity for 5-HT2A receptors. It also dissociates from D2 receptor easily while being an agonist with 5-HT1A receptors. This increases dopamine release and reduce glutamate release. Heroin is an opiate that gives a person a euphoric feeling. It does so by activating opiate receptors in the brain. This causes secondary messengers to open ion channels. This can decrease the excitability of neurons. This is what gives the euphoric feeling. Lithium is a mood stabilizing drug.…

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    Narcotics are pain relieving drugs that work by receptors in the brain and dulling the sense of pain. Generally, is an opiate. The benefits are for use only the treatment of acute pain, cancer pain syndrome, chronic pain as low back pain, post-herpetic neuralgia. When is not malignant chronic pain was considered to be unresponsive to opioids, or the use of combination medicament with opioids. The narcotics as well their medical uses. The narcotics have effect as analgesic, sedation; and…

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    to over-the-counter medications when they are experiencing pain. However, Kratom has been shown to be just as effective for alleviating pain as over-the-counter medications. Kratom can also help alleviate the symptoms that are caused by alcohol and opiate withdrawal. Boost Immune System Kratom has been shown to be effective for boosting the immune system. It is filled with antioxidants that can help protect the body from illness. It is estimated that Kratom has 20 times more antioxidants than…

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    about a drug I'm prescribed intended for another complain of which not only almost lead to me crashing the AA car the other day, but also I took when writing that school work. I say the psychiatrist is 100% accountable it is not a Diazapine, it not Opiate, it is not Stimulant, it is not an Antipsycotic it is an A typical Antidepressant / Antihistamine which causes Retardation and has no true anxiolytic effect. If the drug antagonizes the parts of my brain responsible for decision making well I…

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    Heroin Drug History

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    Drugs are categorised into the following main groups: Depressants,Opiates and Opioids, stimulants and hallucinogens. Heroin is a depressant and is derived from the opium poppy, putting it in the opiate and opioids group. In the late 1800’s it was considered a less addictive and more affective drug than morphine and was used in treating the symptoms of respiratory discomfort and infection due to its sedative and slowing effects. Not only was it praised amongst the medical personnel at this time,…

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    The national bills introduced this legislative session focused on primary prevention of substance abuse and distributing grants from national stakeholders to create individual state treatments. The two substances mentioned in these bills were general substances and opioids. “General substances” refers to the abuse of multiple drugs, which includes opioids. The opioid abuse bills focus specifically on opioids and heroin. HR 4378, referred to as the Access to Substance Abuse Treatment Act of…

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