Khat/Qat Drug Catha edulis or Khat (Qat) is a natural drug derived from the Celastrus edulis plant which is a shrub that can grow to the size of a tree and could reach a height of about 10 to 20 feet with leaves resembling those of basil leaves. Its content makes it a compound similar to that of Amphetamines that produce excitation‚ banish sleep and promote communication. According to streetdrugs.org (2003)‚ when used in moderation‚ khat is used as away to alleviate fatigue and to reduce appetite
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Morphine is a type of narcotic drug synthesized from opium. It is a drug called an opiate that is used to alleviate pain. Opioids are substances that bind to the kappa‚ lambda and mu opioid receptors in the brain. Morphine acts mainly on mu receptors to decrease the transmission of painful stimuli through the spinal cord from body to brain‚ as well as action within the brain itself. Currently‚ it is legal in Canada with a doctor’s prescription. Common brand names for morphine include Avinza‚ Kadian
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exhaustive drug information sheet for morphine. The information that should be included: 1- Name: generic‚ trade: According to drugs.com morphine’s trade names are Avinza‚ Kadian‚ MS Contin and the genetic name is morphine sulfate. 2- Pharmacotherapeutics: Burcham and Rosentheal (2016) describe the pharmacotherapeutics of morphine. It is used for moderate to severe acute or chronic pain; it relieves postoperative pain‚ chronic cancer pain‚ and other conditions. Morphine also helps reduce chest pain by
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interest in his mother’s morphine treatment as she battled lung cancer when he was still a teenager (Harold Shipman‚ 2014). He strongly believed this drug was instrumental in alleviating her pain up until she passed away (Harold Shipman‚ 2014). Soon after Dr. Shipman completed medical school and was working as a general practitioner‚ he became addicted to Pethidine. After his troubles with drug addition‚ he once again worked as a family doctor (Harold Shipman‚ 2014). Morphine became Dr. Shipman’s
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Benefits of Morphine Use in Hospice Paityn Nielsen Chamberlain College of Nursing April 4‚ 2015 Abstract The objective of this paper is to provide evidence of the importance of morphine use for patients on hospice. Managing pain with morphine for patients on hospice can be challenging including overcoming the many misconceptions related to morphine. Many families and patients on hospice believe morphine to be the “death drug” however oftentimes the benefits associated with the use of morphine are not
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century (Qing Dyansty) The Opium War 东莞虎门林则徐硝烟纪念馆 香港历史博物馆 Morphine – The Active Molecule in Opium • Opium contains 24 different alkaloids (生物碱). Morphine (吗啡) is the most abundant one‚ up to 10% of the crude opium extract. • Pure morphine was first isolated from the poppy latex in 1803‚ and was named after Morpheus‚ the Roman god of dreams (梦神?). The darker lines of the wedge‐shaped bonds point out of the plane of the paper. • Morphine is a narcotic (麻醉药/镇静剂)‚ a molecule that numbs the senses (thus removing
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is how people chase their dreams or in xaivers case‚ survive he had the will power to control the morphine ‚ the mauser riffle ‚ and had the skills of snipping will power something that Elijah didn’t have. Morphine was first isolated in 1804 and has been used in every world war so far as an active or chronic pain reliever for the smallest to the biggest of injuries but the one thing about morphine is that it is highly addictive and can cause psychological dependence‚ withdrawal and you can overdose
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Nursing Liability The American Nurse Association provides guidelines and policies for standards of care and scope of practice; they are listed in the Nurse Practice act. While hospital policies may vary from facility to facility it is the Nurse Practice Act that guides and dictates the standards by which nurse perform their duties and are held liable. Nurse have the legal duty of adhering to the standards of care whenever they are taking care of patients‚ when they fail to perform to these standard
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Effects of Selected Drugs During anesthesia‚ there is a great amount of drugs used to suppress the pain that would occur to the body. There are some common drugs that are used. Alcohol‚ Aspirin‚ Lidocaine‚ Morphine‚ and Succinylcholine are all used during anesthesia. Each is used to interrupt the pain signals during surgeries. Without these medications‚ the body would not be able to withstand such trauma occurring to perform the procedure fully. For many years‚ men and women have used the
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substance is refned to make morphine‚ then further refined not different forms of herion. It is mostly injected and it creates additional risks for the user becuase of the danger of AIDS or other infections on top of the pain of addiction. Heroin was first manufactured in 1898 by the Bayer harmaceutical comany of Germany and was marketed as a treatment for TB and remedy for morphine addiction. For this‚ it became a bigger problem than opium addiction. As with opuim‚ the morphine problem in
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