The elderly are at particular risk for drug misuse and abuse, yet this problem is underdiagnosed. Drug misuse is the underuse, overuse, or erratic use of a drug. Drug abuse is the use of a drug for other than its intended purpose. A thorough nursing assessment is essential to detect and...
“Signs of Drug Abuse” Using a drug to ‘get high’ Using without a prescription Exceeding a recommended dose Chronic or repeated abuse Developed tolerance The Risks of Substance Abuse and Misuse Misusing and abusing substances presents a wide range of risks that can have negative consequences ac...
This book presents a new approach to covering the basic principles and major topics found in a typical psychopharmacology course, while adding the newest exciting and controversial findings in the study of drug use, misuse and abuse. Included in this text are major drugs typically covered in an ...
The implementation of a harm minimisation model for the identification and treatment of over-the-counter drug misuse and abuse in community pharmacies in N... This study tested an intervention model which sought to minimise over-the-counter (OTC) drug misuse and abuse in community pharmacies. ...
BackgroundPrescription drugs are controlled medicines due to their potential risks of being diverted, misused, and abused. Since the introduction of antiretroviral (ARVs) drugs, HIV is currently regarded as a chronic condition. However, prescription drug diversion, misuse, and abuse might serve as ...
(SAMHSA),Overviewof Findingsfromthe2003NationalSurveyonDrugUseandHealth,2004. LargenumbersofU.S.Population MisusePrescriptionDrugs PrescriptionDrugAbuse/Misuse •Mostdrugsformedicalconditions •Psychoactivedrugs(e.g.,benzodiazepine)mostoften abusedinelderly –Inpatientaddictionprogram;16%prescription •...
PERSONS seriously interested in the misuse and abuse of drugs by athletes may see it as primarily a social problem, as a medical problem, as a legal problem, as part of a struggle for control among sports governing bodies, as a potential problem, or as a combination of all of these. The...
The misuse of the ‘Gateway Theory’ in US policy on drug abuse control: A secondary analysis of the muddled deduction Much research (mostly from general population surveys) suggests that people typically use alcohol, tobacco and then marijuana, so called ‘gateway drugs’,... GBD Johnson - 《...
The tradition of equatingdrug abusewith narcotic addiction originally had some basis in fact. Historically, questions of addiction centered on the misuse of opiates, the various concoctions prepared from powdered opium. Then variousalkaloidsof opium, such as morphine and heroin, were isolated and intr...
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