Question

Choose one drug of abuse, legal or illegal. In an essay discuss steps for safe withdrawal for the drug, possible medication interactions, and complications that must be considered in emergency settings for a patient addicted and overdosed on this drug.

Answer 1

Drug abuse and addiction are now a major outbreak among teenagers,youngsters,adults and even ill patients.

The two major form of abuses are with marijuana and opioid abuse.

Opioid are drugs used in medical field for controlling patients pain and bring relief but overtime when patient uses this more frequently to get rid of pain easily.

Always to have a safe withdrawal from the addiction these three things are very essential like

• preparing the mind, body and spirit.
• Deciding to stop the medicine
• Taper the dose gradually as per the doctor's orders
• Can be substituted by other pain killer
• Patient education
• Addiction can be treated with methadone,buprenorphine,clonidine

They interact with all drugs causing it's action slow .To name a few antihypertensive drugs (Amlodipine, Lisinopril) diuretic (lasix) analgesic (Tramadol)

The complications of these is as opioid are broad spectrum analgesic it will affect all major organ

Brain causing neurological change

Heart alteration in the function

Renal and liver poor detoxification

When overdosed symptomatic treatment is very urgent for nausea, vomiting, constipation,loss of consciousness, drowsiness, mental changes, respiratory depression