Efforts to Reduce Pseudoephedrine Abuse Pseudoephedrine (PSE) is found in common cold, non-prescription medications. This ingredient has been used as part of the process for making methamphetamine (meth). PSE was easily obtained until a law was passed to control how obtainable it is. Although this law has caused PSE to be harder to obtain, it does not make it difficult to obtain resulting in meth still being created easily. There is a need to federally regulate the obtainability of PSE such as making
What is excellence? Is it perfection, a goal, a feeling, a gift? To some athletes, it is an everyday challenge that comes easy; to others it might not be so easy. Whether it holds a psychological meaning or it’s just another goal to set, it shows a persons attitude and dedication towards a sport. To what extremes will people actually go to reach excellence? Some athletes strive so hard that they will try almost anything to reach their peak of excellence, the extremes that some go through to
Ephedra: Asking For Trouble? A member of the phylum Gnetophyta, the Ephedra genus is a perennial, dioecious shrub that reaches 1 1/2 to 4 feet tall (7). There are multiple species of this genus that inhabit the desert regions in certain parts of the world. The three species E. sinica, E. intermedia, and E. equisetina are found in Asia, particularly China and Mongolia. Ephedra distacha is from Europe. India and Pakistan are home to E. gerardiana. North American species consist of E. nevadensis
Ephedra (Ma Huang) Ephedras species are an evergreen shrub, native to North China and Inner Mongolia. It's yellow/green branching shrub growing to an average of 20 inches (50cm) with long narrow, sprawling stems and tiny leaves, can be found in desert or arid regions throughout the world. Its color can be green, gray, or red, depending on the species. The plant has small greenish yellow flowers and tiny nodes (joints) on the stalks (2). Ephedra is propagated from seed or by root division in autumn
The name of the over-the-counter medication is Actifed Expectorant. Actifed Expectorant contains 1.25 mg Triprolidine HCL, 30mg Pseudoephedrine, and 100 mg Guaiphenesin HBr. All 3 of these ingredients are per 5mL syrup. The dose quantity and spacing as indicated on the product is 10 mL syrup 3 times a day, or 8-hourly. The label indicates that Actifed Expectorant is used to provide symptomatic relief of upper respiratory tract disorders accompanied by productive cough, which benefit from the administration
in the nasal passages, allowing you to breathe easier. Pseudoephedrine is a decongestant that shrinks body fluid vessels in the nasal passages. Increased blood vessels can cause nasal congestion. It is used to treat nasal congestion and sinus congestion or the tubes that drain fluid from your inner ears, called the Eustachian tubes. Precautions get emergency medical help if you have any of these signs of an allergic reaction to pseudoephedrine: hives; difficulty breathing; swelling of the face, lips
Patients who struggle to pay for their medication, struggle with life. The Pharmaceutical Industry( Big Pharma) makes the important name brand drugs expensive, they are forcing people to take the medication, and they are also forcing them to refill the prescriptions even if they don’t need them; every pill counts! The cost of medication from 2009 to 2016 has increased by 400%. The Tactics of Big Pharma have been found to be wrong by many people and their own companies. Insurance companies are paying
law to make it harder for them to get it. They thought this would slow down the amount of meth being made. This only made things worse because they found a way to make meth from pseudoephedrine, which is in cough medicine you can buy from stores. Big labs were making most the meth, but with the new pseudoephedrine being used, that is attainable nearly everywhere, it made for small labs to be able to be used too. Oelwein and other small towns didn’t need to travel to these larger labs to get
of meth is around 95% and 10 minutes reaction period and it will need up to about 2 hours for the total time for preparation, production and cleaning up after the process is done (Garriott, 2011). The main ingredients for this production are pseudoephedrine (cold medicine), lithium, water, Coleman fuel, ice packs and an explosive device. Besides that, there are two other methods which are mainly used in methamphetamine production: the phenyl-2-propanone (P2P) method and the red phosphorous (red P)
The human being works to improve itself; to better the natural abilities and develop new skills to give them a leg up in this world. A growing number of healthy people have begun using cognitive enhancers to gain a mental edge their competitive lives. Performance enhancing drugs were introduced as a means to improve the human body and biological functions. These enhancements are meant to increase abilities that are lacking, and majority of brain enhancing drugs only work on those whose skills are
Description of the images of psychoactive drug use, abuse and addiction Breaking Bad is a television movie series about a high school chemistry teacher, who started manufacturing crystal meth after he has been diagnosed with a terminal lung cancer trying to give financial security to his family. Walt's chemistry knowledge lead him to produce a drug that is purer and more potent. He dominates the market more than his other competitors and which is given the street name "Ice”, which got him to confrontations
offer of a chest x-ray, blood work, and urinalysis including UDS. She did also ask for Tessalon Perles. Prescription for those and a cough syrup in improvement over the Robitussin she was taking at home. While she was here she had 60 mg of pseudoephedrine administered and 200 mg of Tessalon Perles. A neb treatment was given. She is advised to seek help with her own physician and her PCP is apparently Michael Larue and she agrees to this plan. Prescription is written for Tessalon Perles 200 one
Economic justice guides one in establishing economic institutions. Justice is the notion of giving someone what they are owed or deserved. In the catholic view, justice involves the promotion of human flourishing. The teaching acknowledges that justice is natural and everyone has a claim. In the liberal teaching, economic justice is simply giving profits to those who have earned it through goods and services. As a survival mechanism adapted since evolutionary times, humans have been accustomed to
One major issue that affects the US today is the use of illegal drugs. One of the fastest growing illegal drugs is methamphetamine. Methamphetamine, also known commonly as meth, is "the label given to a homemade substance that is manufactured (typically) in rural labs using fertilizers, cold tablets, and household acids" (Armstrong, 2007, p. 427). When it is manufactured, it is commonly seen as a powder or crystal that is white in color, has no distinguishable odor, and is pungent to the taste (McKinley
A Turn for the Worst? As the world today continues to increase in different technology, which is said to make a better and also safer society, but are they leading to road of destruction? According to the CASAColumbia organization “More than 1 in 7 Americans ages 12 and older have addiction involving nicotine, alcohol or other drugs (2014).” Meaning at 12 years old one CHILD out of seven would have an alcohol or drug addiction. Substance abuse in America is widely spread, and is definitely getting
The Meth Epidemic Methamphetamine is said to have first made its appearance in the United States as early as World War II (Anglin, Burke, Perrochet, Stamper, & Dawud-Noursi, 2000). It was given to soldiers and pilots to increase their endurance as well as their attentiveness. Roughly two decades later, a liquid form of methamphetamine became available for the treatment of heroin addiction. It wasn’t until the 1990’s where it really began to be a problem. In trailer parks across Oregon, methamphetamine
According to the Justice Kagan, in the case of Florida vs. Harris, “we considered how a court should determine if the “alert” of drug-detention during a traffic stop provides probable cause to search a vehicle” (Kagan). On June 26, 2006, a Sheriff Officer of the State of Florida, William Wheetley and his drug detection dog, Aldo, were on patrol. Furthermore, Officer Wheetley conducted a traffic stop of the defendant Clayton Harris for expired tags on his truck. As Officer Wheetley approached
Symposium Outline Marisa Burgios April 2014 Topic: Types of Addiction General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: To inform people on the different types of Addiction. Thesis: Addiction is a disease characterized by an overwhelming chemical need for a stimuli. These stimuli's can range from anything between sex, food and chemical dependency. Today the particular group that we will be exploring is substance addiction. Dana here will be covering the causes of drug addiction, Chris will be covering
Young people are using mood-changing substances at an increasingly younger age. Persistent substance abuse among youth is often accompanied by a plethora of problems, including school related hardships, health-related problems, poor family relationships, mental health issues, and run-ins with the justice system. There are also significant consequences involving the community, and society in general. Studies show drug use at a young age increases the desire to abuse as you get older. Society looks
Antibiotic resistance is one of the most important issues facing health care today, with wide reaching future implications if abuse continues. In the United States alone, antibiotic resistance is responsible for over two million illnesses and 23,000 deaths per year. Providers need to be judicious in the disbursement of these life saving pharmacological agents, while being informative of why antibiotics are not always the answer (Talkington, Cairns, Dolen, & Mothershed, 2014). In the case listed