Posts Tagged ‘oxycontin’

narcotics

Sunday, September 13th, 2009

NARCOTICS… please listen to this

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Deepak Chopra says he had drug concerns about Michael Jackson

Monday, September 7th, 2009

http://sogood.net/flower-delivery-xpress – Spiritual teacher Dr. Deepak Chopra said he had been concerned since 2005 that Jackson was abusing prescription painkillers and most recently spoke to the pop star about suspected drug use six months ago. .

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Oxycodone w/ Aspirin – Percodan (Health Guru Drugs)

Saturday, August 29th, 2009

A pharmacist explains how Oxycodone works, why doctors prescribe Percodan, and common side effects of the drug. Get more drug info at http://www.healthguru.com

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pain killers

Monday, August 17th, 2009

Oxycontin pain killers narcotics opiates opioids –can all cause mental side effects that are severe and troubling. A review of its effects on depression, cognition, judgement.

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Suboxone: Issues with the Drug-Opiate Addiction

Sunday, August 2nd, 2009

Talk about Issues regarding Suboxone and some Common info on the Opiate Treatment Drug.
Info on “Ibogaine”.. Erectile Dysfunction from Suboxone?

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Preventing Overdoses when Using Methadone to Treat Chronic Pain (April 2009)

Thursday, July 30th, 2009

A report from the Institute for Safe Medication Practices lists several reasons for the serious and sometime fatal overdoses that have occurred when methadone is used to treat moderate to severe chronic pain.

ISMP points out that methadone differs from other opioids in a number of ways. For example, methadone remains in the body long after its analgesic effect has worn off. Also, a patient may not experience the full analgesic effect of methadone until 3-5 days of use, so it must be titrated more slowly than other opioids.

And a high degree of tolerance to other opioids does not eliminate the possibility of methadone overdose. ISMP cites two fatalities and a near fatality from prescribing too large a methadone dose for patients who had previously taken high daily doses of Oxycontin or Vicodin. Also, if a patient on methadone stops taking the drug for three consecutive days, the patient may lose tolerance for methadone and be at risk for an overdose if the usual dose is resumed.

Errors have also been reported because of confusion between methadone and other drugs with “look alike” names. In one report, a 17-year old patient with a traumatic brain injury received 25 mg of methadone BID instead of methylphenidate and suffered respiratory arrest.

ISMP also points out that errors can occur because of confusion between mL and mg doses. In one case, a patient had been taking 13 mg/day of methadone, which was prepared in the community pharmacy using a 1 mg/mL methadone concentration. When the patient was hospitalized, the attending physician umed that the hospital carried the same concentration and prescribed 12 mL of methadone without specifying the dose in mg. The order was filled with a stock solution that contained 10 mg/mL and administered to the patient — an overdose of nearly tenfold. Fortunately the patient vomited most of the medication and survived.

ISMP recommends a number of steps to help prevent these kinds of life-threatening errors. Here are some of them:

• When prescribing methadone for pain, avoid concomitant use of other narcotics, benzodiazepines, and sedatives, because these significantly increase the risk of an adverse event. Prescribe oral liquid doses of methadone in mg, never in mL alone, since several concentrations exist. Include the indication for use when prescribing methadone, to avoid confusion with methylphenidate. Specify the exact time(s) for administration. If the daily dose is taken in the evening one day and then in the morning the next day, this could lead to an overdose.

• When dispensing methadone, use commercially available methadone solutions to prevent compounding errors. Stock only one concentration of oral liquid methadone in the pharmacy, if possible. Accept orders for methadone only when the dose is prescribed in mg. Label all unit-doses with the exact dose, including strength and total volume if it is a liquid, along with the date and time for administration.

• When administering methadone, adhere to standard medication administration times. If a dose is missed, check with the physician before administering it later than originally scheduled. Make sure a pharmacist has reviewed the order before giving the medication to the patient.

• Remind patients to take methadone exactly as prescribed. Instruct them not to start or stop taking any other medications or dietary supplements without talking to their prescriber, because methadone interacts with many other drugs.

• Instruct methadone patients to seek medical attention if they experience symptoms of overdose, such as slow or shallow breathing and extreme sleepiness, or symptoms of arrhythmia.

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M JACKSON´S DRUG USE BY DEEPAK CHOPRA ON OLMERMANN

Monday, July 27th, 2009

The possibility that Jackson was taking medication oxycotin and demorol that could have contributed to his death at age 50 weighed heavily Friday on people close to the star.

In 2005, after he was cleared on charges of child molestation, Jackson spent a week at a center run by Dr. Deepak Chopra, a physician who focuses on spirituality and the mind-body connection.

During that week, Jackson asked Chopra for a prescription for a narcotic, .

“I said, ‘What the heck do you want a narcotic prescription for?’, Chopra said. “And it suddenly dawned on me that he was probably taking these and that he had probably a number of doctors who were giving him these prescriptions, so I confronted him with that. At first, he denied it. Then, he said he was in a lot of pain.”

Chopra said he told Jackson that there were plenty of other ways to handle his pain, but that the arguments were not persuasive.

He blamed Jackson’s death on drug abuse, though he offered no direct evidence.

“When you have enough drugs in your system, your heart goes into an arrhythmia and your respiration stops,” he said. “I think the drugs killed him.”

Brian Oxman, a former lawyer for the Jackson family who was in the emergency room Thursday, also expressed concern about medications the pop star was taking.

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