Essays Tagged: "withdrawal symptoms"

Drug education

ethal or mind-damaging amount of drugs. Once an full addiction of these drugs occur, the user faces withdrawal symptoms when a discontinuation of a drug transpires. This is due to a reduction of the n ...

(3 pages) 116 0 3.8 Jan/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

Drug Abuse

go to jail, lose their jobs, or leave their families in order to keep using. Finally, the user has withdrawal symptoms when drug use is stopped. They may undergo physical pain or mental distress.The ... It requires persistent, repeated use and, if the user attempts to stop, there are painful physical withdrawal symptoms. Heroin use causes insomnia, panic, nausea, and shallow breathing. Heroin is gen ...

(6 pages) 251 0 4.4 Mar/1997

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

Drug Abuse

go to jail, lose their jobs, or leave their families in order to keep using. Finally, the user has withdrawal symptoms when drug use is stopped. They may undergo physical pain or mental distress.The ... It requires persistent, repeated use and, if the user attempts to stop, there are painful physical withdrawal symptoms. Heroin use causes insomnia, panic, nausea, and shallow breathing. Heroin is gen ...

(6 pages) 151 0 4.3 Mar/1997

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

essay on drug laws from the conservative side.

go to jail, lose their jobs, or leave their families in order to keep using. Finally, the user has withdrawal symptoms when drug use is stopped. They may undergo physical pain or mental distress. The ...

(2 pages) 96 4 3.9 Jan/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

Drug Addiction and Abuse An essay promoting better drug education in schools in order to avoid social problems like drug abuse and addiction.

g. In physical dependence, the body develops a need for the drug. Severe physical reactions, called withdrawal symptoms may occur if the drug is withheld from the user.We also realize that students at ...

(2 pages) 168 1 4.1 Mar/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs

The Harmful Effects on the Body from Alcohol.

excessive amount of intake of alcohol will cause severe short-term effects, long-term effects, and withdrawal symptoms, which are all harmful effects to the body.An over dosage of alcohol will cause ... cs experience various symptoms after their body tissues are cleared from a addictive drug, known as withdrawal symptoms. "Probably the mildest form is the hangover, characterized by headache, nausea, ...

(3 pages) 66 0 3.8 Nov/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs

Marijuana In Detail.

ommon elements" is marijauna's ability to trigger chemical changes in the brain that lead to strong withdrawal symptoms.In humans, some researchers claim to see clear evidence of insomnia, anxiety and ... jected with a second chemical to block cannabis receptors in the brain.Without the block, the sharp withdrawal symptoms can't be seen because cannabis clears so slowly that even heavily doped rats are ...

(7 pages) 85 2 4.3 Nov/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs

"emma" - Jane Austen: Function of JA's irony? reason for Emma's relationship with Harriet? discus emma and mr k's differring views on robert martin.

onal guest for company, Emma understandably begins to feel bored and lonely, continuously suffering withdrawal symptoms for her beloved Miss Taylor. The author shows that she does not feel content sta ...

(8 pages) 61 0 3.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Anti-depressants and drug companies: what we don't know about them.

when discontinuing Effexor. That neither the doctor or the manufacturer acknowledge how serious the withdrawal symptoms are and therefore, offer no advice on treating the symptoms."~ "Sean9", http://w ... increasing their incapacitation.Sharon F McDill, a medical student from Glasgow University reported withdrawal symptoms of vertigo and headaches on . "My doctors refused to acknowledge that venlafaxin ...

(6 pages) 99 2 4.7 May/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Addiction

logical addiction. Psychological addictions are a dependency of the mind, and lead to psychological withdrawal symptoms. Psychological addictions are a person's need to use a drug out of desire for th ... as addictions, especially if they include elements of addictive behavior. Sufferers may experience withdrawal or withdrawal-like symptoms if they alter their diet suddenly. This suggests that some co ...

(9 pages) 223 0 3.7 Dec/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Alcoholism.

Loss of control: The inability to limit one's drinking on any given occasion, Physical dependence: Withdrawal symptoms, such as nausea, sweating, shakiness, and anxiety, occur when alcohol use is sto ... opment and learning. The gene is also involved in the process of alcohol tolerance, dependence, and withdrawal symptoms. A section of the brain -- called the central amygdala -- is another piece of th ...

(9 pages) 70 1 3.5 Dec/2005

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs

Drug Profile Chart

tial, paraphernalia, what effects you might observe in the workplace with a user of this substance, withdrawal symptoms, and treatment possibilities (be sure to list both homeopathic and allopathic wh ... include user paraphernalia)POSSIBLE EFFECTS(include physiological effects, addiction potential, and withdrawal symptoms)TREATMENT POSSIBILITIES(inpatient/outpatient, homeopathic/allopathic, etc.)STIMU ...

(6 pages) 177 0 5.0 Apr/2007

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs

The Difference between Drug Use and Drug Abuse

Explain the difference between drug use and drug abuse. Also, define dependence, tolerance, and withdrawal, and discuss how scientists study abuse.Studies show that we find ourselves using some ty ... body needs a higher dosage to get the original affect. Substance dependence can also be to prevent withdrawal symptoms. These can be described as unpleasant physical or psychological effects followin ...

(2 pages) 32 0 3.0 Oct/2007

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

The Importance of Legalizing Marijuana

be caused by the damage from inhaling smoke and other attributing factors. There also are very mild withdrawal symptoms with large doses and extended use, but they pass usually within 24-48 hours afte ...

(5 pages) 70 2 4.5 Oct/2007

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

Untitled

e still doing heroin. The worst part is that heroin is classified as having the worst addiction and withdrawal symptoms than any other drug. Heroin is known as ?H? or ?Brown?, and is related to other ... g used before they stopped or cut down. When high doses have been taken for several weeks, a sudden withdrawal causes symptoms of discomfort similar to flu. These include aches, sweating and chills, t ...

(5 pages) 8 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

To Kill A Mockingbird - Atticus Finch

ay in the near future came to her attention. As a morphine addict, she was willing to withstand the withdrawal symptoms to end her life free from the drug. To Atticus, this displays the greatest examp ...

(2 pages) 7 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee

Is gambling a true addiction? An exploratory essay

empts to stop, such as the everyday smoker for example, but it is extremely difficult to resist the withdrawal symptoms. According to Medicine Plus' Medical Encyclopedia, Nicotine causes withdrawal sy ... ache, cough, sore gums, irritability, and of course nicotine craving; while gamblers do not has any withdrawal symptoms at all.I began my research on the internet, focusing on finding out the opinions ...

(5 pages) 70 0 3.0 Apr/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Common Disorders

Issues in Recovery

When the patient is in a state of recovery, the reality of that process is one of actual biological withdrawal from the specific drug upon which the patient has become dependent through habitual use. ... the corresponding desire to indulge in a former addiction. While the patient's physical reaction to withdrawal symptoms is typically the most apparent and seemingly the most significant, the psycholog ...

(4 pages) 44 0 0.0 Apr/2009

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Workplace Substance Abuse

(2) loss of control to limit drinking on any particular occasion; (3) physical dependence, so that withdrawal symptoms (nausea, sweating, shakiness, anxiety) are experienced if alcohol ceases and (4) ...

(11 pages) 48 0 5.0 Feb/2010

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology