Dentists who treat teen and pre-teen age patients probably have been in contact with drug addicts. Addicts mcty seek only crisis-oriented dental care and may attempt to gain a prescription from the dentist. The dentist should be aware of patients who have been or are presently on drugs and should not treat these patients while they are under the influence o[ an abused drug. Addicts injecting dr...

THE FACTS In 2013, more than 43,900 Americans died from drug overdose. Prescription drugs contributed to most of those deaths. Opioid pain relievers like oxycodone, hydrocodone, and methadone were involved in more than 16,000 of those deaths (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2015). Approximately 46 Americans die every day from drug overdoses (Jones, Mack, & Paulozzi, 2013). Opi...

Background: Tramadol, an analgesic drug abused by opioid addicts, is also abused accidentally or for suicidal purposes. Tramadol poisoning can induce CNS depression, seizures, coma, and ultimately death. Case: In this report, a 30-year-old male was admitted to the emergency department due to suicidal attempt with ingestion of 14000 mg (140 tablet 100 mg) of tramadol. He had history of suicidal...

background: tramadol, an analgesic drug abused by opioid addicts, is also abused accidentally or for suicidal purposes. tramadol poisoning can induce cns depression, seizures, coma, and ultimately death. case: in this report, a 30-year-old male was admitted to the emergency department due to suicidal attempt with ingestion of 14000 mg (140 tablet 100 mg) of tramadol. he had history of suicidal ...

Drug abuse is still a serious problem of nowadays. One of the most abused drugs in the Czech Republic is methamphetamine (MA). MA is strongly addictive substance with high disposition to abuse. It belongs to the group of synthetic amphetamines that together with cocaine and caffeine are classified as psychomotor stimulant drugs. Lately, the growing problem is drug abuse of pregnant women. MA is...

Illegal drug use continues to be a significant problem in the United States. In 2010, 8.9 percent of Americans 12 years and older reported using an illicit drug in the previous month, including marijuana, cocaine, heroin, hallucinogens, inhalants, and prescription drugs used nonmedically.1 The negative effects of drug use are numerous, and many are well documented in the medical literature. Ill...