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A nurse is reviewing a patients medication during shift change.what medication would be contraindicated if the patient were pregnant coumadin finasteride celebrex catapress habitral.?
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coumadin drug an anticoagulant that may cause bleeding!
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Can clonidine be used as a patch?
Yes. The brand name is Catapress.
Could you take paxam catapress strattrea keppra and Valium together for 13 year old?
ummm....NO!
Is there medication to control Tourettes?
As far as I know, there is no cure for this disorder. My Brother-in-law's friend Jim has it and he says he will have it for life. Sometimes it just goes away in the late teen years. That happened to me. However, I think marijuana might have been what cured it. I smoked once and the tics dropped to about once a month. I smoked again and after that I didn't tic any more. Someone should do a survey of the small percentage of people with Tourette's who lost Tourette's and see how many were smoking marijuana around the time it stopped. I suffer from Tourette's myself and I have scanned the wasteland for anything that can help me. There is no full cure as of yet, but these methods are your best bet. Results are as follows: Medication: Mostly Dopamine blockers like Haloperidol and Risperidone. They do work for some people but the side effects are normally just as debilitating as Tourettes. Drowsyness is the most occurring. Complex Surgery: Other than medication there is not much, there has been a treatment performed that is currently not approved, it involves implanting electrodes in the brain and using a high and tuned frequency to regulate the brains electronic impulses, keeping the abnormal impulses shorted and the normal ones to do their thing. Its the same treatment they use for Parkinsons Disease and Dystonia/Tremors. Its called Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS). The trials are still underway, but all sufferers that have had the treatment have reported an improvement of near 100%, that's a good enough cure for me, but, as always, side effects should be looked up. Hello, I also have TS. Medication only screwed me up more. But then i tried a yeast free, sugar free diet. My symptoms have decreased dramatically. Diet is the best solution. Definitely! Sugar and caffeine are horrible for people with Tourette's. I was taken completely off cokes and sweets for a few months and my symptoms almost went away completely. but I'm a college student now so that didn't last long. Also, my mother always noticed when I was lying because the stress of hiding something from her would make my tics worse.
Can you use Clonidine for opiate withdrawal?
Most definitely! I'm currently am being weaned down from methadone. I was at 128mgs and I'm not on 92mgs. Still have a long way to go! I wanted to do it "slowly" for about a year. My psychiatrist is giving me only 6months to come off. I would much rather be on my psych meds than the methaone! My PCP started me on Clonidine a few months ago. First I was taking .1mg twice a day then on top of the two he prescrbed my .2mgs a night. If you were ever in rehab the nurses usually give you a a Clonidine Patch(Catapress). When you are withdrawaling from a certain drug like Methadone or even a Benzo. The Clonodine does seem to help your blood pressure, severe anxiety, relaxation and sleep. The FDA approved therapeutic effect taking Clonidine is for blood pressure. (Clonidine is used "off label" for MANY other things like restless leg syndrome, severe cancer pain from radiation, and even ADHD or ADD) Now depending on where you are detoxing from, will definitely make a difference in the severity and lenght of your detox. If you are at home, you have the opportunity to get other medications like Ativan.(Ativan seems to be the one the medical field uses the most.) Thankfully, I was prescribed a lot of medications throughout this hell! Klonopin 1mg 4 times a day for anxiety. Promethazine or Phenergan that really helps with some of my nausea 25mgs every 2-6hrs. Zanaflex 4mgs one every 4hrs to relax my tense muscles and headaches, Seroquel which I was prescribed for a mood disorder is used off label for anxiety and insomnia. I take Remeron for sleep/depression and Celexa for a particular phobia. I take Imitrex 100mgs as directed for migraine. I take a med with three ingredients for migraine/tension headaches. I was on Midrin for my headaches up until, apparently, they didn't have all of the ingredients/raw materials to make Midrin. Now they put me on a drug called "Prodrin." Prodrin is also made up of 3 ingredients, but instead of the sedative combo(Chloral Hydrate and something else) I get caffeine instead! Hell, caffeine causes a lot of my headaches. It's not from withdrawing from it, because I rarely consume it. Finally,eat healthy foods in moderation. Drink LOTS of fluids preferably without caffeine or alcohol(natural Laxis) acting like I've already come off methadone because of all of the advice I've made. Toxins from years of drug use like to retire in your fat tissue. Methadone is especially prone to do that. For an example, you consumed a methadone dose of 60mgs. When you come up the next day, you dose again at 60mgs. Now, from a legitimate source with a doctorites degree and specializes in drugs and the body, there is robably 10mgs from yesterday. I'm probably not saying it right. Anyway, take care to all and beat this demon for good!!
How do you come off pain killers?
I've gotten off Vicodin before and it's definitely difficult. The best thing I can say to do is to take Aleve for the sweats, stay away from caffienne and try to get yourself on an antidepressant before coming off. I usually stayed in bed most of the time I was coming off. If you find you're still having a hard time I'd suggest going to rehab, or going to your dr and asking for a prescription to help you get off medication. I have had Catapress before which worked well. Mostly, the best thing you can do is to STAY AWAY from them! It's the worst feeling in the entire world to come off Vicodin
