1 juli

Todays word is methadone

Methadone is a rigorously well-tested medication that is safe and efficacious for the treatment of narcotic withdrawal and dependence. For more than 30 years this synthetic narcotic has been used to treat opioid addiction. Heroin releases an excess of dopamine in the body and causes users to need an opiate continuously occupying the opioid receptor in the brain. Methadone occupies this receptor and is the stabilizing factor that permits addicts on methadone to change their behavior and to discontinue heroin use.

Taken orally once a day, methadone suppresses narcotic withdrawal for between 24 and 36 hours. Because methadone is effective in eliminating withdrawal symptoms, it is used in detoxifying opiate addicts. It is, however, only effective in cases of addiction to heroin, morphine, and other opioid drugs, and it is not an effective treatment for other drugs of abuse. Methadone reduces the cravings associated with heroin use and blocks the high from heroin, but it does not provide the euphoric rush. Consequently, methadone patients do not experience the extreme highs and lows that result from the waxing and waning of heroin in blood levels. Ultimately, the patient remains physically dependent on the opioid, but is freed from the uncontrolled, compulsive, and disruptive behavior seen in heroin addicts.

Withdrawal from methadone is much slower than that from heroin. As a result, it is possible to maintain an addict on methadone without harsh side effects. Many MMT patients require continuous treatment, sometimes over a period of years.

I've met quite a few people who took this when i was younger. It is a good drug and i totally support it. The change you see to how they were before the treatment and after they took it for some time is enourmus

30. juni

Todays word is aphasia

Aphasia is an acquired communication disorder that
impairs a person's ability to process language,
but does not affect intelligence.
Aphasia impairs the ability to speak and understand others, and
most people with aphasia experience difficulty reading and writing.

The most common cause of aphasia is stroke (about 25-40% of stroke survivors acquire aphasia). It can also result from head injury, brain tumor or other neurological causes.

Yes, but many people with aphasia also have weakness or paralysis of their right leg and right arm. When a person acquires aphasia it is usually due to damage on the left side of the brain, which controls movements on the right side of the body.

Any of the following may be considered symptoms of aphasia:

* inability to comprehend language

* inability to pronounce, not due to muscle paralysis or weakness

* inability to speak spontaneously

* inability to form words

* inability to name objects

* poor enunciation

* excessive creation and use of personal neologisms

* inability to repeat a phrase

* persistent repetition of phrases

* paraphasia (substituting letters, syllables or words)

* agrammatism (inability to speak in a grammatically correct fashion)

* dysprosody (alterations in inflexion, stress, and rhythm)

* incompleted sentences

* inability to read

* inability to write

29 juni

Some people might have noticed that I have deleted all my previous posts. The reason to this is none of anyone concern and not for public information( so dont ask), everything that has been written here before should be seen as a expression of my thoughts in that moment i wrote it - and most of it might never have happened and was only in my head.

From now on, this blog will take a different direction. since I am bored out of my scull at work, i deceided to educate myself further.

For this I am using this website:

http://watchout4snakes.com/creativitytools/RandomWord/RandomWordPlus.aspx

Which is a random word generator, and every day i will choose one word and then write about it during my day.

Todays word is Currycomb.

A currycomb is a a comb with plastic or rubber teeth, used for grooming horses.

A tool made of rubber or plastic with short "teeth" on one side, that slides onto the hand of the groom. It is usually the first tool used in daily grooming. The horse is rubbed or "curried" to help loosen dirt, hair, and other detritus, plus stimulate the skin to produce natural oils. The curry comb is usually used in a circular motion to work loose embedded material. Curries are generally too harsh to be used on the legs or head, though varieties made of softer rubber are available.

There are however metal currycombs is a currycomb made of metal, with a handle. They are designed for use on show cattle. The metal curry comb is not designed for horses; the metal teeth can damage the skin and hair. There is no reason for a horse owner to buy one, though many barns have them sitting around and use them for cleaning out dirt and hair from softer-bristled brushes. For removing mud and winter hair, as well as for cleaning brushes, a shedding blade (see below) is preferable to a metal curry, and a shedding blade can also do double duty for cleaning out other brushes.

To dream of a currycomb foretells that great labors must be endured in order to obtain wealth and comfort. lol :)