Nursing Diagnoses in Psychiatric Nursing Care Plans and Psychotropic Medications

Therapeutic Symptoms of Class of DrugsSymptoms of UseUsesOverdose

Trade NamesCommon Names

CocaineHallucinations, convul-Euphoria, hyperactiv-ity, restlessness, talk-sions, pulmonary ativeness, increased edema, respiratory pulse, dilated pupils, failure, coma, cardiac arrest, possible deathrhinitis

Cocaine Coke, fl ake, snow, hydrochloridedust, happy dust, gold dust, girl, cecil, C, toot, blow, crack

OpioidsEuphoria, lethargy, Shallow breathing, As analgesics; drowsiness, lack of methadone in slowed pulse, motivation, substitution clammy skin, constricted pulmonary edema, therapy; heroin has no thera-pupilsrespiratory arrest, peutic useconvulsions, coma, possible death

Snow, stuff, H, harry, Heroinhorse, M, morph, MorphineMiss EmmaCodeineSchoolboyLordsDilaudidDemerolDoctorsDolophineDolliesPercodanPerkiesTsTa l w i nOpiumBig O, black stuff

HallucinogensVisual hallucinations, Agitation, extreme LSD has been disorientation, proposed in the hyperactivity, confusion, paranoid violence, hallucina-treatment of delusions, eupho-tions, psychosis, chronic alcohol-ism, and in the ria, anxiety, panic, convulsions, possible reduction of increased pulsedeathintractable pain.

Acid, cube, big DLSDPCPAngel dust, hog, peace pillMescalineMescDMTBusinessman’s tripSTPSerenity and peace
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