As there is some addiction liability of Percocet (with the oxycodone component pf Percocet), it should be taken exactly as prescribed for you. Avoid taking greater amount or double dose of this medication as well as for longer duration than it is prescribed by your doctor. Follow the instruction of your doctor or other health care worker such as pharmacists or follow the instructions written on the medication.
Acetaminophen overdose can cause liver toxicity, especially in individuals with G6PD (Glocose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase, an important enzyme in glucose metabolism) deficiency, which is more common among Americans and Europeans. The dose of acetaminophen should not be more than 1000 mg per (1 gram) dose and 4,000 mg (4 gram) per day and the usual dose is 500 mg 3 or 4 times a day. The maximum amount of acetaminophen present in Percocet is of 650 mg (usually 325 mg of acetaminophen is combined with 5 mg of oxycodone). You should know about the amount of drug(s) present in the medication you are prescribed for particular health problem.
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Before you start taking Percocet to relieve moderate to severe pain, you should be aware of certain aspects of Percocet, such as how to take the medication, when to take, how long to take, what important aspects you should ask your doctor who prescribes the medication etc. You should also know about the major side effects of Percocet, the problems that may arise due to overdose of the medication, if you miss a dose of Percocet, when should the missed dose be taken etc.
The most important information you should know about Percocet is the ingredients of the medication, as it is combination of two drugs acetaminophen (commonly known as paracetamol, used in fever to reduce temperature) and oxycodone (a semi synthetic opioid analgesic or pain killer, not available in many countries such as India). If you are a regular drinker of alcohol who drinks more than three drinks a day or if you have history of alcoholic liver disease such as cirrhosis of liver you should not take acetaminophen.
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Nursing is an important part (not only important, but integral part of health care system) of overall health care. Nursing scrubs may be different in different countries (depending on the local custom and tradition) and even in the same city the nursing uniform may be different in different hospitals.
Shopping (including nursing scrubs if you are a nursing professional) has become easier due to the availability of online stores and shops, where you can buy practically anything. Buying or shopping online has become a routine and it is smarter to shop online than go to nearby store, where you may not find the item you want to buy. If you are planning to buy items such as nursing uniform, medical uniform, medical scrubs etc. buying online is a good option.
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We (non-smokers as well as smokers) all know the problems associated with smoking, such as health problems smoking can cause, the economic burden smoking can have in personal and family life and problems with ever tightening law against smoking cigarettes in public places. You can end up with a lung cancer or chronic bronchitis or other serious respiratory and other health problems associated with smoking. You also end up wasting hundreds of dollars every month and thousands of dollars every year for nothing (not exactly nothing, but to invite health problems) for few minutes of sense of well being. You may also end up in jail for breaking law by smoking in public places. These are only few of the hundreds of reasons why you should quit smoking.
Smoking helps nobody (certainly does not help the smoker), probably not even the manufacturers (cigarette business owners) because these manufacturers also pay millions and in some cases billions of dollars as compensation every year.
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Like any other drugs, Percocet, a combination of acetaminophen and oxycodone have side effects and some are potentially serious side effects, such as drug addiction liability. The addiction liability is for oxycodone, as it belongs to narcotics group of pain relievers. The side effects of Percocet are mainly due to oxycodone component of the drug and very few if any are due to acetaminophen which has very low side effect profile on its own. Before you start using Percocet for pain relief (moderate to severe pain), you should be aware of the side effects of this brand name, especially the potentially serious side effects.
Serious side effects of Percocet:
The serious (and potentially serious) side effects of Percocet include the following:
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Percocet is the brand name of generic drug combination of acetaminophen (commonly known as paracetamol, used in fever to reduce temperature) and oxycodone, an opioid analgesic or pain killer. Other brand names of this combination (acetaminophen plus oxycodone) are Endocet, Magnacet, NArvox, Tylox etc.
Oxycodone belongs to a group of medication known as narcotic (opioid pain relievers) pain relievers (pain killers). Narcotic pain relievers should always be used with caution, as they have addiction liability, although the addiction liability of oxycodone is much less in compare to opioid analgesics such as morphine. Acetaminophen is also a commonly used pain reliever, although it is less potent analgesic. But when combined with oxycodone, it (acetaminophen) improves the pain relieving property of oxycodone. But the most common use of acetaminophen is in fever to bring down body temperature. Acetaminophen is arguably the best antipyretic (which lower body temperature in fever) drug.
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Medical scrubs not only separate (in more than one way) the medical professionals from other professions, the use of medical scrubs by medical professionals also benefit the user in more than one ways, such as acting as a shield for the usual dress the medical professional (doctors, nurses, lab technicians etc. to name a few medical professionals) wear, the medical uniform can prevent infection (at least to some extent), protect the dress from soiling with blood, serum and other human liquids.
Medical scrubs also bring the sense of dignity and responsibility for service to the person wearing it. Medical uniform can boost self respect and a person with self respect does better job than a person with low moral and self respect. Medical uniform, help in serving the patients better by inciting self respect to the medical professionals such as doctors, nurses, laboratory technicians and assistants, nursing assistants, laboratory attendants, as well as many other supporting staffs of medical profession.
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Hypnic headache is a typical type of headache which starts few hours after the person suffering from; fall asleep (few hours after onset of sleep). The spell of hypnic headache lasts for 15 to 30 minutes and may recur again after few hours and patients is awakened again and up to 3 episodes of hypnic headache may occur in one night.
The severity of headache in hypnic headache is generally moderate in intensity and commonly the headache is generalized in nature or not located in a particular part of the head, unlike migraine headache which is typically unilateral in nature. But in some patients with hypnic headache the headache may be unilateral and throbbing type of headache. Hypnic headache is more commonly seen among females and men are affected uncommonly. The common age of onset is over 60 years. The symptoms are typically bilateral and only rarely unilateral.
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There are several drugs that can be used for prophylaxis of migraine headache. Some of the drugs which have efficacy as a preventive agent for migraine but have considerable side effects and are not commonly used. Many of the drugs with efficacy as preventive agent in migraine are not approved by the FDA and some are approved by FDA for prophylaxis of migraine (local rules should always be sought before prescribing a drug for prophylaxis of migraine). Some drugs are not available in some countries and availability is an important factor.
FDA has approved propranolol, timolol, sodium valproate, and topiramate for prophylactic treatment of migraine. Methysergide is also approved by FDA for prophylaxis of migraine, but not available in the United States. There are also many more drugs which shows efficacy in prevention of migraine but not approved by FDA for prophylaxis of migraine.
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Screening for diabetes is not considered cost effective for general population, due to its high cost and the need of involvement of trained healthcare personnel, which are generally in short supply. Checking blood sugar level for the entire population is not feasible and also not cost effective. Checking blood sugar level twice (either fasting and post prandial or approximately 2 hours after meal or 2 hours after 75 grams of glucose consumption) for every person in general population (or the entire population for screening) can not be done.
That is why screening is advisable (if ever done to detect diabetes) only for high risk population, which can be rewarding and is cost effective. Selecting “high risk” group for screening for diabetes is important, because if selected properly it can give rich dividends.
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