Thanks On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 10:21 PM, Arike J Pundro <[email protected]>wrote:
> Dear All > > Thanks for your response Dr. Thomas director World health organization/ > Substance Abuse Department. I have read the publication you forwarded to me. > Indeed drug resistance is a very serious issue in the developing countries. > It’s very interesting but some of the act does not solve the problem of drug > resistance. Puting drug user to prison is never a solution but there are > better methods of solving the drug resistance. The treatment of Psychosis > is the most common thing that triggers drugs resistance in the developing > nations even though few claim that cases of schizophrenia and dementia are > uncommon. During my three years of working with AED/ USAID and UNIOM/ WHO > outreach program for Alcohol, Tobacco and other Substance (drugs) of abuse > such cases of schizophrenia, dementia and several disorders were commonly > found both in the villages and towns. We use to attend world health > organization/ Substance Abuse department workshops and meeting in Kampala > and even in Arua and Koboko drugs that are restricted and only be prescribed > by Medical doctors and psychiatry are been prescribed by CNA and some with > lab tech or an body who has drug store. The assessment used was based on the > WHO and DSM IV definition of psychotic disorders. Schizophrenia is > characterized by fundamental distortions in thinking and perception and by > inappropriate emotions. The disturbance involves the most basic functions > that give the normal person a feeling of individuality, uniqueness and > self-direction. Behavior may be seriously disturbed during some phases of > the disorder leading to adverse social consequences. Delusions of strong > belief in ideas that are false and without any basis of reality and > hallucinations commonly auditory for example hearing voices are typical > Psychotic > features of the disorder. Psychoactive is a substance use causing damage > to health. The damage may be physical as in cases of hepatitis from the > self-administration of injected psychoactive substances or mental e.g. > episodes of depressive disorder secondary to heavy consumption of alcohol. > While dependence is a cluster of behavioral, cognitive and physiological > phenomena that develop after repeated substance use and that typically > include a strong desire to take the drug, difficulties in controlling its > use, persisting in its use despite harmful consequences, a higher priority > given to drug use than to other activities and obligations, increased > tolerance and sometimes a physical withdrawal state. The dependence syndrome > may be present for a specific psychoactive substance e.g. tobacco, alcohol > or diazepam, for a class of substances e.g. opioid drugs or for a wider > range of pharmacologically different psychoactive substances. In the cause > of drug resistance includes both of the above not necessarily these alone. > Prescribed medicine like Benzodiazepines if continued beyond four weeks as a > chronic use it may induce dependence and withdrawal symptoms which is also a > part of drugs resistance. Prescription drugs also play a big role in drug > resistance. Antidepressants are similarly drugs of abuse if healthcare > providers do not offer clear information empathetic listening reassurance > and psychological counseling to patients. Lithium being considered the > medicine of choice in long term maintenance phase for bipolar disorder. > Health > care providers may consider lithium as initial monotherapy but lithium > monotherapy is effective against both mania and depressive relapse although > it is more effective in preventing mania. However healthcare providers > have to consider that lithium has a narrow therapeutic index and blood > levels must be monitored. It should be noted that lithium treatments > check thyroid function every six months because severe toxic affects cam > occur when renal excretion is impaired. Vaporate cause a wide range of > adverse reactions including gastrointestinal pain, benign hepatic > transaminase elevations, tremor and sedation. These are few I can give as an > example that may cause the some of the complications including drugs > resistance. > Best wishes, > Arike > > ------------------------------ > Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2010 22:39:29 -0700 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [WestNileNet] THANKS GIVING FOR LETASI SHARONS BORN CANCER > TREATMENT > > Dear all, > > We would like to invite you for the thanksgiving function on Sunday 13th > June 2010 at the home of Rosette Obizuyo and Emmanuel Tibaire at Kyaliwajala > Namugongo. > > Please read the invitation in the attachment. > > I do not have the e-mail addresses of our colleagues in The New Vision who > should be part of this function. Can someone either send me their e-mail > address so that I forward them this invite, or forward this mail to them. > > TO ERIMA ROBERT and APOLO ONZOMA > > Could yu help give direction to Rosettes home. > > Regards > > Acidri David Onzima. > > > ------------------------------ > The New Busy is not the old busy. Search, chat and e-mail from your inbox. Get > started.<http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_3> > > _______________________________________________ > WestNileNet mailing list > [email protected] > http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet > > WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > All Archives can be found at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. > _______________________________________________ > >
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