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ʻO ka methadone injection he lāʻau opioid ikaika i hāʻawi pololei ʻia i loko o kou ʻiʻo a i ʻole vein e nā poʻe loea mālama ola. Hoʻohana pinepine ʻia kēia ʻano methadone i nā halemai a i ʻole nā wahi lapaʻau kūikawā ke hiki ʻole iā ʻoe ke lawe i ka lāʻau lapaʻau waha a i ʻole pono i ka hōʻoluʻolu ʻeha koke.
ʻOiai ʻike ka hapa nui o ka poʻe i ka methadone ma ke ʻano he lāʻau lapaʻau waha no ka mālama ʻana i ka maʻi opioid, lawelawe ka ʻano injectable i nā kumu lapaʻau kikoʻī. He mea i mālama ʻia e pono ai ka mālama ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau ma muli o kona ikaika a me ka hiki ke loaʻa nā hopena ʻaoʻao koʻikoʻi.
ʻO ka methadone injection he lāʻau opioid synthetic i hāʻawi pololei ʻia i loko o kou kino ma o ka nila. Hoʻohana nā mea mālama ola i kēia ʻano hana ke hiki ʻole a ʻaʻole lawa ka lāʻau lapaʻau waha no kou kūlana.
Hana wikiwiki ka ʻano injectable ma mua o nā pila no ka mea e hele pololei ana i kāu ʻōnaehana digestive. Hoʻopili koke kou kino iā ia ma o kou kahe koko, e hāʻawi ana i ka hōʻoluʻolu wikiwiki ke pono. ʻO kēia ka mea e pono ai i nā kūlana pilikia a i ʻole ke hiki ʻole iā ʻoe ke ale i nā lāʻau.
ʻAʻole like me nā lāʻau alanui, ana pono ʻia ka methadone injection lapaʻau a mālama ʻia e nā poʻe loea i hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻia. Hoʻomalu pono ʻia ka dosage a me ka manawa e hōʻoia i kou palekana i ka wā e hāʻawi ana i nā hopena therapeutic āu e pono ai.
Hoʻohana nui ʻia ka methadone injection no ka mālama ʻana i ka ʻeha nui ke hana ʻole nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe. Mālama maʻamau nā kauka i kēia ʻano no nā kūlana lapaʻau kikoʻī kahi i kūpono ʻole ai nā lāʻau lapaʻau waha.
ʻO nā kumu maʻamau e loaʻa ai iā ʻoe ka methadone injection, ʻo ia ka ʻeha mau loa i pane ʻole i nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe, nā kūlana i hiki ʻole iā ʻoe ke lawe i nā lāʻau lapaʻau waha ma muli o ke ʻoki ʻana a i ʻole ka maʻi, a me ka mālama ʻana i ka ʻeha pilikia i nā wahi halemai.
Ma kekahi mau papahana lapaʻau hoʻohui kūikawā, hiki i nā mea mālama ola ke hoʻohana i ka methadone injectable ke hiki ʻole ke hāʻawi waha. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole maʻamau kēia ma mua o ka lāʻau lapaʻau mālama methadone waha. Hoʻohana ʻia ke ala injection ke pau nā koho ʻē aʻe.
No nā maʻi maʻi maʻi e ʻike nei i ka ʻeha breakthrough, hiki i ka methadone injection ke hāʻawi i ke kōkua ke ʻaʻole e komo pono nā lāʻau lapaʻau waha. Hiki ke hana kēia i ka wā chemotherapy ke pale ka nausea a me ka luaʻi ʻana i ka mālama ʻana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau waha.
ʻO ka methadone injection he lāʻau opioid ikaika e hana ana ma ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā mea hoʻokipa kikoʻī i kou lolo a me ke kuamoʻo. ʻO kēia mau mea hoʻokipa, i kapa ʻia ʻo opioid receptors, e kāohi i ke ʻano o kou kino e ʻike a pane i nā hōʻailona ʻeha.
Ke hoʻopili ka methadone i kēia mau mea hoʻokipa, e ālai ana ia i nā memo ʻeha mai ka hiki ʻana i kou lolo. Hoʻokumu kēia i kahi hopena hoʻomaha ʻeha ikaika e hiki ke lōʻihi ma mua o nā lāʻau opioid ʻē aʻe. Hoʻomaka maʻamau nā hopena i loko o 15-30 mau minuke ma hope o ka injection.
ʻO ka mea e kū hoʻokahi ai ka methadone ʻo kona lōʻihi o ka hana. ʻOiai e hana wikiwiki ana ka injection, hiki i kāna mau hopena ke lōʻihi i 8-12 mau hola a i ʻole ka lōʻihi i kekahi poʻe. ʻO kēia kōkua lōʻihi ʻaʻole pono ʻoe i nā injections pinepine i ka lā.
Hoʻopilikia pū ka lāʻau lapaʻau i ka ʻōnaehana uku o kou lolo, ʻo ia ke kumu e pono ai no ka mālama ʻana i ka addiction. Kōkua ia i ka pale ʻana i nā hōʻailona withdrawal a hoʻemi i nā makemake me ka hana ʻole ʻana i ka euphoria ikaika e pili ana me nā opioids ʻē aʻe ke hoʻohana pono ʻia.
Hoʻoponopono ʻia ka methadone injection e nā poʻe loea mālama ola i aʻo ʻia i nā wahi lapaʻau. ʻAʻole hiki iā ʻoe a ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e hoʻāʻo e hāʻawi iā ʻoe iho i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau ma ka home.
Hiki ke hāʻawi ʻia ka pahu i loko o kou ʻiʻo (intramuscular) a i ʻole pololei i loko o ke aʻa (intravenous), ma muli o kou pono olakino. E hoʻoholo ana kāu mea mālama ola i ke ala maikaʻi loa e pili ana i kou kūlana a me ka wikiwiki āu e pono ai i ka hōʻoluʻolu ʻeha.
Ma mua o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka pahu, e nānā kāu hui lapaʻau i kāu moʻolelo olakino piha a me nā lāʻau lapaʻau o kēia manawa. Pono lākou e ʻike e pili ana i nā maʻi āpau, nā pilikia hanu, a i ʻole nā kūlana olakino ʻē aʻe āu. Kōkua kēia ʻike iā lākou e hoʻoholo inā palekana ka methadone injection iā ʻoe.
I ka wā o ka injection, e nānā pono ʻia ʻoe no nā hopena maikaʻi ʻole. E nānā mau nā mea mālama ola i kou hanu, ka puʻuwai, a me ke koko. Hoʻomau kēia nānā ʻana no kekahi mau hola ma hope o ka injection no ka mea e mau ana nā hopena o ka methadone no ka manawa lōʻihi.
Pono ʻoe e noho i loko o ka hale lapaʻau no ka nānā ʻana ma hope o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka methadone injection. Pono ka hui mālama ola e hōʻoia e pane maikaʻi ana ʻoe i ka lāʻau lapaʻau a ʻaʻole ʻoe e ʻike i nā hopena ʻaoʻao weliweli.
ʻO ka lōʻihi o ka mālama ʻana i ka methadone injection e pili ana i kou kūlana olakino a me ka pane ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau. E hoʻoholo ana kāu mea mālama ola i ka lōʻihi o kou pono i kēia lapaʻau e pili ana i kou mau kūlana pilikino.
No ka mālama ʻana i ka ʻeha nui, hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa nā injections no kekahi mau lā wale nō i loko o ka haukapila. Ke hiki iā ʻoe ke lawe hou i nā lāʻau lapaʻau waha, e hoʻololi paha kāu kauka iā ʻoe i nā pills a i ʻole nā ʻano ʻē aʻe o ka mālama ʻeha.
I nā hihia o ka ʻeha maʻi koʻikoʻi, hiki ke hoʻomau ka papa hana injection, akā e loiloi mau kāu hui lapaʻau inā ʻo kēia ke ala maikaʻi loa iā ʻoe. E noʻonoʻo lākou i nā mea e like me kāu mau pae ʻeha, nā hopena ʻaoʻao, a me ke kūlana olakino holoʻokoʻa.
ʻAʻole e hooki koke kāu mea mālama ola kino i ka hoʻokomo ʻana i ka methadone inā ua loaʻa iā ʻoe ia mea maʻamau. E hana lākou i kahi hoʻolālā hoʻemi mālie e pale ai i nā hōʻailona haʻalele. ʻO kēia hana, i kapa ʻia ʻo ka tapering, e kōkua i kou kino e hoʻoponopono palekana i ka emi ʻana o ka lāʻau.
Hiki i ka hoʻokomo ʻana i ka methadone ke hana i nā hopena ʻaoʻao mai ka maʻalahi a i ka koʻikoʻi. ʻO ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kēia mau hopena e kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻike i ka mea e manaʻo ai a i ka manawa e ʻimi ai i ka lāʻau lapaʻau.
ʻO nā hopena ʻaoʻao maʻamau āu e ʻike ai, ʻo ia ka hiamoe, ka nausea, ka paʻa ʻana o ka ʻōpū, a me ka ʻūlū. Hiki ke mālama ʻia kēia mau hopena a hiki ke hoʻomaikaʻi i ka wā e hoʻoponopono ai kou kino i ka lāʻau.
Eia nā hopena ʻaoʻao pinepine e ʻike ai ka poʻe:
He manawa pōkole kēia mau hopena maʻamau a hiki ke mālama ʻia me ke kākoʻo mai kāu hui mālama ola kino.
Pono nā hopena ʻaoʻao koʻikoʻi i ka lāʻau lapaʻau koke a me nā pilikia hanu, nā hopena maʻi koʻikoʻi, a me nā loli o ka puʻuwai. ʻAʻole maʻamau kēia mau mea akā hiki ke pilikia.
ʻO nā hopena ʻaoʻao koʻikoʻi e pono ai ka mālama ulia pōpilikia:
Inā ʻike ʻoe i kekahi o kēia mau hōʻailona koʻikoʻi, e hana koke kāu hui mālama ola kino e hōʻoia i kou palekana.
Hiki i kekahi mau pilikia laha ʻole akā koʻikoʻi ke hana me ka hoʻokomo ʻana i ka methadone, ʻoiai me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka wā lōʻihi. Aia kēia mau mea i ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻana i ka hanu (ka hanu lohi loa), nā arrhythmias cardiac (ka puʻuwai puʻuwai ʻole), a me nā hōʻailona haʻalele koʻikoʻi inā e hoʻōki koke ʻia ka lāʻau.
ʻO ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻana i ka hanu ka hopena ʻaoʻao laha loa, ʻoiai i ka poʻe me nā pilikia hanu. Mālama pono kāu hui mālama ola i kēia, ʻoiai i nā hola mua ma hope o ka hoʻokomo ʻana.
ʻAʻole pono kekahi poʻe e loaʻa i ka methadone injection ma muli o ka piʻi ʻana o nā pilikia koʻikoʻi. E loiloi pono kāu mea mālama ola i kāu mōʻaukala olakino ma mua o ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i kēia lapaʻau.
ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e loaʻa i ka methadone injection inā he pilikia hanu koʻikoʻi, kekahi mau maʻi puʻuwai, a i ʻole nā allergies i ka methadone. Pono paha ka poʻe me ka maʻi ate koʻikoʻi a i ʻole nā pilikia kīkī i nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe.
ʻO nā kūlana kikoʻī e pale pinepine ai i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka methadone injection:
Hoʻonui nui kēia mau kūlana i ka pilikia o nā pilikia hoʻoweliweli i ke ola mai ka methadone injection.
Pono nā wahine hāpai i ka noʻonoʻo kūikawā ma mua o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka methadone injection. ʻOiai hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia ka methadone i ka wā hāpai no ka mālama ʻana i ka addiction, pono ka loiloi pono o ka pōmaikaʻi o ke ʻano injectable. E noʻonoʻo kāu hui mālama ola i kou olakino a me ka palekana o kāu pēpē.
Pono ka poʻe maʻi kahiko a me nā kānaka me nā maʻi olakino he nui i ka mālama keu me ka methadone injection. He mea maʻalahi paha lākou i nā hopena o ka lāʻau a pono e hoʻemi i nā meaʻai a i ʻole ka nānā pinepine.
Loaʻa ka methadone injectable ma lalo o nā inoa inoa he nui, ʻoiai ua loaʻa pinepine ʻia ma ke ʻano he lāʻau maʻamau. ʻO ka inoa inoa i ʻike nui ʻia ʻo Dolophine, i loaʻa i ke ʻano injectable no ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka lāʻau.
ʻO nā inoa inoa ʻē aʻe no ka methadone injectable me Methadose a me nā ʻano maʻamau like ʻole. E koho kāu mea mālama ola i ka inoa inoa kikoʻī a i ʻole ka mana maʻamau e pili ana i ka loaʻa a me kāu mau pono olakino.
Loaʻa i nā huahana injection methadone i ʻae ʻia e ka FDA ka mea hana like a hana like. ʻO ke koho ma waena o ka inoa inoa a me nā mana maʻamau e pili ana i nā makemake o kāu keʻena mālama ola a me nā manaʻo kumukūʻai.
Ma waho aʻe o ka inoa inoa, pono e mālama ʻia a lawelawe ʻia nā injections methadone a pau e like me nā protocols lapaʻau koʻikoʻi. Hōʻoia kēia e loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi mahele palekana a maikaʻi i kēlā me kēia manawa.
Nui nā koho ʻē aʻe i ka methadone injection no ka mālama ʻana i ka ʻeha a me ka mālama ʻana i ka addiction. E noʻonoʻo kāu mea mālama ola i kēia mau koho e pili ana i kāu mau pono olakino a me nā kūlana.
No ka mālama ʻana i ka ʻeha, nā koho ʻē aʻe me nā opioids injectable ʻē aʻe e like me ka morphine, fentanyl, a i ʻole hydromorphone. Hana like kēia mau lāʻau lapaʻau akā loaʻa nā lōʻihi o ka hana a me nā ʻaoʻao hopena.
ʻO nā koho ʻē aʻe ʻole opioid no ka mālama ʻana i ka ʻeha me:
He kūpono paha kēia mau koho ʻē aʻe ma muli o ke ʻano o kou ʻeha a me ka mōʻaukala olakino.
No ka mālama ʻana i ka maʻi, ʻo ka methadone waha ka maʻamau gula ke hiki. ʻO nā koho lapaʻau ʻē aʻe i kōkua ʻia e ka lāʻau lapaʻau e komo pū ana me ka buprenorphine (Suboxone) a me ka naltrexone (Vivitrol). Hana ʻokoʻa kēia mau lāʻau lapaʻau akā hiki ke kūpono no ka mālama ʻana i ka maʻi opioid.
E kōkua kāu hui mālama ola iā ʻoe e hoʻomaopopo i nā koho ʻē aʻe e hana maikaʻi loa no kou kūlana. E noʻonoʻo lākou i nā mea e like me kāu mōʻaukala olakino, nā lāʻau lapaʻau o kēia manawa, a me nā pahuhopu lapaʻau i ka wā e hana ai i nā ʻōlelo paipai.
Inā ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka methadone injection ma mua o ka methadone waha e pili ana i kāu kūlana olakino. Loaʻa i kēlā me kēia ʻano nā mea maikaʻi ʻokoʻa a hoʻohana ʻia i nā kūlana like ʻole.
Hana wikiwiki ka methadone injection ma mua o ka lāʻau waha no ka mea e hele ana i kāu ʻōnaehana digestive. Hana kēia i mea waiwai i nā kūlana pilikia a i ʻole ke hiki ʻole iā ʻoe ke lawe i nā lāʻau waha ma muli o ka nausea, ka luaʻi, a i ʻole nā pilikia ʻana.
Eia naʻe, makemake nui ʻia ka methadone waha no ka mālama lōʻihi no ka mea ʻoi aku ka palekana a me ka maʻalahi. Hiki iā ʻoe ke lawe i ka lāʻau waha ma ka home me ka mālama olakino kūpono, ʻoiai e koi ana nā injections i nā keʻena lapaʻau a me nā poʻe loea i hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻia.
Hoʻopaʻa ʻia ke ʻano injection no nā kūlana olakino kikoʻī kahi i hiki ʻole ai a i ʻole ka maikaʻi ʻole o ka lawelawe waha. Pākuʻi ʻia kēia mau mea i ka maʻi nui, ka hoʻōla ʻana i ke ʻoki ʻana, a i ʻole ke hana pono ʻole kāu ʻōnaehana digestive.
No ka mālama ʻana i ka maʻi, makemake ʻia ka methadone waha no ka mea e ʻae ai i ka hoʻokele paʻa a lōʻihi. Hoʻohana ʻia ke ʻano injection no ka mālama ʻana i ka maʻi ma nā kūlana kikoʻī loa.
Pono ka mālama nui ʻana i ka hoʻokomo ʻana i ka methadone i ka poʻe me ka maʻi puʻuwai no ka mea hiki iā ia ke hoʻopilikia i ka puʻuwai. E loiloi pono kāu mea mālama ola i kou kūlana puʻuwai ma mua o ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i kēia lapaʻau.
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka maʻi puʻuwai, e nānā pono kāu hui lapaʻau i kāu puʻuwai i ka wā a ma hope o ka hoʻokomo ʻana i ka methadone. Hiki iā lākou ke hoʻohana i ka electrocardiogram (EKG) e nānā i nā loli weliweli i ka hana uila o kou puʻuwai.
ʻAʻole paha he moho no ka hoʻokomo ʻana i ka methadone ka poʻe me kekahi mau maʻi puʻuwai, ʻo ia hoʻi ka maʻi QT lōʻihi. E nānā kāu kauka i kāu mōʻaukala puʻuwai piha a me nā lāʻau lapaʻau o kēia manawa e hoʻoholo ai inā palekana iā ʻoe.
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā hopena ʻaoʻao koʻikoʻi mai ka hoʻokomo ʻana i ka methadone, e hoʻomaopopo koke i kāu hui mālama ola. No ka mea, aia ʻoe i kahi keʻena lapaʻau i ka wā e loaʻa ai ka hoʻokomo ʻana, e loaʻa koke ke kōkua.
ʻO nā hopena ʻaoʻao koʻikoʻi e like me ka pilikia o ka hanu ʻana, ka ʻeha o ka umauma, a i ʻole ka ʻūlū nui e koi i ka hana lapaʻau koke. Ua aʻo ʻia kāu hui mālama ola e ʻike a mālama koke i kēia mau pilikia.
E loaʻa i kāu hui lapaʻau nā lāʻau lapaʻau a me nā mea hana e hoʻohuli i nā hopena weliweli inā pono. Hiki iā lākou ke hoʻohana i ka naloxone (Narcan) e kūʻē i ka pilikia hanu nui a i ʻole nā lapaʻau pilikia ʻē aʻe e like me ka mea e pono ai.
ʻO ka hoʻōla ʻana ma hope o ka hoʻokomo ʻana i ka methadone e pili ana i kekahi mau hola o ka nānā ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau e hōʻoia ai e pane maikaʻi ana ʻoe i ka lāʻau. E noho ʻoe i loko o ka hale lapaʻau a hiki i ka wā e hoʻoholo ai kāu hui mālama ola he palekana ʻoe e haʻalele.
I ka wā e ola ai, hiki iā ʻoe ke hiamoe, ʻūlū, a i ʻole e ʻike i nā hopena ʻaoʻao maʻalahi. He mea maʻamau kēia, a e nānā pono kāu hui mālama ola iā ʻoe. E nānā lākou i kāu mau hōʻailona koʻikoʻi i nā manawa a pau a nānā i nā hōʻailona e pili ana.
ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e kalaiwa a i ʻole e hana i nā mīkini no ka liʻiliʻi o 24 mau hola ma hope o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka methadone injection. Hiki i ka lāʻau lapaʻau ke hoʻopilikia i kou mau manaʻo a me ka hoʻokolokolo ʻana ʻoiai ma hope o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o nā hopena hoʻomaha ʻeha e pau.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke hooki i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka methadone injection ke hoʻoholo kāu mea mālama ola he kūpono a palekana. Aia kēia hoʻoholo i kou kūlana olakino, nā pae ʻeha, a me ka hiki ke hoʻololi i nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe.
Inā ua loaʻa iā ʻoe nā methadone injections maʻamau, e hana kāu kauka i kahi hoʻolālā hoʻemi mālie ma mua o ka hooki ʻana koke. Pale kēia i nā hōʻailona haʻalele a hōʻoia i kou hōʻoluʻolu a me ka palekana.
He ʻokoʻa nui ka manawa no ka hooki ʻana ma muli o kou kūlana pilikino. Hoʻololi kekahi poʻe ma hope o kekahi mau lā wale nō, ʻoiai paha e pono nā poʻe ʻē aʻe i kahi papa hana tapering lōʻihi.
ʻAe, hiki i ka methadone injection ke launa pū me nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe, ʻo ia ke kumu e nānā ai kāu hui mālama ola i kāu papa inoa lāʻau lapaʻau piha ma mua o ka mālama ʻana. Hiki i kēia mau pilina ke weliweli a pono paha e hoʻoponopono i kāu mau lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe.
ʻO nā pilina weliweli loa e hana me nā mea hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻōnaehana nerve waena e like me benzodiazepines, waiʻona, a i ʻole nā opioids ʻē aʻe. Hiki i kēia mau hui ke hoʻoulu i ka hōʻemi hanu nui a me nā hopena ʻē aʻe e hoʻoweliweli ana i ke ola.
E nānā pū kāu mea mālama ola i nā pilina me nā lāʻau lapaʻau puʻuwai, nā antidepressants, a me nā lāʻau ʻē aʻe e pili ana i kāu puʻuwai. Pono paha lākou e hoʻoponopono i ka dosing a i ʻole e hoʻohana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe e hōʻoia i kou palekana.
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