Thursday, June 12, 2008
YAY! NCC Silver Wing Course finish yesterday. The questions quite easy but what we supposed to study damn difficult. After course go out with family eat and buy stuff.
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9:43 PM
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
6:22 PM
Thursday, September 6, 2007
Well, pill crushing is fatal, if you want to know why, read this post to the end. =P
Ok.. It's been a long time since i last blogged, had lots of homework to do you see. So, today went to school for History. When i was walking to school, a car passed by, and some of you know what car. (Some of you...)
When i reached school, i went to 1H thinking that i may be a little late, but i wasnt that late. Ms Santha came after awhile. We did filing.
Off-topic: Thank god I'm using firefox now. If not, everything above this would be gone. Well, now my spacebar button is not working and i am copying & pasting spaces into this thing. Haii. My spacebar button =(. Don't feel like posting anymore because i nidda find a way to fix my spacebar button. If not, i would have to press Ctrl+v everytime i write a word.
Well, so, i better copy&paste why it is dangerous to crush pills.
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The group, including pharmacists and lawyers, says pills often have special coatings that affect how they are released into the body.
Crushing them can mean this complex system is disturbed.
David Wright, who led the group, said people could often take drugs in patch, liquid or inhaler form instead.
'Increased risk'
It is estimated that 60% of older people have trouble swallowing medication.
Previous research has shown 80% of nurses in care homes resort to crushing tablets to help residents take medicines.
An estimated 75 million prescriptions a year are associated with adverse drug reactions.
Drugs that should not be crushed include the breast cancer drug tamoxifen and morphine.
Crushing tamoxifen could result in the person who is breaking up the tablet breathing in medication, which can be particularly dangerous if they are pregnant. Crushing morphine could lead to a fatally fast release of the drug.
Nifedipine, the angina and blood pressure drug, can cause dizziness, headaches and an increased risk of stroke or heart attack when crushed up.
In addition, special coatings can mean a drug is absorbed over a long period of time, so a patient only has to take a tablet once a day, rather than several times a day.
If these medications are crushed, the drug is released a lot quicker than it is designed to be.
The experts say patients and their families are sometimes crushing up pills on the advice of their GP or nurse.
The guidance, which was originally commissioned by Rosemont Pharmaceuticals - makers of liquid medicines, warns nurses and GPs that they could be legally liable and charged with negligence if they advise a patient to crush up a pill or open a capsule.
Alternatives
David Wright, senior lecturer in pharmacy at the University of East Anglia, who led the group that put together the guidelines, told the BBC: "Crushing pills increases the risk of side-effects, of the patient getting a large dose of a drug which should be released slowly, or a drug being cleared from the body too early before it can do anything.
"Fatalities can happen, although they are not that common."
He said doctors needed to check if patients were happy to swallow pills when they first issued prescriptions, and at follow-up appointments.
"The vast majority of medicines are available in liquid form, patches or using an inhaler."
A spokeswoman for the Medicines Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), said: "If elderly patients are unable to swallow such preparations whole, there is usually an alternative formulation such as an oral liquid or a suppository to administer their medication.
"It should always be drawn to health professionals' attention that these "modified release" tablet products must be used in accordance with the instructions provided, otherwise the potential for uncontrolled delivery is present."
Copied from http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6085192.stm
New Edit: OMG!!! I fixed my spacebar button!!! I took the spacebar button out and i saw the rubber thing which was supposed to hit the sensitive thing came out =P But guess what... Now my spacebar is TOO sensitive. Just a mere little tap and it'll give me a space. Probably might somehow make it less sensitive.
9:05 PM
Sunday, September 2, 2007
Haha, so sian nowadays. Today, in the morning I used the comp all the way to around 12pm. Then, I stopped to eat lunch and rest.
Continued at around 2. Played MapleStory, now I'm level 32 at Cassiopeia. Then, I did 2 maths exercises. After that, my cousins came and I was still at the comp. I went downstairs to play with the R/C helicopter. Hehe, quite fun.
Now, they're still here and I've nothing better to do, so I'm blogging once again as I try once again to revive this blog. Probably going to change my blogskin some other day, I'm way too lazy.
So, now I'm typing some stuff with one hand as I'm eating my ice-cream and I'm doing some stuff which I dwanna tell you.
8:08 PM
Saturday, September 1, 2007
I feel like reviving this blog all of a sudden. So I changed my blog skin and I'm going to change the link in awhile. Probably won't go around all the blogs to ask for a relink, I'd just put the new link as the PM/Nick of my msn. I don't really like this blog skin so I think I'm gonna change it soon.
Yesterday was teacher's day and the last time seeing Ms Tan. Had some fun yesterday.
-Skip boring aces thing-
Most parts of the performance was boring. After the performance, had to wait for Wesley with Jonan to go back to CPS. We walked around the whole school finding where the prefects held their meeting or whatever. Chin Young told us that they were at the AVA room. So, we went there and waited for Wesley. Then, went back to CPS. We took a taxi, cos its faster. Wesley was supposed to be paying 1/2 of it. but when we were there, Jonan ended up paying for the whole ride.
My primary school life sucks, so it was boring there and after following some of my friends, i went home. So, yeah, that's all.
I'm real bored now. Might be going out later. If not I think I'd play some games or do some homework.
11:49 AM
Sunday, July 1, 2007
ELEVEN:
You walk really slow when you're with them.
TEN:
You feel shy whenever they're around.
NINE:
You smile when you hear their voice.
EIGHT:
When you look at them, you can't see the other people around you, you just see him/her.
SIX:
They're all you think about.
FIVE:
You realize you're always smiling when you're looking at them.
FOUR:
You would do anything for them, just to see them.
THREE:
While reading this, there was one person on your mind this whole time.
TWO:
You were so busy thinking about that person, you didnt notice number seven
was missing.
ONE:
You just scrolled up to check, and is now silently laughing at yourself.
Ripped off some thread from PlayParkForums Backyard which ripped it off Friendster.
8:39 PM
Thursday, June 28, 2007
Sian.
List down five names of your friends RANDOMLY.
& dont look at the questions first,
or else it wouldnt be fun!
1. Jonan
2. LJH
3. Wesley
4. John
5. Jin Jun (I guessed a number at my List Of People I Know.
How did you meet 1?
Not sure. In primary school during P5?
Between 1-5 who is closest to you?
Probably, LJH. Or maybe Jonan or Wesley?
How are you related to 4?
Friend.
How tall is 5?
140-160cm. =D
How does 3 looks like?
Don't care.
Did you confess to 2 before?
Yes. I hate him. But it doesn't matter.
Lastly, pass to five unlucky people.
1. John
2. Wesley
3. Amos (If he ever comes here and reads this post)
4. Felicia
5. Wei Ling
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