All who carry medicine in their pockets,
I've been arrested and charged twice with, Possession of Drugs. Both times the "drugs" were in police possession as evidence and not available to me to use as prescribed. Even though Title II of ADA, tells them to provide water to anyone with Cardiac problems, Epilepsy...; for the taking of their medicines. And without a doctor on their premises, I've been advised that I'd have to go to a hospital to see one. And its their responsibility to take me there since I was behind their bars for something that would be dropped. I was possession of a copy of prescriptions and bottle labels, But they weren't in that bottle, if they had been supposedly the cops would have took them as medicines. Even though they could easily had read my Medic Alert and viewed its information.
A Drug User,
Tim Baldwin
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From: Jason <tiscione@gmail.
To: epilepsy@yahoogroup
Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 10:28:33 PM
Subject: Re: [epilepsy] Re: TREATMENT OF EPILEPSY
The definition of a "drug" isn't very technical; it's more of a
colloquialism. Vitamin C can be considered a drug that cures scurvy.
(Now keep in mind this is talking about the setup in the U.S.)
When substances, whatever they are, get packaged into things that are sold
for their medicinal value and that are regulated by the FDA (possibly the
DEA), we start calling those things "dosage forms". A "dosage form" isn't
merely referring to the substance itself (like phenytoin), it also includes
the dosage, pill shape, color, blah blah blah. They call the phenytoin
itself the "raw material". Along with toxic "raw materials" that are only
used in the chemical analysis of drugs. Those are the terms of art; nobody
worries about what a "drug" is.
I used to have a crappy job in a lab doing quality analysis for
pharmaceuticals. I'd do things like burn miconazole suppositories in
crucibles to check for any leftover grit, or assay tablets to verify they
contained between 90-110% of the label claim, or check the pH of
hemorrhoidal cream, etc. Individual items like cold cream might sound like
bad examples of drugs, but the FDA treats all "dosage forms" the same, and
that includes cold cream. Whether "dosage form" is the same as "drug" is a
matter of opinion. Hyperbaric oxygen is definitely a dosage form- O2 at 6
atmospheres- but it doesn't automatically mean O2 is a drug. O2 is a "raw
material".
In extended deep sea missions they set up shop in hyperbaric tanks to live
in, which have to push back with six atmospheres against the water. If they
just pumped high pressure air down there, the nitrogen would give everyone
the bends. At several atmospheres, the effects of oxygen change and it
starts to resemble a CNS-acting drug. If they pumped high pressure oxygen
only, they would get lightheaded, tired, dizzy, and they would develop a
trademark "dry cough". And of course, if they set off a spark that started a
fire... even a lit cigarette will explode in pure oxygen. What they do is
they start with a tank containing oxygen at its normal pressure (i.e. air
with nitrogen removed) and they pump it full of helium. Helium doesn't
behave like a drug under any known circumstances. The helium does most of
the work of pushing back the seawater, and the oxygen is what they breathe
at the same concentration as at sea level. Inhaling high pressure helium
along with it is harmless but helium changes the timbre of your vocal cords,
so they all sound like Donald Duck when they talk down there.
Jason
On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 6:23 PM, Wendy Baur <wendy.sue@gmail. com> wrote:
> It is a perscription for a medical procedure that uses 100% oxygen
> from a tank.... There are units that will convert room air into
> condensed oxygen but it't far from 100%. Most of these units are
> soft chambers and only go to about 1.3ATA (Julia goes to 1.5 which is
> low for a hard chamber). You can rent a soft chamber and not need a
> perscription to get one. Honestly I don't know why oxygen is
> considered a drug but, I can understand the reasons. 100% tanked
> oxygen is flamable, it is not naturally occuring (100% oxygen that
> is). I know there's more but, it's late and I am not thinking
> clearly.
>
> On another hand Julia is doing GREAT she typically has 10 minute
> seizures and today most were seconds long and her longest was a
> whipping 3 minutes and 30 minutes later she had a 1 minute. I think
> total today she had 5 seizures. You have to understand that in July
> Julia was having seizures that were as long as 75 minutes. We had to
> be choosie with the seizures because we could have used diastat
> everyday but,we tried to restrain to once a week. Julia's PT came on
> Monday and was so shocked by Julia she said Julia is a totally
> different kid than she was 3 weeks ago. I am so excited about HBOT I
> will keep you all posted.
>
> Wendy
>
> On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 12:29 AM, Tammy Wolfgram<tammy@
> wrote:
> >
> >
> > I don't understand how oxygen can be classed as a drug.....
> >
> >
>
>
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