[Ilovemyanimals]

I am not sure if you are including Vaccines ? I think Anthrax is very controversial. I had four of the 6 or 7 and made my arm extremely red , swelled like a softball and hard. It was the most painful vaccine/shot i have ever received. (I was in the Navy for 6 years before becoming a Nurse) I am presently a GN

[HyperTension]

Unfortunatly, whatever is in the media spotlight for the moment...

While the OP has a good topic / thought, your responses can / will be as diffuse as the individuals posting and whatever aspect of nursing they practice in.

In reality, any medication can become controversial. Pharmacology is an ongoing science, and things that were accepted as standard of care, can fall out of favor due to resulted studies. Add to that, any negative and sensational event will make the news, and then that therapy is in the spotlight (see recent events regarding heparin and NICU). Any time you give a medication, it has that possiblity to become "controversial". Include personal, religeous, psychological beliefs (or biases) to that and off you go....

[mcknis]

Morphine, Dilaudid, Demerol, Stadol...or, how about EVERY medication we give?

[BriBriRN]

I just recently had a women OD on wellbutrin extended release. She took like 8 times the normal dosage. We had to monitor for QTC widing. If it got to large she could go into v-tach. I'm not sure if it causes any irrversable damage though.