...Two types of children's cough syrup are being recalled after dosing cups with incorrect markings were included in the packaging, prompting concerns that children could become sick after an accidental overdose. The Perrigo Company is voluntarily recalling two batches of its children’s guaifenesin grape liquid (100mg/5 mL) and three batches of its children's guaifenesin DM cherry liquid (100mg guaifenesin and 5mg dextromethorphan HBr/ 5 ml) after a dosing cup with the wrong markings was included with the 4 oz. bottles. The medications are sold at nine major stores under different brand names across the country. The 4 oz. guaifensin grape liquid was sold at H.E.B and CVS while the 4 oz. guaifenesin DM cherry liquid was sold in Rite-Aid, Kroger, CVS, Dollar General, Sunmark, Topcare, GoodSense and Care One....
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...Supply Chain Management Assignment - 1 Pradeep Pydi Executive Summery: Supply chain management is defined as effective integration of flow of materials and information with in the process of supply and demand. This current report is based on a global pharmaceutical company, which is based in New Zealand market. The pharmaceutical company’s supply chain is quite complex and essential, as pharmaceutical products should be distributed to the end users at the right situation, reaches the right people at right time. The supply chain is also considered to be very responsible and highly sensitive as less than 100% customer service is not acceptable (PMC, 2013). In this current report is based on PharmaCo, is a NZ subsidiary company to PharmaCo Global. Company has encountered with several issues in recent times mostly with related to DEFOTS. Major issues include several orders shortages from supermarkets because of short shelf life, and also experiencing large number of complaints from hospitals and pharmacies for delivery delays. We have listed down all the issues related to PharmaCo by using geographic and thread diagrams, listed down all possible causes for the above issues. After that we can see several solutions recommended to optimize overall supply chain by using SCOR methodology. Following recommendations are made to achieve supply chain optimization and DIFOTIS – As discussed above PharmaCo needs to address and implement several issues in their overall...
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...HS140 Week 9 Final Project Name: Please answer the following case study questions using the knowledge gained in this course. Remember to cite your references in APA format. Answer the questions in complete sentences and spell-check your assignment. Each question is worth 4 points. Case 1 A patient calls the physician’s office because she is concerned that her prescription medication looks different from what she normally takes. She mentions that her co-pay was lower too. 1. What are some initial questions you should ask the patient to gather information the physician might need? 2. Critically evaluating the situation, what are three possible explanations of the difference in appearance and cost of the medication? 3. The patient describes the tablet’s appearance and the markings on it. If the physician were to ask your assistance in identifying the medication (which you would present to him/ her for verification) what are three possible sources to determine the identity of the medication? Case 2 A patient visits the clinic and it is determined he has a sinus infection as well as a seasonal allergies. The patient’s chart indicates an allergy to penicillin and lists current medications as atenolol. He is given a prescription for Augmentin. 1. Explain whether Augmentin is a reasonable antibiotic choice in this patient. 2. The patient is also given another medication to help with the itching of seasonal allergies. The instructions are to take...
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...HS140 Week 9 Final Project Name: Please answer the following case study questions using the knowledge gained in this course. Remember to cite your references in APA format. Answer the questions in complete sentences and spell-check your Assignment. Each question is worth 4 points. Case 1 A patient calls the physician’s office because she is concerned that her prescription medication looks different from what she normally takes. She mentions that her co-pay was lower too. 1. What are some initial questions you should ask the patient to gather information the physician might need? 2. Critically evaluating the situation, what are three possible explanations of the difference in appearance and cost of the medication? 3. The patient describes the tablet’s appearance and the markings on it. If the physician were to ask your assistance in identifying the medication (which you would present to him/her for verification) what are three possible sources to determine the identity of the medication? Case 2 A patient visits the clinic and it is determined he has a sinus infection as well as a seasonal allergies. The patient’s chart indicates an allergy to penicillin and lists current medications as atenolol. He is given a prescription for Augmentin. 1. Explain whether Augmentin is a reasonable antibiotic choice in this patient. 2. The patient is also given another medication to help with the itching of seasonal allergies. The instructions are to take...
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...Executive Summary: This study examined the types of drugs students in Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet abuse. The participants were 10 university students drawn from different departments of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet for case study. Case study method with purposive sampling and qualitative approach has been used to conduct the study.The intent of this study was to investigate the reasons that influence to drug abuse among the university students in Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet. The analyses yielded the following results: students in the university abuse drugs such as tobacco, marijuana, alcohol, syrup, slipping tablet, Yabba, heroin so on.Students use drugs mostly everyday most of the narcotics.Students use drugs to feel good, to keep awakeand to sleep. This study found that most of the addicted students do not suffer for taking drugs. Taking drugs do not bring negative impact on their study; students have no psychological or physiological illness becauseof drugs. Based on these findings, the study recommends police and customs control, family support, friends’ supports, prohibition of drug use, compulsory treatment of drug addicts as primary solution to reduce the rate of drug addiction.The study also recommends among others the need to organize awareness programmes in our campus to educate students that drugs can alter brain circuitry, which will affect their learning; and the university authorities...
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...gives the responsibility to be educators and teachers for those who ask for advice. From family, neighbors, and friends to patients or people encountered at work, nurses have an obligation to be well informed. Statistically what is known as the cold is the most common acute illness within the industrialized world. Studies show that on average there are 6-8 colds a year for young children; many adults have as many as 2 to 4 per year. Diagnosis of the common cold is based on symptoms. Nasal congestion, sneezing, a runny nose, and coughing are all classic signs of a cold. The common cold usually goes away on its own. However, in some cases it's necessary to make an appointment with a health care provider for an evaluation and diagnosis. There is no cure...
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...[pic] A Study on “Yaba”: The Killing Drug for youth Submitted by WWW.ASSIGNMENTPOINT.COM Drugs have come a long way from the “mothers' little helpers” that the Rolling Stones sang about. These days' street chemists have waged a war on the senses to try and find the recipe for the ultimate drug. While it would be easy to shrug that off as a problem of the west, the truth is that here in Bangladesh the world of drugs has found a shady little corner. Whether you choose to accept it or not, there is A major drug scene in Bangladesh now, and it's infecting the minds of today's youth, the people we like to call our future leaders. | | Farah (not her real name) is 18 years old and has been using drugs since the age of 14. Her story like many others started out with Marijuana. It was through the simple use of Marijuana that she opened the doors to a much wider use of drugs. After experimenting with drugs for a bit, she soon realised that she was addicted to heroin. She says it was purely accidental, and soon enough got over the addiction. Farah suffered from severe withdrawal but eventually when she kicked the habit she knew that she could never go back to it. But after hearing about a new drug called Yaba, she decided to try it. She started using it after she entered a circle of friends who were completely immersed into it. In her opinion that is not the only reason she started hard drugs again: “Everybody is doing it...
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...fact, the word 'drug' comes from an old Dutch word, drogge, which means 'to dry' - which is how many plant medications were prepared. However, it is always wise to remember, just because something is "naturally" growing from a tree, doesn't mean it's safe to consume. Our grandparents and older folks would swear of the healing properties of herbs, leaves, roots and seeds that cured diseases which they contracted. The fact that our ancestors survived proved that some of the many remedies used then, did work and have increasing practical applications today. Arrowroot is a common plant of Guyana. Napoleon supposedly said the reason for the British love of arrowroot was to support the commerce of their colonies. Archaeological studies in the Americas show evidence of arrowroot cultivation as early as 7,000 years ago. The name may come from aru-aru (meal of meals) in the language of the Caribbean Arawak people, for whom the plant was a staple. It has also been suggested that the name comes from arrowroot's use in treating poison-arrow wounds, as it draws out the poison when...
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...TRIDENT UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL Falesha R. Vonner Module 5 Case MAT 201 Dr. Lall 20 OCTOBER 2014 HYPOTHESIS TESTING AND TYPE ERRORS Answer the following problems showing your work and explaining (or analyzing) your results. 1. Explain Type I and Type II errors. Use an example if needed. Type I errors, also known as an error of the first kind involves the rejection of a true null hypothesis that is actually the equivalent to a false positive. If the null hypothesis is rejected, a statement can be made that the control does in fact have some effect on the test. But if the null hypothesis is true, then in reality the control does not fight the test in any way visible. Although, type I errors can be controlled, the value of alpha is related to the level of importance that are selected as a direct bearing on type I errors. Alpha is the maximum probability that there will be a type I error. If the value of alpha is 0.05 this equates to a 95% confidence level. Meaning there is a 5% probability that a true null hypothesis will be excluded. In the long run, one out of every twenty hypothesis tests performed at this level will result in a type I error. (www.statistics.about.com, 2014). Type II error, also known as a "false negative": the error of not rejecting a null hypothesis when the alternative hypothesis is the true state of nature. In other words, this is the error...
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...------------------------------------------------- Health * ------------------------------------------------- Stop Smoking * ------------------------------------------------- Cholesterol * ------------------------------------------------- Hygiene * ------------------------------------------------- CR Calculator * ------------------------------------------------- Calorie Restriction * ------------------------------------------------- Nutritional Data * ------------------------------------------------- Drug Rehab Rehabilitation from Drug Addiction Drug addiction is a growing epidemic in the United States. The Center for Disease Control (CDC) reported that 7.9 percent of persons 12 years of age and older used illicit drugs during the month preceding a study in 2004. Children get exposed to drugs and drug use in high school and even in middle school. The growing problem can be seen from the number of pounds of illegal drugs seized by the U.S. Customs Service.[1] On March 22, 2007 the U.S. Coast Guard and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration seized a ship carrying more than 42,800 pounds of cocaine. This was the single largest maritime drug seizure in U.S. history, but it represents just a...
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...Ten Bizarre and Deadly Medical Remedy The human body is full of amazing things. It is composed of complex organs and organ systems. These are many at times susceptible to infections and accidents that lead to the development of various medical complications. Some of these complications have been studied and universal remedies established. However, in as much as humans have been able to study the complex body systems and have been able to figure out how they function, there are occasions when bizarre occurrences are exhibited by the body. These cannot be treated by any of the procedures, or if they can, the procedures may not be efficient. As a result, the doctors have had to come up with other means to combat these medical conditions. This has led to doctors around the world coming up with the craziest, deadly and most unbelievable remedies to combat those awkward and unique medical conditions. They might be crazy but surprisingly some actually work. Here are ten examples of bizarre and deadly medical remedies in medical history. 1. Maggot Debridement Therapy Maggot debridement therapy, also known as, larva therapy, larval therapy, Maggot Therapy, larvae therapy, biodebridement or biosurgery is a form of biotherapy. The therapy involves live, disinfected fly larvae being introduced onto the non-healing skin and soft tissue wounds on a human being or on an animal. The purpose of this procedure is to clean out the necrotic tissues that are within the wound and also for...
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...possible.” I agreed with him that it isn’t fair for people of other cultures to be segregated against in the hospital, just because they have a different cultural background. Nurses and doctors may not be fully educated on every person’s culture that walks through the hospitals doors. Cultural competency is a journey, not a destination. California Tomorrow states, “the work of bridging cultures and creating responsive services is never ‘done.’ Communities continue to change. Service providers continue to interact with new cultural groups. And as individuals, we continue to discover new layers of our own cultural assumptions“ (Olsen et al., 2006). People would assume that every patient is treated equally, but that sadly isn’t the case. There was a study that Georgetown University conducted stating that “African Americans are more likely than other minority groups to feel that they were treated disrespectfully during a health care visit (e.g., they were spoken to rudely, talked down to, or ignored)”, also “Asian Americans are least likely to feel that their doctor understood their background and values and are most likely to report that their doctor looked down on them” (Georgetown, 2004). Nawfal explained to me “nurses and doctors need to be as patient as possible and not make assumptions. A lot of my family members are hard to understand to some people because of their accent, and will need you to explain every detail. Medical terminology can be difficult for people whose first...
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...physician would inform Brian’s parents that Tay-Sachs disease is a fatal genetic disorder that typically occurs during the pregnancy when Brian was a fetus rather than at the age of six-months. However this disease has not appeared until now because his development has slowed. Tay-Sachs disease is a disease that attacks the nervous system. What that means is that throughout the next couple of months and up to the next year, Brian will start to regress. He will not be able to crawl, sit up, roll over, or reach out. By the time he is two, he will start to have seizures and will begin to have diminishing mental functions. Overtime, Brian will lose his eyesight, ability to move any part of his body, and will become completely unresponsive. In most cases of patients with Tay-Sachs disease, the child has passed away by the age of five. (“Learning about Tay-Sachs Disease”. National Human Genome Research Institute. National Institute of Health....
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... stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the author. Printed in the United States of America Page | 2 Table of Contents INTRODUCTION ..............................................................................................................5 THE DANGER OF PROCESSED FOODS ......................................................................8 REFINED SUGAR IS POISON ......................................................................................12 THE TRUTH ABOUT FAT .............................................................................................27 WHY YOU SHOULD AVOID HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP ..................................32 WATCH OUT FOR ASPARTAME .................................................................................40 AVOID MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE ..........................................................................55 OTHER FOOD ADDITIVES YOU SHOULD AVOID ......................................................62 THE PROBLEM WITH BREAKFAST CEREALS ..........................................................73 THE PROBLEM WITH DIET SODAS ............................................................................78 THE PROBLEM WITH FACTORY FARMED MEATS ...................................................85 THE PROBLEM WITH MILK .........................................................................................
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...Furthermore, individuals should have the right to access the health care provider of their choice. Legislatures at the national and state levels should advocate for individuals to have reasonable access to health care services. Nurse Practitioners as direct care providers of medical care implements simple, practical and inexpensive methods in utilizing NP’s in private practice. NPs provide services for the diagnosis, treatment and management of disease as well as illness prevention and health maintenance. Numerous studies conclude that nurse practitioners perform as well as physicians in their specialty area of practice, in patient diagnosis, management of specific diseases and patient outcomes. NPs have improved access to and affordability of health care by consistently offering high quality and cost-effective services. Nurse practitioners should be active partners and providers of health care as they insure delivery of quality health care in a cost-effective...
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