...For decades, pharmaceutical companies have been able to develop the necessary drugs humans need to take care of health problems. Whether it’s heart problems, diabetes, painkillers, sleep disorder, there’s an innumerable amount of drugs to treat practically any kind of medical condition. These drugs have saved a number of lives over the years. However, although these drugs that are developed are for the health of humans, they come at a price. A very hefty price. This is a problem that is more prominent in the US than anywhere else, and solving this problem is rather difficult. Americans pay, by far, more than any other country for prescription drugs. It’s come to a point where Americans pay more for prescription drugs than anything else for...
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...2015 Prescription Drugs in Today’s Media Direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription drugs has quickly become a part of everyday life in the United States in the past few decades. Advertisements for these drugs can be found everywhere you look including television commercials, magazines, newspapers, the internet, radio, pamphlets or posters in waiting rooms at doctors’ offices and more. The pharmaceutical industry spends billions of dollars a year on these advertisements alone. Some people might think that this form of advertising has no negative effects, but in reality it’s full of them. They can misinform patients and encourage over medicating as well as damage the relationship...
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...Prescription drug abuse is severe today. The National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) says that more than 22,000 Americans who use Vicodin abuse it. When you're ready to get clean, you really should consider entering into prescription drug detox in luxury. You can't underestimate how important the proper detox environment is. Despite prescription drugs' legality, detoxification is just as dangerous as detoxifying from street drugs. Your likelihood of abusing prescription drugs again in the future also remains just as high. Understanding adults aren't alone in their prescription drug addiction is important. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) a rising number of teens are also abusing them today. They believe...
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...Prescription Prices Prescription drugs prices are going up and have been for a while. They are being raised because many people need them for multiple reasons on a daily basis. The prices for medicine is different for everyone's different needs, although some are needed lot more than others, but they all have one thing in common and that is that they're all expensive. Some people are fortunate enough to have a lot of money and be able to afford them, but for many this is not the case. Companies are saying the prices continue to go up because “they need large profit margins on new medications to pay for the lengthy and highly regulated process of discovering, testing, and developing drugs,” but they really are just putting profits before patients....
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...In recent years, there has been a drastic report of prescription drug overdoses famous celebrities such as, actress, Jamie Lee Curtis and actress and singer, Kelly Osbourne are examples of celebrities who are overcoming their addiction with prescription drugs.. Not all celebrities, however, had the ability to recover from their addictions. Celebrities such as actress, singer, and model, Marilyn Monroe; actor, Heath Ledger; and model, Anna Nicole Smith, are examples of celebrities whose lives ended tragically because of prescription drugs alone or prescription drugs mixed with illicit drugs or alcohol. Actress and singer, Kelly Osbourne, partook in a partying stage and was heavily abusing alcohol and painkillers. Her prescription drug addiction...
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...Prescription painkiller abuse is a rising issue throughout the world. Although these issues are still misunderstood, this is exceedingly dangerous to patients who take painkillers. “In 2007, for example, abuse of the painkiller Fentanyl killed more than 1,000 people. The drug was found to be thirty to fifty times more powerful than heroin”(Foundation for drug free world, n.d.) The line between appropriate use of opioids and abusing opioids is very obvious.” Veteran doctors don't need a blood test to tell when someone is on the verge of a drug overdose. They can even narrow down the culprit by observation alone” (Gupta, Sanjay. 2016). Doctors are paid to see the line and make a decision based on that line. Why do doctors continue to over prescribe...
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...It's no secret that prescription drug costs continue to rise. In fact, drug costs account for just shy of 17% of all personal health care costs. For many people, prescriptions are literal life or death regardless of price. The problem is that they still need food and shelter. The good news is that prescription drug prices aren't fixed. You have several options for keeping those costs down to more reasonable levels. Let's dive in and see what you can do. Shop Around Just because one pharmacy quotes a price for a medication that doesn't mean every pharmacy charges that much. Prices often vary based on internal pricing policies. It's common for two chain pharmacies to sell the exact same drugs in the same doses for different prices. It's also common for drug prices to vary...
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...Prescription drug abuse is on the rise as a result of the numerous ways they can be taken, the different varieties of each type of drug, and their effortless accessibility. Doctors have reported writing more prescriptions out to patients recently than there has ever been before. “Ohio pharmacists filled 2.7 million prescriptions in 2008 for high-powered painkillers such as OxyContin and Percocet, narcotics that contain oxycodone; that's nearly one for every four people in the state” (The Columbus Dispatch 1). In addition to going to a local pharmacy to get prescription medication, people now can go to the Internet and find an online pharmacy which will send them medications. They are able to attain medication easier for the following reasons:...
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...PRESCRIPTION FOR DISCHARGE. Prescription drug misuse and abuse puts Sailors’ lives and missions at risk, undercuts unit readiness and morale, and goes against the Navy and Marine Corp’s ethos and core values. Prescription drugs are a safe, legal method of treating injury and illness, however, improper use of prescription drugs is illegal, dangerous, and in some cases, deadly. The Navy Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Office, part of the Navy’s 21st Century Sailor Office, developed the “Prescription for Discharge” campaign to educate Sailors, Marines and their family members on the safe and proper use of prescription drugs. Visit the Navy Personnel Command website for tips, training materials, and additional resources under the tab “Campaign Events” at http://www.public.navy.mil/bupers-npc/Pages/default.aspx. If you or someone you know has a problem with prescription drugs, speak with your command DAPA or doctor, or call 1-866-U-ASK-NPC. In the case of an emergency, call 911 or the resources below: Military OneSource Confidential Counseling 800-342-9647 Military Crisis Line 800-273-TALK (8255) 5. SEXUAL ASSAULT PREVENTION...
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...Generic Prescription Drug Costs Prescription drugs have been causing problems in the United States for a very long time. Pharmaceutical companies are one of the largest profiting global industries. It was in 2009 when drug shortages increased with numbers reaching what many have termed crisis level which raised all prices of generic prescription drugs significantly (Fox, Sweet, & Jensen, 2014). This increase was and still is leaving patients with a life threatening decision; either go on paying for their prescriptions which they cannot afford or stop their treatment all together and risk their illness progressing and leading to possible death. Some have chosen to end their treatment altogether, while other patients have confessed to taking dangerous measures to ensure their refills last longer like cutting their pills in half or skipping doses. The United States drug manufacturers are raising prices endlessly without regulation. Instead of generic brand medication being affordable, they are creating their own monopolies and setting their prices just as competitively as name brands. Instead of buying and stocking manufacturers with raw materials from within the United States, they source raw materials from overseas creating delays and a huge shortage in raw materials has surfaced. Instead of keeping the FDA in the loop as to what is going on in the production process, manufacturers wait until the very last minute to report a problem which goes against all rules, regulations...
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...Prescription Drug Abuse in America Kelsey Diamond Ferris State University Abstract Prescription drug abuse is a very real and prominent facet of American society. According to the staff at Mayo Clinic, “Prescription drug abuse is the use of a prescription medication in a way not intended by the prescribing doctor [and] includes everything from taking a friend's prescription painkiller for your backache to snorting or injecting ground-up pills to get high”. Because of the high rates of abuse and serious effects of prescription drugs, it is important that this topic is explained to and understood by the American public. The purpose of this research was to gain such understanding and organize it in a way that is informational and comprehensible...
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...Dean’s List And More A Research Essay About Why College Students Are Using and Abusing Stimulants To Get By February, 2014 Abstract Prescription stimulant use as academic performance enhancers is increasingly widespread among college students and the prescription stimulant use as "cognitive enhancers" has been described among undergraduate college students. Adderall and Ritalin are the most popular among the students. Some use the drugs to stay awake to study to get by with good grades, even with acknowledgement of the dangers of using. However, the use of prescription stimulants among future graduated students is at risk. Table of Contents Abstract…………………………………………………………………………………... 2 Chapter 1 ……………………………………………………………………………..….. 4 Purpose of the Study ……………………………………..……………… 4 Statement …………………………………………………..……………. 4 Research Questions …………………………………………..…………. 5 Significance of the Study ……………………………………..………… 5 Delimitation ……………………………………………..……………… 5 Definition of Terms …………………………………………..………… 6 Chapter 2 Literature Review…………………………………………………………….. 7 Chapter 3 Research Methods …………………………………………………………… 18 References ………………………………………………………….…………………… 22 Appendix A ……………………………………………………………………………… 23 Dean’s List and More Nature of Study If you are a full time student with heavy load of courses while working to support your lifestyle, then you will be worrying where you can find the time. Undergraduate college students do stress...
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...now. What I plan to do my paper on is teenagers and drugs. Drug use and abuse is bad for all parties involved (adults and teenagers). But it is really destroying our teens. Today it is so easy for teenagers to obtain just about any type of drug that they would want. These drugs include marijuana(also known as weed, pot, kush, loud, etc..), methamphetamine (also known as meth, crystal, christine, christina, speed, ice, etc…), cocaine, crack, herion, PCP, sherm, ecstasy or molly’s, and lastly a very long list of prescription drugs. Anything that has a way in causing addiction in my opinion is a problem and needs to be at the front of the line to be addressed especially when it comes to our children. Teens use to have to go out into the streets and search for the drug of choice, but today many of use parents are bringing the drugs right to them and into our homes and giving our children an in home supply without even knowing it. Yes the drugs are right there in our bathroom medicine cabinets, on our dressers, and even in our purses. They are also readily available at just about any store that sells cold medicine. Something needs to be done soon before even more children/teens become addicted and even worse lose their lives due to your common cold medicines and pain killers. After marijuana, prescription drugs are the drugs most commonly abused by teenagers, the federal agency says (Los Angeles Times, 2005). Prescription drug use among teens continues...
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...Prescription medication abuse James Glassman COM/172 December 22, 2011 University of Phoenix Sheila Bassoppo-Moyo, Ed.D. Prescription medication abuse In this research paper you will find that obtaining prescription medication is easier than going to find illegal drugs. Another, disturbing problem is the amount of deaths in the United States each year caused by the abuse of prescription medication. Some questions you might find yourself asking are why is this a problem, how can we resolve this problem, what are some long term effects from abuse of prescription medication, and what is the government planning to do to help resolve this issue? In recent years the abuse with prescription medications has come to a ridiculous number in the last decade across the world. I hope this paper helps you understand the significance of this worldwide problem. What is prescription medication abuse? Prescription medication abuse is when someone takes medication prescribed by doctor in a manner or dosage other than prescribed, or when someone takes prescription medication from somebody else and uses it in a manner or dosage other than prescribed (na, 2011). Abuse can include taking a friends or relatives’ prescription to get high, to relieve pain, or help with medical issue without seeing a physician. There is a reason why prescription medications are prescribed by a doctor, prescription medications are dangerous when taken with other medications or not taken properly. In many cases...
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...Health Care Reform Project: Part I-Prescription Drugs Prescription drug abuse and prescription overprescribing, of all categories, is becoming rampant in the United States. It is also one of the most rapidly growing dilemmas in America influencing people of all ages. Prescription drug use in the past was limited to adults. Over the last decade, more and more children and adolescents are consumers of these drugs. Coping with children who behaved badly in the past has taken a new direction that includes prescribing medications. Medical professions now have the option to prescribe these medications as they see fit. Many physicians are more than willing to write a prescription based on the complaints of a patient rather than finding other treatment options or the root of the problem. Drugs manufactures have had to come up with new and innovative ways to market these drugs to healthcare providers and the public as well. As society changes so will the way drugs are marketed, prescribed and taken. Demand for prescription drugs will continue to increase as well as the overall cost. Consumers today demand more flexibility in acquiring prescription medications rather than using the traditional drug stores. Patients are swamped by pharmaceutical ads and physicians are repeatedly proliferated with drug prescribing information from pharmaceuticals representatives. Getzen and Allen (2007) states, “the average American fills 11 prescriptions per year. Pharmaceuticals were a...
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