and car accidents, spiraling a national health emergency. The idea of prescription restrictions and pain management strategies isn’t a topic that everyone agrees on; however, some doctors and patients have
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Leaving Medication Unsecured Susan Money HLT 317V 12/13/2014 Ms. Lemke Introduction Unsecured medication is harmful to human life but can be extremely dangerous especially to innocent children. The fatalities or health complications attached to unsecured medication cannot be overlooked and there is a growing need to prevent medication errors like leaving medicine unsecured (Malloch & Porter, 2009). Leaving medication unsecured mostly happens accidentally and has
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pharmacy. * The orange book or an equivalent reference is necessary | Credential to practice may be denied, refused renewal, or have disciplinary measures taken: 1. misrepresent facts (not reporting felony, etc) 2. immoral conduct 3. abuse, dependence, active addiction on drugs/alcohol 4. failure to comply with a
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Samantha Bedore 04/23/2016 The Dangers of Adderall Abuse Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is a common disorder that is usually diagnosed during childhood and continues throughout adulthood. ADHD is treatable through behavior modification therapy and medication. There have been various drugs manufactured for people that have been diagnosed with ADHD such as Adderall, Ritalin, and Dexedrine. Adderall is used to help people diagnosed with ADHD have better concentration, memory, organization
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Economic Thinking 1. Suggest how an economist would approach the problem of alcohol abuse. Provide two (2) possible solutions to this problem. Include the four (4) elements of the economic way of thinking in your analysis. The key questions an economist would use to approach a problem would be what, how and who. Alcohol is the product. According to the National Institute on Alcohol abuse and Consumption, the highest consumers of alcohol are people from sixteen to thirty five. With this
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Principles of Economics An economist approach to the problem of alcohol abuse would first start with the opportunity cost. This problem results from society spending millions of dollars each year on the consumption involving alcohol. Federal estimates for the costs of alcohol abuse come perilously close to fiction - or even fraud. The wildly escalating estimates cited by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) betrays a soft underbelly of accounting assumptions. The latest
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even criminal prosecution for having a positive drug test. However, although there is a low level of illegal drug use. Abuse of prescription drugs is higher among service members than among civilians and is slowly increasing. In 2008, 11 percent of service members reported misusing prescription drugs. Most of the prescription drugs misused by service members are opioid pain medications. Alcohol use is also higher among men and women in military service than among civilians. Almost half of active duty
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children that uses it daily to help control her Dravet’s Syndrome, a rare form of childhood epilepsy that was causing her to have hundreds of seizures each week. This syndrome is characterized by intractable seizures, which means they are unrelieved by medication. “Charlotte’s Web” comes as oil that can be placed in food or taken
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appetites. It also treats symptoms of AIDS, multiple sclerosis, pain, glaucoma, epilepsy, depression, and anxiety. I fully support the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes. Unlike prescription medications, marijuana is a natural remedy grown from the earth’s own soil and water. These days prescription medication abuse is at an all-time high and it is time for a change in the treatment of patients. It is time for a new, less addictive, and natural medicinal approach. Pros and Cons Those who
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known to create extreme changes in mood, which range from extreme lows of depression to extreme manic highs. The rate of mood swings varies from many times a day to a handful of episodes in a year. The condition can be controlled with the use of medication and counseling. The disorder is defined in a hierarchy of severity. There are different levels of bipolar disorder which will be discussed. Bipolar I involve intense and potentially dangerous manic episodes, and often negatively impacts work
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