Many people would go to visit the doctor because of a physical or mental problem they come to face in their current life. Others would go to the doctor to just make sure everything is in order with their body and everything is functioning okay. Some say physician checkups are a waste of time and money and that the doctor is only trying to make another buck at prescribing medication for a false issue. Oppositionists say that doctors are always trying to help and would never give a patient a false diagnosis because they are being treated by a professional. Although, many argue that checkups are an optional task, many disagree, saying they are mandatory. “Bad science” is another phrase for doctors falsely prescribing patient’s medication just
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False diagnostics of children is a huge industry for doctors prescribing such disorders like Bipolar syndrome, ADHD, ADD, and such. When children at a young age are exposed to such drugs for certain disorders the drugs may cause more health problems. Heath problems from medications for ADHD, ADD, and Bipolar syndrome range from minor effects of high blood pressure to major effects of seizures, irregular heart rate, and prescribed patients abusing the drug by snorting it to get high. When the children get older, addiction to the drug can lead to abuse of illegal substances or alcohol abuse. In 2008, 63 percent of 118,495 emergency room visits made by adults aged 50 and older involved cocaine. The drug itself that is diagnosed to the patients whether they have the disorder or not is extremely addictive and can make patients dependent on the drug. The addictions are not the scariest part of false diagnosis; studies show that cancer is misdiagnosed more than patients …show more content…
Senior citizens are known to commonly be taken advantage of in many situations because they are older. It is sad to find studies that prove this fact true mentioned in The Huffington Post that one out of five seniors get taken advantage of. Anyone in their rightful mind would imagine a doctor to try and help elders and their current problems instead of false prescribing medication and causing more problems. Not only is it sad that one out of five elders are being taken of, the drugs prescribed to the elders is even worse.
“Pain reliever propoxyphene, antihypertensive doxazosin, diphenhydramine, and the antidepressant amitriptyline.” (The Huffington Post 2012).
The pain reliever drug propoxyphene is so bad that it has been discontinued by the FDA due to the huge impact it has on the human heart causing electrical activity, opening of the valves, to be prolonged for longer than usual causing serious heart murmurs. Antihypertensive doxazosin has side effects causing coronary heart disease, or damage in the hearts major arteries causing heart attacks. Overall the doctors and physicians prescribing elders are making mountains out of molehills and only trying to take the money out of the poor innocent elder’s pockets. The scariest part is that this is not the worst statistic. “At least 30% of antibiotics prescribed in the United States are unnecessary”
False diagnostics of children is a huge industry for doctors prescribing such disorders like Bipolar syndrome, ADHD, ADD, and such. When children at a young age are exposed to such drugs for certain disorders the drugs may cause more health problems. Heath problems from medications for ADHD, ADD, and Bipolar syndrome range from minor effects of high blood pressure to major effects of seizures, irregular heart rate, and prescribed patients abusing the drug by snorting it to get high. When the children get older, addiction to the drug can lead to abuse of illegal substances or alcohol abuse. In 2008, 63 percent of 118,495 emergency room visits made by adults aged 50 and older involved cocaine. The drug itself that is diagnosed to the patients whether they have the disorder or not is extremely addictive and can make patients dependent on the drug. The addictions are not the scariest part of false diagnosis; studies show that cancer is misdiagnosed more than patients …show more content…
Senior citizens are known to commonly be taken advantage of in many situations because they are older. It is sad to find studies that prove this fact true mentioned in The Huffington Post that one out of five seniors get taken advantage of. Anyone in their rightful mind would imagine a doctor to try and help elders and their current problems instead of false prescribing medication and causing more problems. Not only is it sad that one out of five elders are being taken of, the drugs prescribed to the elders is even worse.
“Pain reliever propoxyphene, antihypertensive doxazosin, diphenhydramine, and the antidepressant amitriptyline.” (The Huffington Post 2012).
The pain reliever drug propoxyphene is so bad that it has been discontinued by the FDA due to the huge impact it has on the human heart causing electrical activity, opening of the valves, to be prolonged for longer than usual causing serious heart murmurs. Antihypertensive doxazosin has side effects causing coronary heart disease, or damage in the hearts major arteries causing heart attacks. Overall the doctors and physicians prescribing elders are making mountains out of molehills and only trying to take the money out of the poor innocent elder’s pockets. The scariest part is that this is not the worst statistic. “At least 30% of antibiotics prescribed in the United States are unnecessary”