Many factors influence this process. Challenges and barriers to developing an accurate current medication history include: time requirements, staffing resources, the complexity of the process and the inability of some patients to participate, the lack of a standardized process to create lists, the use of both generic and popular drug names, and the inability of some patients to manage multiple medications with…
Prescriptions are amazingly complex and can be considered the “magic potions” of the world as we know it today. They are capable of providing instant relief to pain and suffering, and not to mention, save many lives every day. This, however, is just the mere surface of what these drugs are really able to do. When most people think of drug abuse, the illegal drugs are what come to mind. It is considered a rarity to hear about a drug bust involving legal medication, yet legal medication remains to be one of the most misused drugs in the world.…
By using relative information it will make the implementation of teachings easier and make effective evaluations. As a future educator of medications I will be sure to include up-to-date information and make my drug education plan unique and appropriate for each…
In order to avoid any chance of having consumers given the wrong prescription is to just have patients simple ask about what that certain drug is and how is can effect their body in particular because, their doctor knows all about their body already. Asking is always better then almost demanding for the product, also if the doctor will not explain what the medication can do the pharmacist that is giving the patient their prescription can also explain what the medication will and can do to the patients’ body. This then allows a more honest conversation with the doctor and allows both the patient and the doctor to come to an agreement on the what the course of action that needs to be taken to ensure that the patient is well taken care of and…
All drugs are chemicals. There are various methods used to introduce these chemicals into the body; these include smoking, injecting, inhaling, or ingestion. Upon entering the body the chemicals accumulate in the brain where nerve cells send, receive, and process information. Different drugs will work differently. In this presentation, I will describe how drugs affect the brain.…
At the beginning of my nursing career most of the medical terms I’ve come to use and understand I had while little knowledge about. Some of these terms I picked up in practical experience and other I learnt in lectures. One of these terms has come to be very important in my nursing career and that is medication management. At first my understanding of this concept was very limited and I didn’t understand many of the different factors that all came together to make up the whole. Over my studies this understanding has evolved and become a core part of my nursing practice.…
Throughout the country, many students are entering high school and many of those students who enter high school play some form of a sport. While high school is known for the time where students are constantly introduced to new things and ideas, many of these newly introduced things and ideas are not ideal things students should be introduced to. One of the things introduced to high school students is drugs. It is inevitable that drugs will be one the things that students are introduced to while in school, but there will be those who use drugs and those who do not use drugs. This does not particularly affect one group of people, but multiple groups of students throughout high school.…
91 Americans dying daily, half a million Americans dying over the last 15 years, and 15,000 people dying every year of overdoses. This is the ongoing epidemic of prescription drugs. When drug abuse comes to mind, you most likely think of illegal drugs like cocaine or heroin. While those are extremely dangerous/harmful, the most commonly abused drugs in America are prescription drugs that range from opioids, stimulants, and anti-anxiety. According to PBS Newshour, William Brangham, this is the biggest drug epidemic in American History, dwarfing the number of lives lost to crack cocaine or methamphetamines.”…
Everyday 91 people die from an overdose in the United States. These deaths are not all from street drugs. Since 1999 prescription related opioid overdoses have resulted in the death of 183,000 people. Many people develop opioid addiction from being prescribed an opioid for common injuries, accidents, or illnesses. Along with opioids, stimulants and depressants are commonly abused and misused and it becoming a growing problem.…
Prescription drugs when used properly can help citizens cope with issues such as ADHD, pain, anxiety, and even insomnia. However, these drugs are often used for their unintended use and can lead to a multitude of consequences. The market for prescription drugs has a wide demographic including street buyers, street dealers, doctors, pharmacists, and people who have become addicted when on valid prescriptions. Prescription drugs make up a large part an already sizable industry for drugs. One of the many reasons for this is they can cover nearly all classes of drugs including stimulants, sedatives, and opioids.…
These drugs help them stay up later and boost their energy, allowing them to study for long periods of time without becoming tired. Each of these drugs can cause different side effects and can become majorly dangerous when taken along with other prescription…
In recent decades, many psychiatric professionals have prescribed drugs for children as they deemed necessary. However, these drugs have produced negative results. Although doctors have been recommending prescription drugs to kids for a long time, statistical research has suggested that it is now time to end this practice. One issue that has come to light with giving prescription drugs to children is the fact that the overwhelming majority of them were never even intended for children in the first place, due to their ages. In the article, the author, Maureen Salaman Gordon, a former president of the National Hemophilia Foundation, presented very alarming statistics that reveal some eighty percent of these medication were authorized only for adults.…
Science and technology has grown exponentially in recent years, issues such as heart disease and diabetes that once required surgery are now regulated with medicine. It has become routine for doctors to prescribe medicine because it is the easiest solution. Medication is the most efficient way to take care of illness, but what happens if we are prescribing too much? “Prescription painkillers kill six times more people each year than heroin does” (Wen). This harrowing statistic is why over prescription needs to stop.…
When we hear about legalizing all drugs most people will automatically think about the bad things that would happen, but there is evidence that there are benefits to legalizing all drugs. According to many sources the legalization of all drugs would bring many benefits to the community. Legalization of all drugs would lower crime, provide more money for the state and reduce the amount of prisoners in jails. First when people think about drugs they think that they are the reason for crime and to some extent that’s true and so people have tried to ban all drugs but this is a bad idea.…
Around 2 million people in the United States are incarcerated: the highest of any modern country, even more than the likes of communist China and Russia (Highest to Lowest - Prison Population Total). These surprising statistics are due in part to the drug war, which has only resulted in the increase of illicit drugs and the mass incarceration of American citizens. The action America takes may affect the future in ways that could damage families across this once great land in a very similar way the American Prohibition did so long ago. Drug abuse as a result should be decriminalized, as otherwise innocent people are spending countless years of their lives being judged by society and not getting the help they so desperately need.…