Pros And Cons Of Modern Day Pharmaceutical Physicians

A significant number of societies entrust physicians with their lives. They believe that a doctor is all knowing and their prescription is infallible, but the opposite, in this case is true. I argue that modern day physicians are recklessly overprescribing. A behavior that could comprise one’s health or much worse claim their life. In 2014, the CDC reported national health expenditures at $3 trillion dollars with $2.94 billion billed to prescription drugs. Despite spending the largest amount on healthcare, the US health system fails to rank in the top 35 of World Health Organization’s World Health Report. Modern day physicians have forgotten their Hippocratic oath and are drunken with the belief that a chemist’s drug is greater than their understanding of medicine. A myriad of culminating factors contributes to the overprescribing crisis but we will discuss the three chief factors in this paper. First, the inability of physicians to identify and resist pharmaceutical influence. Secondly, the treatment of non responsive medical conditions. Lastly, through prescribing medications for lifestyle diseases. …show more content…
This increase is due to the aggressive marketing tools of the pharmaceutical industry (PI). Physician influence and direct to consumer advertising (DTCA) are just two of the many ploys pharmaceutical firms use to enrich their bottom line. Physicians are heavily influenced through several mediums most specifically big money “perks”. Physicians naïvely believe that the PI is trying to buy them with these perks, which is further from the truth. Perks are used as a gateway to subconsciously familiarize physicians with a new product as studies show