Drug companies are often used to promote certain drugs to educate patients by making flyers. Many medical practitioners support this and use the flyers as a primary source of information for patients to use. While looking at flyers though, it is important to check for its credibility and accuracy. In the world, there are thousands of different kinds of drugs that can be prescribed and each drug does something different. One of the many drugs that is very important in blood thinning is Coumadin.
Each drug has an active ingredient which is component that provides pharmacological activity or other direct effect in the diagnosis, cure or treatment. In Coumadin, the active ingredient is Warfarin (Bussey, 2006). The chemical name for this drug is …show more content…
An advantage of taking Coumadin is that they are less expensive compared to the newer brand-name drugs. People may want to take this instead because it will save a lot of money in the long run. Another advantage is that Coumadin has been around for a lot longer than other similar drugs so there is currently no antidote for the other drugs. Due to these drugs being newer they haven’t been studied as much as warfarin has so, the long-term effects are not known yet which can be very dangerous (Carter, 2017). Since these new drugs haven’t been studied as much, the new drugs can cause an increased risk for bleeding in certain people. Coumadin has been studied for a long time and they have done many tests to make sure that it is completely safe. While there are many pros of taking Coumadin over other drugs there are also some cons. Since there are newer drugs that are similar to Coumadin they are also more advanced than Coumadin in some ways. The new drugs start working a lot faster than Coumadin does and the effects done last long after stopping taking them (Carter, 2017). Also, while taking Coumadin, tests are done often to make sure your blood levels are doing okay. In the new drugs, there are less tests done during treatments which can be easier on the patients. Lastly, Coumadin has a lot of negative effects with other drugs if they are taken at the same time. The …show more content…
The advertisement talks about what the drug is itself and briefly explains how it works. The advertisement should have gone into more detail about how the drug works so parents know what the drug exactly does and how it will affect their child. The advertisement also does a good job at explaining medicines to avoid and makes sure to say to talk to their doctor before taking any other medication as well as talking about how the child’s diet should be. The article is misleading when it comes to side effects. The advertisement does not go into the serious side effects of this drug which can be a big deciding factor of deciding if this drug is the one the parents want their child to be prescribed. It is important to know all the side effects because if a side effect that can be life threatening happens it is extremely important that the patient gets medical attention right
Each drug has an active ingredient which is component that provides pharmacological activity or other direct effect in the diagnosis, cure or treatment. In Coumadin, the active ingredient is Warfarin (Bussey, 2006). The chemical name for this drug is …show more content…
An advantage of taking Coumadin is that they are less expensive compared to the newer brand-name drugs. People may want to take this instead because it will save a lot of money in the long run. Another advantage is that Coumadin has been around for a lot longer than other similar drugs so there is currently no antidote for the other drugs. Due to these drugs being newer they haven’t been studied as much as warfarin has so, the long-term effects are not known yet which can be very dangerous (Carter, 2017). Since these new drugs haven’t been studied as much, the new drugs can cause an increased risk for bleeding in certain people. Coumadin has been studied for a long time and they have done many tests to make sure that it is completely safe. While there are many pros of taking Coumadin over other drugs there are also some cons. Since there are newer drugs that are similar to Coumadin they are also more advanced than Coumadin in some ways. The new drugs start working a lot faster than Coumadin does and the effects done last long after stopping taking them (Carter, 2017). Also, while taking Coumadin, tests are done often to make sure your blood levels are doing okay. In the new drugs, there are less tests done during treatments which can be easier on the patients. Lastly, Coumadin has a lot of negative effects with other drugs if they are taken at the same time. The …show more content…
The advertisement talks about what the drug is itself and briefly explains how it works. The advertisement should have gone into more detail about how the drug works so parents know what the drug exactly does and how it will affect their child. The advertisement also does a good job at explaining medicines to avoid and makes sure to say to talk to their doctor before taking any other medication as well as talking about how the child’s diet should be. The article is misleading when it comes to side effects. The advertisement does not go into the serious side effects of this drug which can be a big deciding factor of deciding if this drug is the one the parents want their child to be prescribed. It is important to know all the side effects because if a side effect that can be life threatening happens it is extremely important that the patient gets medical attention right