In pediatric health care, a doctor’s main resource to sufficiently helping their patients feel better is the use of prescription drugs. Today’s cutting-edge medications allow doctors to easily prescribe drugs as a “quick fix” for almost any health problem, provide adolescent patients an almost immediate relief from their health condition, and lastly give the parent of that child a sense of relief. Because prescription drugs allow for a multitude of quick benefits, doctors are beginning to unnecessarily overprescribe medications to their patients. In this essay, I will explain the consequences that come from overprescribing drugs to adolescents, main reasons doctors over prescription, and solutions to regulating prescription drug use in pediatrics.
