Food and Drug Administration

(Weeks). Prescriptions are needed and should be placed on every drug and supplement that is available to the consumer. The public needs to be told how to take the supplement, how much is an appropriate dose, when to take it, and what possible side effects there are. Consumers just assume that if a supplement is on a shelf in a store and doesn’t need a prescription, that it is automatically safe to use and take whenever and with whatever food or drink they want, but they are very wrong. “Of 21…

The regulation of pharmaceutical drug costs should take precedence in the United States Government due to the issue that prices are becoming too unbearable for the working class and low class citizens to afford. Many families are now having to decide whether or not to continue buying into these lifesaving medicines, or use their money for other basic needs, risking their health. An issue that sparked this need for regulation was Martin Shkreli raising the price of Daraprim, which is used to…

In 2009 the US Food and Drug Administration said it halted reviews of all drug applications including data developed at Ranbaxy's Paonta Sahib Plant in India because of a practice of falsified data and test results in approved and pending drug applications. In…

The pharmaceutical market in the United States is not a price regulated market, meaning the price of the drugs can be placed at any price without question. Due to the lack of regulation the pharmaceutical industry is the largest profit gaining industry in the United States market. Although this is great for the industry, it is not enjoyable for the consumers. Many Americans cannot acquire the medications they need to better their health because of the high costs. The World Health Organization…

actually a relatively accurate depiction of the harsh reality of FDA-approved pharmaceutical drugs. In a study published in the year 2000 by the American Medical Association, an estimated 106,000 deaths occurred per year from “non-error, adverse effects of medications”…

Advertising drugs isn 't entirely a positive thing . Not everyone needs drugs or wants them . Not to mention the advertisement may not hit the target audience it needs to hit . If an ad is shown several times in a brief amount of time , the repeated advertisement will annoy people or pressure them to buy it . Some drugs can hurt people more than help them but the patient doesn 't find that out until later . In addition , while drug advertisements encourage people to seek medical advice from…

The psychotropic drug market, one of which that has only come to existence a few decades ago, has boomed into a massive industry with billion dollar profits. Pharmaceutical drug companies used distinct marketing tactics in order to lure in potential clients to be prescribed their drugs. With the highest priority of pharmaceutical companies being profit, the public health of United States citizens is at risk. The psychotropic drugs prescribed by professionals paid by these companies cause many…

industry funded vs. government funded pharmaceuticals and the way the government finds a way to pay less and receive more money. It’s not easy to clearly describe what big pharma is. Big pharma means big multinational pharmaceutical companies or big drug companies. But there are many different definitions to what big pharma really is. “How many firms are included in the big pharma group, and what parameters…

on opioids (CDC, 2016). Prescription drug abuse is a rising epidemic in the United States as there has been a 200% increase in the amount of deaths involving opioids from 2000-2014 (CDC, 2016). One of the main concerns for this increase is that these drugs are not being illegally purchased and distributed, but are being legally prescribed to patients by doctors. The question that many ask is, "How can prescription drug abuse be decreased if most of these drugs are being obtained legally?" An…

don’t appreciate excessive price hikes in one of the many drugs Mylan produces. The EpiPen is designed for patients who have a severe allergic reaction to some substance or extreme cases of asthma attacks. Unfortunately for those that need the drug, prices have increased from $57 in 2007 to about $616 for a two-pack today—an increase of 1,080%. Just since 2013, price have risen from $249—that’s a 247% increase (USA Today). So why are these drug prices rising so quickly? Is there an ethical…