Pharmaceutical drug

Introduction: Mefloquine (also known as Mefloquine Hydrochloride) sold under the name Lariam, is type of drug that prevents and treats malarial patients, in other words Mefloquine is a antimalarial drug. Mefloquine consists of a fluorinated derivative of quinoline (a chemical compound). Mefloquine acts as a 250mg salt tablet or a 228mg base tablet (CDC Gov.). Malaria, the cause from the beginning/the diseases, is a really serious disease that can cause death if not treated right away. Malaria…

Thank you for the opportunity to apply for the Business Analyst, eRx Prescribing and Pill Counting role with Walgreens. After reviewing the job description, I understand you’re looking for a candidate that is familiar with collecting and analyzing data and has pharmacy retail experience. Given the job responsibilities, I am certain that I have the necessary skills to successfully perform the job adeptly. I am a result-oriented recent college graduate (Double Major: Biology and Psychology:…

are due to ADEs, with an estimated $2.6 billion in total hospital costs” (2013, p.1). Cost concerns continue as Car et al. argues, the United States of American financial costs estimated related to medication errors caused from preventable adverse drug reactions yearly to be $17 billion (2016). Expenses no matter dollar value, from transitions among hospitals or ambulatory primary care visits are directly linked to the frequency and accuracy of patient medication lists reviewed. Ironically,…

Carolina (Trygstad, Christensen, Wegner, Sullivan, & Garmise, 2009). Pharmacists at each participating facility reviewed medication lists for harmful drugs, interactions, or unnecessary medications. They also reviewed new drug orders and addressed concerns with the prescriber before dispensing the medication. Medication costs, number of prescription drugs filled, and risk for hospitalization were assessed. The comparison group comprised patients living in long-term care facilities without…

make a wide variety of drugs and medicines – anything from Aspirin or chemotherapy products to ecstasy. What would happen if someone was to switch the processes to manufacture two types of medicine though? One prediction is if you took a yew tree and processed it in the same way that the mreah prew phnom tree is processed to make ecstasy, you will not get chemo medicine. The independent variable is the processing method, and the dependent variable is the medicine or drug that is the result of…

CURRENT STATUS: On a daily basis, Rosa Lee awakens to the effects of substance abuse. Her stomach cramps wake her every morning at about 6:30am. Due to her symptoms, to relieve some of the pain, she must make her daily trek to the clinic for her methadone treatment. The amount of pain relief involved means that taking a day off from treatment, is not an option for Rosa Lee. It can take more than an hour on some days, including several bus changes, in order to reach the clinic for treatment. But…

According to the author of “No Child Left Undiagnosed”, in the past 20 years the rate of ADHD has tripled,” 11 percent of all kids in this country have ADHD”. The problem is there are children being overmedicated for ADHD.According to The Center for Disease Control some symptoms that the child had ADHD are: they day dream,they lose things,they squirm or fidget, talk a lot, make careless mistakes, have trouble taking turns, and have trouble getting along with others. Children are being…

What I believe ties all these readings together is the connection between god and power and the Swahili concept of medicine or "Dawa," and the "wound" that the Swahili, Zulu, and Ugandan peoples ' sought to treat with godly medicine. This was especially apparent in the Curing their Ills chapter "The Great Dispensary in the Sky: Missionary Medicine." In all the readings, it is evident that medicine is associated with power, and healing is innately spiritual. It is most evident in the…

Highlighted by NICE guidelines (2014), it is recommended that for the administration of controlled drugs that a secondary check and signature is required. This is extremely important as controlled drugs can be fatal if not administered correctly. Patients should not be deprived of controlled drugs if another trained member of staff is unavailable to re-check this, therefore it is the nurses job to get in contact with another member of staff to ensure…

used for determining the level of toxicity of medications and checking for the safety of medications for humans. (Should) What if there was a drug that could cure cancer and we did not know if it was safe for humans to take. As mankind we would want to test the new drug on something that has a similar genetic makeup to humans just to make sure that the drug is safe. I know that I do not want to put anything in my body that I do not know if it is safe or not. I would want it to be tested to see…