Pharmaceutical drug

the most useful forms of medical treatment, but it’s illegal in many states. The legalization of medical marijuana should be put in order because many people need it, people who need it often go through risks to get it, and it isn’t just a gateway drug. Marijuana is a very useful medicinal herb as it cures many diseases. One of its primary uses is curing seizure disorders. Because of marijuana’s relaxing abilities, it calms the epileptic person’s hyperactive brain, and prevents seizures. This…

ethical issues. With patient’s data being readily available for purchase by Pharmaceutical companies, their drug reps can pinpoint which doctors to approach, and which drugs they should approach them with. Drug reps generally only approach doctors that write a large amount of prescriptions, and for good reason. A single doctor could literally add 100-200k in sales for a Pharmaceutic company through prescribing their drugs. They will use terms like, “Thought Leaders”, or “Educators” and pay…

that they do not need and they are now burden with the cost of that prescription drug. Often times, there is pressure on healthcare providers from the big pharmaceutical companies to sell their drugs to patients. Leonard J. Weber, a professor at the University of Detroit, talks about the ethics of the prescription drug marketing, in his book, Profits before People? Ethical Standards and the Marketing of Prescription Drugs. The healthcare industry market is different from the market of other…

nursery where she raised her child until her release. In this particular story her daughter Savannah asked her mother questions about why she was in jail. Kellie explains to her daughter that she had an injury which then resulted in her mother abusing drugs and then later being arrested. Kellie also goes on to talk about her own life and how things were more difficult for her in regards to her education which caused her to fail later in life. This statement could identity that she may have had…

Americans use more prescription drugs than any other developed country. Prescription drugs only represent 12 percent of total health care costs in the United States, but the rising prices of those drugs is an issue that keeps reoccurring not only for patients, but for prescribers, payers, and policy makers. There are people that believe that the rise in price of these drugs is appropriate, but if they keep on rising in price, the United States will start suffering not only financially but…

ready to watch your favorite sport live and you are very excited for the competition between the two teams. You think they are all very talented hard workers, but then suddenly you learn that one of the players has been using a performance enhancing drug to help him illegally get ahead of the competition. Do you think this is wrong or do you think they should let him or her continue to play without consequences? This Is wrong and I will tell you why it is so wrong in many ways. First of all a…

One might assume that counterfeit pharmaceuticals wouldn’t pose as such a large problem due to stringent government programs such as the FDA. But, unfortunately, these drugs sneak under the FDA radar and aren’t regulated in the slightest. The FDA is the Food and Drug Administration and it is responsible for monitoring the safety, efficacy, quality and security of a variety of products distributed across America and other US territories. Their aim as an organization is to inform and educate…

‘Big pharma’ refers to global pharmaceutical and biomedicine companies that lobby governments, media and other entities to expand their influence. In spite of being responsible for the modern innovations in medical devices and drugs, progress for research and development for new drugs or treatments is painstakingly slow. Like software updates or patches, the development for treatment has seen incremental therapeutics, such as small changes to existing formulations but rarely does the public see…

The Food and Drug Administration Big markets need standards to achieve success. Otherwise, without substantial control, markets fail due to poor quality. The bad quality of food and drugs may result in the death or illness of people. In 1937, a drug called Elixir Sulfanilamide poisoned and caused 100 deaths in the US which led to the passing of The Food and Drug Administration Act of 1938. The Food and Drug Administration works to minimize the adverse effects of food and drugs. Likewise, the…

A man’s wife is dying of cancer and there is one medicine that can save her. This drug rare as it is only made by one chemist, and as a result, the price is exorbitant, ten times the actual cost of production. The man cannot afford to pay it and must either forgo the chance to save his wife’s life, or undertake desperate measures. Now, this scenario could be viewed as Heinz Dilemma, a story often told in order to gauge the levels of moral reasoning, but unfortunately, it could also serve as an…