Pharmaceutical drug

provider”(Boundless, 2016). A lot of drug research and generation is done in the pharmaceutical field driving a massive cost for companies and creating their main justification for price discrimination. Companies that make drugs, declare higher amounts for countries that have more money and resources to buy their products, all driving higher cost in this market and varying measures of price elasticity. Countries like the United States are wealthier and are charged more for drugs. As this is…

enhancement performance drug or with enhancement performance drug in order to…

Methadone is a drug that reduces withdrawal symptoms. It reduces the craving for drugs without the imitating the sense of euphoria that follows drug abuse. Hence, it is prescribed to patients to treat or stop narcotic addiction (mainly people addicted to heroin). Methadone is also a painkiller, it can be given to treat pain that’s moderate to severe especially within the elderly. However, Methadone itself can be addictive and thus when prescribed, according to the Royal College of General…

Armstrong or A-Rod—turn out to have achieved their great feats with a boost from performance-enhancing drugs and other banned technologies? Not everyone turns up their nose when a high-profile athlete dopes. Some offer excuses: the pressure to perform is overwhelming, and the rewards are too tempting to resist. We allow special diets, scientifically optimized training, and novel equipment, so why ban drugs, or, in Lance’s case, bags of whole blood? Aren’t they all just technologies intended to…

to be in an unbearable amount of pain for extended periods of time. Although the drug has proven to reduce pain levels and allow chronically ill patients to be able to go through their day as normally as possible, the fact that they share the same chemical make up as the illegal drug heroin shows that these prescription drugs are just as dangerous and addicting as the street form of the substance. Simply having the drug be prescribed rather than having to find it on the streets does not mean…

others to make profit. A drug patent is an indentation using a substance or a chemical produced by a pharmaceuticals industry. A patent gives an individual or a company full control over their product. It stops other companies or an individual from misusing the product. A patent keeps other off the market and gives the patent holder an open market. Even though a patent gives its holder a monopoly market, it is sometimes necessary to do so. A drug patent gives the pharmaceutical company the…

Rational Drug Discovery Drug companies are continuously discovering new compounds to add to the pharmaceutical world. Rational drug discovery, or drug design, has provided a great advantage to finding new medications compared to older methods of discovery. With years of guesstimating and predicting how to create the perfect prescription, drugs have been identified in numerous ways. Drugs have been discovered and named through multiple encounters of trial-and-error or with simple luck. Thorough…

According to the National Drug Strategy Household Survey, the overall use of methamphetamine has remained stable in recent years (National Drug Strategy Household Survey, 2013). However, there has been a shocking change in the preferred form of methamphetamine. In 2010, 51% of individuals who use methamphetamine preferred the powder form, while only 22% of individuals who use methamphetamine preferred ice (National Drug Strategy Household Survey, 2013). This survey was given again in 2013 and it…

Darvocet (Propoxyphene) Darvocet (Propoxyphene), also known as “the worst drug in history” was first approved by the US Food and Drug Administration in 1957. Invented by Eli Lilly & Co., Darvon and Darvocet, the medication was sold to Xanodyne Pharmaceuticals, which marketed the drug under the brand names Darvon and Darvocet. The main component of Darvocet is propoxyphene. Propoxyphene is a type of narcotic pain reliever. This medication is similar to codeine and was used to treat mild to…

Martin Shkreli is a 32 year old man that is the cheif executive of Turing Pharmaceuticals. Recently, his company aquired the rights to Daraprim an HIV medication as to which he elevated the price of it by 5000%. As a result of this, social media has been in an uproar, so much so that he has been officially named the most hated man on the internet. Beore Mr. Shkreli aquired the ownership of Daraprim, a single dose of the drug wwent for $13.50. However, after he aquired the company he elevated…