Prescription drug prices in the United States

medication is Hydrocodone, Oxycodone, Morphine, Codeine, and other drugs with related functions. They are often prescribed for a variety of painful conditions as well as before and after surgery. However, all of these are used recreationally and have entirely different names for each one. Their prescription names are: “Actiq, Duragesic, Sublimaze, OxyContin, Percodan, Percocet, Tylox, Dilaudid” (“What Are Opioids? List of Opioids - Opioid Drugs ...”, 2016), however, their street…

(Volkow par. 2). In Governing Magazine, State Marijuana Laws Map reveals that both Colorado and Washington legalized the use of marijuana in 2012. In the United States, twenty-three states have legalized Marijuana. Nineteen states have legalized marijuana for medical use only. Four states (Washington, Oregon, Colorado, and Alaska) have legalized the use of recreational marijuana. The use of recreational marijuana should not be legalized in the United States. Not only is marijuana detrimental to…

England, France, Australia, Italy---these countries have placed bans on marketing prescription drugs directly to consumers. In fact, only two developed countries haven’t banned direct-to-consumer advertising---New Zealand and the United States (Canada allows highly regulated direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical advertising). While pharmaceutical companies have been advertising prolifically for decades, 1997 brought on the current onslaught of direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical advertising…

Democracy is what the United States prides itself on. As a model for many other countries, every citizen would have whatever they need in order to live happy, healthy and productive lives due to a government structure holding their civil liberties a in the forefront of political decisions. Unfortunately, many of the citizens find themselves in a place between a critical choice to be healthy or live comfortably. In order to fulfill a critical foundational building block of the United States, many…

This problem mainly is seen existing amongst teenagers and young adults. According to Payne et al. (2010), “In 2002 SAMSA’s National Survey on Drug Use and Health, estimated that 11 million Americans over the age of 12 years (4.70 % of that population) took prescription pain relievers for nonmedical use” (p.5). This is a huge problem, both opioid diversion and opioid misuse. Keeping this in mind the government and the companies have implemented strategies…

going to the doctor’s office or the hospital usually results in a trip to the pharmacy. As someone who gets sick or injured quite frequently, I can speak from experience about the way doctors treat most health problems; they almost always recommend drugs. Whether it be a minor ailment or a major affliction, chances are that you will be prescribed antibiotics, pain relievers, steroids, or even an operation. However, the one thing that doctors will always avoid telling you is that nearly all…

girls without a prescription. Evidence indicates that the more available birth control is, the less likely people are to have abortions and unintended pregnancies (Should Birth Control Pills Be Sold Over The Counter). You don’t need a doctor to tell you whether you have one of the two biggest risk factors for the pill: You know whether you are over 35 or smoke (Should Birth Control Pills Be Sold Over The Counter). I’m pretty sure that if the pill were sold without a prescription, some gence…

continually fluctuates within the United States, and this specific dilemma has spawned catastrophe. Can unique programs and medical institutions provide for these abusers and evade a deleterious outbreak? While opioid reduction methods include awareness of opioid history, the establishment…

The United States is one of the few developed countries who do not have universal health care, leaving nearly 33 million people without any health insurance. People who oppose the right to health care for everybody may argue that it is taking and extracting from another person and that it is an individual’s responsibility to get health insurance. Everybody should have the right to health care because it is a human right that could improve public health and lower the cost of care in the United…

methods as a way to prevent the spread of communicable disease, and the founding of the American Medical Association (AMA) attempted to define educational standards for physicians. The Civil War was still an influence to American medicine. The United States Sanitary Commission was created in June 1861. Its goal was to improve sanitation. The Commission built large well-ventilated hospital tents and more permanent, cleaner pavilion-type hospitals. Doctors were able to perform better during…