Prescription drug

Prescription Drug Pricing Introduction Today, the incredibly high and ever increasing price of prescription drugs is regularly under scrutiny, often sparking debate as political, social and economic interests conflict with one another. In a survey on health care, conducted by The Kaiser Family Foundation, 60% of the public believes lowering prescription drug prices should be a top priority of the United States government (DiJulio). According to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and…

so why would they look to Madison Avenue for advice about their diabetes? As one of only two countries in the world allowing direct-to-consumer (DTC) marketing of prescription medications, it is a multi-billion dollar payday in the United States for pharmaceutical companies, advertisers, and mass media (Pro Con, 2014). Proponents of drug advertising claim they promote health by informing patients about diseases and possible treatments, and thus Americans are healthier and better informed because…

cohorts and determine the outcome events. The Part D prescription drug event (PDE) data include pharmacy claims submitted by pharmacies to the Part D health plans for beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare Part D, which record prescription drugs identified by the National Drug Code, the date of dispensing, and the length of supply (also known as “days’ supply”). The use of the PDE data allows the present study to ascertain the starting time and duration of drug…

Americans have used prescription drugs as a quick and temporary solution for psychological problems. In difficult and stressful times, it is easy for individuals to turn towards a medication that will make them feel better and free them of their problems. When looking at the birth of prescription benzodiazepines in America, history tends to inexorably repeat itself. Beginning in the 1960s, doctors began to prescribe Valium in extremely high quantities. The same goes for more recent drugs…

mother’s family and her father’s family lives far away. Other than her friends, she spends time with Ms. Sheppard, an older woman who lives in her building. Kiara has stated that she is dealing with depression and an addiction to prescription drugs.…

pubic drug programs that they don't have equal access to emerging new medications for mental disorder compare to those that have private drug insurance coverage, and that there is also discrimination in the public drug plans among the provinces and territories. The authors focus on the facts that contribute to this problem. The first argument is that the Prescription Drug Coverage in Canada play a big role on whether one be able to access the new medication or not because the prescription drug…

Prescription drugs are essential to human beings. They provide us with relief from temporary pains and illnesses, but for some people they do much more than that. The elderly and people with severe conditions depend on prescription drugs to function efficiently. A small fraction of people in Canada are lucky enough to be provided with insurance due to their jobs, but for most Canadians the cost of prescription drugs is just too high. The government of Canada has had a long time position, that…

physical, and social consequences that may be undetected. There are many reasons for geriatric substance abuse and many ways in which nurses can impact misuse in a positive way. Substance abuse usually doesn’t occur with the elderly buying and taking drugs off of the streets,…

cyberchondrias whose use google to diagnose them or the self-diagnosers their common cold has been diagnosed to be bronchitis. The fact that the doctor has to rely on patient is harmful. It’s harmful because the online doctors are allowed to prescribe prescription. Since the online doctor is relying on the patient’s…

Living in a distorted society where many people don’t know how to think for themselves, it’s easy to get misguided into believing that there is more violence in society than there actually is. People start believing everything the media and politicians says to be true. Meanwhile, humanity gets misled into fearing the wrong things. Furthermore, people end up living in state of fear leading them to become paranoid. Unfounded fears are dangerous in contemporary culture because those fears cause…