Pure Food and Drug Act

supplements, herbs, and therapies appear safe, but are clinically unproven, and in conventional medicine, prescription drugs are closely regulated, but not always safe. Both forms of medical treatment have their advantages and disadvantages. Nonetheless, the use of alternative medicine and conventional medicine can be integrated more effectively to decrease prescription drug use, give people healthier options, and lower health care cost. In integrating alternative therapies with conventional…

Ciba in 1952 but found to be ineffective in the animal models tested and was ultimately discarded. Then in 1957, the German manufacturer Chemie Grunenethal in West Germany bought the patent for the chemical, which contained the active pharmaceutical drug substance thalidomide. The initial indication of the novel medication was for use as an anticonvulsant but early studies suggested that it was not effective for this condition; however, it did show positive results for use as a sedating agent.…

activities might include; sports teams, fraternities, sororities, campus organizations or clubs, social gatherings, and even parties. The more often overlooked activities may even include alcohol and drugs. Drugs, not on the topic of cocaine, heroin, or even marijuana. College students are abusing another kind of drug, prescription medications. These medications may include; ADHD medication, anxiety medication, and even anti-depressants. There are college students across the United States that…

The purpose of this paper is to examine the ethical questions related to the rights of terminally ill patients to receive experimental medications by participating in clinical trials which they were not pre-selected for entrance into the study. I will attempt to evaluate the implications from a rights and utilitarian perspective, whilst examining these issues from a multitude of different stakeholders’ perspectives. The ethical questions posed by this case were ultimately brought in front of…

Prescription drug advertising is now a part of America’s ever growing consumerist economy. The United States is one of the two countries that actually permit prescription drug advertising to their citizens. The reasoning behind this is so that people can be aware of what is out there and how it can ultimately accommodate them; helping rid themselves of any unnecessary baggage such us anxiety, allergies and deppression. Although many pharmaceutical representatives would argue that their…

The regulation of pharmaceutical drug costs should take precedence in the United States Government due to the issue that prices are becoming too unbearable for the working class and low class citizens to afford. Many families are now having to decide whether or not to continue buying into these lifesaving medicines, or use their money for other basic needs, risking their health. An issue that sparked this need for regulation was Martin Shkreli raising the price of Daraprim, which is used to…

prescription drug abuse. The role of prescription drugs are meant to help people and make them healthier in various ways, however, the lack of foresight has caused these prescriptions to become hazardous to society. Are prescription drugs being overprescribed and over commercialized? The results of over-prescription and commercialization of drugs have caused death, addiction, dependence, health complications, and reduced medical care. With this information it I believe that prescription drugs…

manufactured antibiotics can interfere with other medications and make them less effective. For example, people on certain cholesterol medications are recommended to avoid using clarithromycin and erythromycin because it can reduce the effect of the drugs used as their cholesterol regimen (Dr. Mercola, 2013). Some people believe that colloidal silver should be used along with pharmaceutical antibiotics because colloidal silver can boost the effectiveness of antibiotics and it has been proven in…

company like CVS, there aren’t any weaknesses in the company to discuss. If anything, the company has far more strengths than weaknesses all revolving around supplying customers with affordable prescription and nonprescription medications, tobacco and drug free programs, youth programs in the community, pharmacy advisor and prescription maintenance programs, counseling programs (has over 10 million so far), Minute Clinic services (with over 1,100 locations), and a host of other advantages to…

companies over consumers as nearly every medication on the market today comes with a winding list of side effects, yet consumers lack the ability to speak out against the FDA’s loose guidelines. Pharmaceutical companies, however, may argue that creating drugs with stricter guidelines would incur higher expenses and is likely to lead to financial loss. It would be more challenging to create those medications without side effects, which could ultimately affect the consumer, as innovations in…