Smith's Food and Drug

older they are more exposed to experience a chronic illness and are more likely to consume multiple medications a day (Cavanaugh & Blanchard-Fields, 2015). It is known that the United States has one of the highest prices when it comes to prescription drugs. There are numerous factors in why the high cost of medication tends to affect the elderly. For instance, Medicare does not tend to cover…

the pharmaceutical drugs have created an adverse effect on affordable healthcare, and the presidential candidates are outraged on this effect. Due to the dramatic price inflation of Daraprim, many people are outraged at the new price. Patients are outraged because of the large amount of money they pay out…

Currently in the United States, prescription opioid abuse is at an extremely high epidemic level. Prescription opioid abuse is at a peak due to the fact they are easily obtainable. The abusers themselves can either be prescribed the painkiller, their friends or family members may be prescribed, or they can purchase these medications on the street from dealers who are trying to make a quick buck. A major role of community health nurses today is to prevent the spread of illness and disease.…

consumers. In 1906 the Pure Food and Drug Act was the first regulation passed by Congress to standardize drug companies. The Federal Trade Commission, FTC, in charge of advertisements in the United States, could not manage…

adolescents ≥13 years of age, including hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) recipients with graft-versus-host-disease (GVHD) and patients with hematologic malignancies and prolonged chemotherapy-associated neutropenia[3],[4],[5] The administration of drug is done orally during or immediately following a full meal or liquid nutritional supplement.…

safety of society. These regulations have been founded by extensive research developed and regulated by the Food and Drug Administration. “Food and Drug administration (FDA) authority to oversee food, drug, and cosmetic safety”, (1). The Food and Drug Administration provides specific guidelines of many cosmetic products to protect society against…

problem arising that I recently read about and I feel it is becoming monopolistic. The Turing Pharmaceutical AG who recently acquired a drug called Daraprim to help those with AIDS, shot the price up by 5000%. The company is now being investigated by the New York Attorney General’s office on antitrust laws. Now if there was a more competitive market for this drug, then I would see there would be a fair and competitive price not an increase of 5000%!…

DTC Prescription Drug Advertisements: Wasteful or Beneficial? The $395 billion United States Pharmaceutical industry spent $5.2 billion on advertising drugs directly to consumers in 2015 (procon.org). This is an extremely excessive amount of money spent on a topic that is quite irrelevant. The United States and New Zealand are the only countries where drug makers are allowed to market prescription drugs directly to consumers (Harvard’s Health). The fact that only two countries in the world…

medications to treat pain and will further the development of research into better treatment outcomes (FDA, 2016). The FDA will assemble an advisory committee of experts before approving any newly created drug application for an opioid medication that does not include abuse-deterrent properties in the drug. The Pediatric Advisory Committee will also make recommendations dealing with the procedure for pediatric opioid labeling before any new labeling is approved (FDA, 2016). The FDA will also…

consumer products under the agency’s jurisdiction. From the government website of FDA, it states that FDA is responsible for keeping the public health by assuring the safety, efficacy and security of human and veterinary drugs, biological products, medical devices, our nation’s food supply, cosmetics, and products that produce radiation. Federal government agencies are formed to carry out the general policies that are particularly sorted by Congress. These agencies are said to create the rules,…