and young alike‚ experiment with prescription drugs for various reasons. They think that it will make them have more fun‚ lose weight‚ fit in‚ and even be more efficient in their everyday lives. Prescription drugs are only safe for the person that they are prescribed to because a doctor has examined these people and they are being treated for a specific ailment or condition. {draw:frame} “Prescription drugs are the second most commonly abused category of drugs such as heroine‚ methamphetamines
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Group Dynamics‚ Social Influence‚ and Academic Pressure Contribute to the Use of Prescription Stimulants University of Wisconsin at Madison Abstract The use of prescription stimulants among University of Wisconsin-Madison college students is reflected by the influence of personal social groupings and networks‚ such as fraternities and sororities‚ as well as personal academic expectations. The research design was based on a quantitative survey data collection through an online survey hosted
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with the addiction to prescription painkillers. “The number of these deaths reached a new peak in 2014 to 47‚055 people‚ or the equivalent of about 125 Americans every day. (Park)” These numbers will only continue to rise as the abuse of opioids continues on. The abuse of opioids have ravished through the nation causing extreme pain and heartache. The opioid epidemic can be controlled and stopped by learning the drugs affects‚ the consequences of easily obtainable prescriptions‚ and how the medical
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There is a significant increase in the use of electronic prescription over the last several years. Historically‚ the US Government Agencies in the late 1990s explored the potential need for electronic prescribing systems to reduce clinical risk in busy hospitals and between 1999 and 2001. Later the US Institute of Medicine (IOM) published two reports‚ on how technology can support and improve patient safety. And in the 2001 report‚ “Crossing the Quality Chasm”‚ recommended that providers‚ purchasers
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Top Ten Problems the Elderly Face With Transportation Add to my favorites Print Jan 17‚ 2011 | By Walt Pickut Top Ten Problems the Elderly Face With Transportation Photo Credit Jupiterimages/BananaStock/Getty Images You might be called elderly if you are older than 60‚ by some definitions‚ and your physical abilities might start limiting your freedom to go where you want to go when you want to go there. For instance‚ according to a 2011 report by statisticians at Caregivers Library‚ there
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Prescription Painkillers The article by the Los Angeles Times‚ Legal Drugs‚ Deadly Outcomes‚ reports on how prescription painkillers have evolved. For many years prescription painkillers were limited to cancer patients and others with terminal illnesses. The idea was that the risk of addiction outweighed the benefit of the painkiller to patients whose illness was not life-threatening. As society has evolved and physicians continued to argue that it’s inhuman not to prescribe painkillers to patients
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in the elderly is a growing problem in our society‚ and it seems to be a problem that is not being addressed with much concern. As stated in this article‚ “It is undeniable that drugs do save lives..” but my question is‚ why is it so overlooked that so many elderly are being given drugs in a combination that can threaten their life? Take for example the lady that goes into the hospital for an asthma attack‚ and as side affects from medications occur‚ she is just pumped full of more drugs‚ eventually
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Case 1 :GlaxoSmithKlines Retaliation Against Cross-Border Sales of Prescription Drugs Question1: what sort of power differential separated GSK from their customers? Answer: “GSK” According to its price differential strategy or price discrimination which is a sort of Monopolistic market power was separated from its customers‚ this power came from where? GSK had sufficient control over prescriptions drugs to determine significantly the terms on which other individuals shall have access to it and
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The most useful data for correcting errors in this prescription process is data that outlines where the majority of the errors occur. There are a wide variety of possibilities and errors that can occur in the prescription process‚ therefore having data that helps to pinpoint where most issues occur would be very helpful. Once it is understood where the majority of the errors occur‚ analysis can be done and solutions can be analyzed to fix the problem area(s). As seen on the Medication Errors –
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Reflection: Observation Of Elderly I work as a Pharmacy Technician and the majority of patients I encounter are elderly. I wasn’t sure where I was going to do my observation but then realized what better place than where I work in the pharmacy. Our older patients tend to be on more medications and have more chronic health conditions than our younger ones and it seems the elderly have a harder time being compliant with their medications. The most common reason for non-compliance is slight
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