Ashton Taylor Shaelynn Trejo March 6‚ 2014 Intro to Health Care Sugar and Junk Food’s Effect on the Body In the United States today‚ more than two-thirds of adults are obese‚ and in children ages two to five years old about a quarter of them are obese. The main reason for our obese population is high sugar‚ fat‚ cholesterol‚ and carbohydrate intake. You can go anywhere in the U.S. and find fast-food restaurants‚ convenience stores and other places that make money off of selling processed foods
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Statin medications include Crestor‚ Lipitor‚ Altoprev and Zocor and the possible side effects and cautions of statin drugs are Constipation‚ nausea‚ diarrhea‚ stomach pain‚ cramps‚ muscle soreness‚ pain and weakness; possible interaction with grapefruit juice. Most cholesterol medications lower
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The Dangers of Direct to Consumer Ads An American citizen would find it difficult to settle in and watch television programming that does not include multiple advertisements for this‚ that‚ or the other‚ prescription drug. Some might say why not‚ prescription medication is a product like anything else. The answer lies‚ quite simply‚ in the overwhelming negative effects of Big Pharmas’ direct to consumer advertising. Given these overwhelming
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person is at high risk for another stroke. Treating high blood pressure with any blood pressure medication will lower the chances of another stroke. Thiazide diuretics and ACE inhibitors will treat most high blood pressure problems. Medicines like Lipitor and pravachol will lower cholesterol. Being diabetic will increase the chances of another stroke as well if the diabetes go undertreated. It’s important for a stroke survivor to be educated about a healthy lifestyle and what to avoid in everyday life
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Msc in Economics and Business Administration Master Thesis MSc in Finance Valuation of Pfizer Inc. and analysis of new drug development project using a real option approach. Author: Valdis Cvetkovs Supervisor: Peter Lochte Jorgensen April 2011 Aarhus Abstract This thesis investigates the world’s largest pharmaceutical company Pfizer Inc. from strategic and financial viewpoint in order to determine companies’ fair market value. The external analysis researches industry and global economic situation
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Appendix A 2011 Financial Report Financial Review Pfizer Inc. and Subsidiary Companies INTRODUCTION Our Financial Review is provided to assist readers in understanding the results of operations‚ financial condition and cash flows of Pfizer Inc. (the Company). It should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. The discussion in this Financial Review contains forward-looking statements that involve substantial risks and
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company; they develop and produce medicines and vaccines for a wide range of conditions. Pfizer is a company had an annual income of 67 Billion dollars last year (P.‚ 2012). Some of the popular products that Pfizer makes are Advil‚ Celebrex‚ Viagra and Lipitor. The reason I chose Pfizer is because I have always been interested in the company because it is their moral obligation to serve the people of the world community with pharmaceutical goods for the betterment of the life of the community. I will
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report his/her medications and the reason for taking them? PC does know his medication and their doses. He also can tell you what interacts with his medications and what they are used for. Patient currently takes lisinopril 10mg once a day and Lipitor 10mg‚ which was recently reduced from 20mg. PC states he also uses a OTC Prilosec to help with heart burn. If
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traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the symbol PFE. It is also Dow Jones Component Company. The company is based in New York City‚ New York with its research headquarters in Groton‚ Connecticut. Some of its well know products include Lipitor (atorvastatin‚ used to lower blood cholesterol)‚ the neuropathic pain/fibromyalgia drug Lyrica (pregabalin)‚ the oral antifungal medication Diflucan (fluconazole)‚ the antibiotic Zithromax (azithromycin)‚ Viagra (sildenafil) for erectile dysfunction
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hypoglycemics) ↓ hepatic glucose production and ↓ intestinal glucose absorption Lactic acidosis (too much lactate in the blood and low blood pH – occurs more frequently with renal insufficiency Take with food. Do not crush or chew. Atorvastatin Lipitor OD 40 mg PO Lipid-lowering
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