Increase in the sale of OTC drugs in the recent years implies that people often forget the fact that health cannot be bought over the counter of pharmacy. Several forecasts state that the world OTC market will reach 4 92.8bn in the year 2015 with a strong growth until 2025. With Ayurveda based OTC’s contributing over 26% of sales‚ India ranks 11th in terms of OTC market size globally and is expected to reach 9th rank in the next five years. Many people have a belief that regular intake of vitamins
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Inhibitory activities of rubrofusarin and its derivatives against AChE‚ BChE and BACE1 In order to evaluate the anti-AD potential of the isolated rubrofusarin and its four derivatives‚ we evaluated their abilities to inhibit AChE‚ BChE and BACE1. Results are summarized in Table 1. Of the derivatives‚ 3 showed most potent activity against AChE with an IC50 of 15.94 ± 0.32 µM whereas 2 had least inhibitory activity (148.08 ± 2.09 µM). 4 and 5 exhibited moderate inhibition with IC50 value of 86.05 ±
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The History of Medicine Over the course of century’s there has been major historic changes and advancements in medicine and the way we are able to cure aliments today. Did you know that Herbal medicine was one of the first treatments? It is one of the earliest scientific practices and is still in use today. Over the years we have evolved with the study of medicine to even going as far as being able to replicate organs and limbs now‚ From the Stone Age area with Herbal treatments to the Egyptians
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Reasons to Select a Natural Medication over a Prescription Medication Natural remedy for diseases versus prescription medicines has been the topic of medical discussions from a long time. While majority of the patients rely on what their doctors recommend‚ others have commenced questioning the dangers that normally go with pharmaceutical medicines‚ moreover have boarded on the job of looking for harmless and extra natural options. There are other significant reasons to think about prior to settling
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Original passage #1 Another reason that DTC advertisements need stricter regulations is because the advertisements mislead consumers with distorted information about drugs. Furthermore‚ as DTC advertisements give consumers the wrong perspective‚ consumers would expect false consequences. These false consequences sometimes turn out to be a placebo effect. However‚ the problem is that placebo effect requires many random circumstances to be triggered‚ such as doctors and devices (Almasi et al. 284)
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The author of the editorial‚ “Doctors Will Play a Critical Role in the Opioid Epidemic‚” posted in the New York Times‚ claim that doctors will need to make safe and effective decisions for treatment of pain due to statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revealing the rise of opioid overdose deaths since 1999. The author states that there are many other alternatives that can be given to treat pain and doctors should be considering them before writing out prescriptions for opioids
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Arionne Gilmore-Lewis Courtney Serwa English 4 11 May 2017 Pharmeuticals How do you feel about some prescription drugs? Do they harm us while supposed to be helping us with our health problems? Prescription drugs are supposed to treat and cure diseases when some harm and kill us because they are not being used right or they are being used too much. Most drugs are becoming an addiction‚ and there are more overdoses occurring for over prescription
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Issue Key Words PHC Nursing Intervention Evidence Based Practice Rationale Effect of Issue on Lola’s Comorbidities or Other Issues Referral with Rationale and Links to Other Issues. Issue One Inadequate Nutrition E.g. Low dairy‚ fruit and vegetable intake. Incorporate favorited foods and maintain as near-normal food consistency as possible‚ such as soft or finely ground food with gravy or liquid added (Monturo‚ et al‚ 2014). This will assist in better patient compliance and easier to digest foods
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Prescription Drug Abuse Among Adolescents Prescription depressants are responsible for fourteen percent of overdoses while street drugs‚ such as marijuana‚ are guilty for thirty-nine percent of drug overdoses (Maxwell 267). Statistics prove the prescription drug epidemic that adolescents and adults face. Teenagers in suburbs and rural areas are more frequently exposed to prescription and illegal opiates due to its marketability and highly addictive properties. As consumers of prescription opiates
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In terms of utilitarianism‚ actions are evaluated by the outcome. What we should do is to maximize the good outcomes and minimize the bad outcomes. The most promising way of reaching the final decision is to choose the one that would bring about the greatest net benefits to everyone affected by the action once the harms had been taken into account. In this specific scenarios‚ if we aim to use utilitarianism to identify whether we should include placebo-controlled trial in this specific situation
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