Although there are some reasons for children to take medications for their health‚ they should not be treated with antidepressants for many reasons. Many remember the trend in the 1960s and 1970s that inspired the film Valley of the Dolls. Housewives were taking Valium as if it were candy. Today‚ things have changed. The Antidrug commercials urge parents to get help and their children off drugs too. At the same time‚ parents are on the other hand urged to keep their children in check. In this pill
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Audience- Parents Psychologist ii) Ethos builder – growing up in an pharmaceutical era b) Preview iii) Emphasis on Medication iv) Focus on Therapy v) Positives of medication c) Central idea vi) Move away from the heavily medicated society we are becoming. 2) Main Point #1 emphasis on over medication d) 61% of adults use at least one drug to treat a chronic health problems‚ 15% rise since 2001 e) Gretchen LeFever ‚PhD‚ Eastern
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disorders that can affect young children today. Some are too quick to jump to the use of medication. This controversial method of treatment for children has its ups and downs‚ as do all medications. ADHD can not be cured‚ but it can be taken care of.() Physicians today over diagnose ADHD which leads to the over-prescription of a powerful and potentially harmful stimulant. However‚ this shouldn’t deny the need for medication for the children who truly suffer from this serious and rehabilitating problem. When
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Very little research has been done into the effectiveness of prescribing teens antidepressants. There are many things that can cause teens to have depression‚ certain triggers in life such as social rejection ‚ family turmoil‚ and failing exams. Depression whether in children‚ teens‚ or adolescents is a dysregulation of the brain function
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aware that drug is most likely going to be hard on your kidneys. Check with your pharmacist before mixing any drugs‚ prescription and or over-the-counter drugs. Drug Labels that warn of things like hepatic (liver) toxicity‚ injury‚ and dysfunction which is medical use for liver poison‚ should flash a red light in your head. (http:/www.liverdisease.com/medication_hepatitis.html) Your liver is the busiest organs in the body working non-stop to process food to transport through the bloodstream and to
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other animals‚ and biotin and vitamin D are required in the human diet only in certain circumstances. By convention‚ the term vitamin does not include other essential nutrients such as dietary minerals‚ essential fatty acids‚ or essential amino acids (which are needed in larger amounts than vitamins)‚ nor does it encompass the large number of other nutrients that promote health but are otherwise required less often. Thirteen vitamins are universally recognized at present. Vitamins are classified by
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relevant to the administration of medication. The Medicines Acts 1968 and various amendments cover the legal management of medication. While care staffs are not expected to have detailed knowledge of the legislation‚ they do need to be aware of the legal difference between types of drugs and the legal framework that allows them to handle medicines on behalf of the service user. The following is a list of legislation that has a direct impact upon the handling of medication within a social care setting
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Developing a successful business model without strong control mechanisms will only generate temporary profits. The purpose of control mechanisms in business models is to protect the created values and profit streams from being reduced by competitors‚ partners or strong customers. The last decades have shown a rapid growth in customer power at the same time as new technology and services are being replaced faster. Even though control always has been an important part of the business model
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and CEO‚ Entertainment Software Association. In last few decades‚ the popularity of computers and action video games (also called first person shooter or FPS video games) has increased exponentially over time. This form of entertainment has spawned many fads. The impact of computer and video games can be seen everywhere now‚ for
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Essay: Misuse of medication Dirk J Booysen Introduction. The extent of the problem of medication misuse can perhaps be realised most fully when considering that it involves not only prescribed drugs and medications‚ but also polypharmacy (using more than one drug concurrently)‚ self-diagnosis which leads to over the counter (OTC) self-medication or the dispensing of medication by a pharmacist without an accurate diagnosis or recommendations for the correct use of the medication‚ and the nonmedical
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