The Pros And Cons Of Prescription Drug Advertising

There were 127 medical malpractice cases in Pennsylvania last year. An example of these cases could be an exploratory surgery to diagnose a patient and the incision became infected because the patient failed to clean the incision sight properly. Seems to me that the doctor was just doing his/her job but in the end, he/she got sued. Medical malpractice can be described as an act or omission by a doctor or physician that lead to the harm of a patient (Kindy). Certain laws and bills have been put in place to discourage people from suing doctors for problems that are completely out of the doctor’s hands.

“Law enforcement and government officials are focused on the “war on drugs.” But illegal drugs are not the only problem society is facing. In today’s fast-paced, stress-filled world, millions are becoming increasingly dependent on prescription drugs. Often, people are looking for the “quick cure” for all ailments, from headaches to heart disease.” (Medicated).

He continues to argue for his innocence. As of right now, Nagareddy faces one felony drug charge for illegally prescribing pain medication, but investigators of criminal law say that he will likely face more charges. In the raid of his home, they took thousands of records that could take several months to sift through.

”(18-19). The symbolism in this was that rich people went to the doctor so they can prescribe them medication to make them feel better, about their loneliness, but in reality, it wasn’t going to work. So at the end of the stanza they repeated the message, “But nobody / No, nobody / Can make it our here

Recently, the Chief of a small Oji-Cree community estimated that half of his adult population was addicted to OxyContin or other painkillers.”(Tim Wu) Ever since Technology has advanced I has positively affected billions, but it has also been some of the leading causes to laziness,

However, there is a lot of drug abuse these days. National Institute on Drug Abuse (2015) indicated that in 2013, an estimated 24.6 million Americans aged 12 or older which is 9,4 percent of the population had used an illicit drug in the past month. This paper will talk about the reason why drugs should not be legalized such as increasing drug demand, lead to more addiction for the addicts, and harmful both for user and society. First of all, legalization of drugs would increase drug demand. “Legalization, by removing penalties and reducing the price, would increase drug demand.

Opioids Today Undoubtedly, the addictive nature of opioids has generated immense controversy in both the medical community and population of the United States. During the last decade, the increase of people addicted to opioids has grown steadily, among them; you can find ordinary people but celebrities, athletes and soldiers thus charging many lives in their path. Despite this, it was not until after several months of political pressure that the current president of the United States, Donald Trump, declared in the middle of 2017 those opioids are responsible of a health crisis in America. The history of the nation shows that with the passage of time, similar crises have appeared that are now experienced, but that despite this, they have not

The world health organization has revealed that the illegal trade in kidneys has risen to such a level that an estimated 10,000 black market operations involving purchased human organs now take place annually or more than an hour. The world health organization (WHO) estimates that over 100,000 organ transplant has performed across the world every year. But due to a mix of government policies, personal beliefs about organ donation, and our ability to safely harvest organs quickly, we would need over ten times as many donations to meet global needs. It is a universal truth, that whenever supply doesn’t meet demand, people turn to illegal means. WHO estimates 5% to 10% of all organ transplants performed worldwide are illegal and out of that 75% are the kidneys, the most sought-after organ.

Can you imagine how much the world spend on animal tests? It is surely hard to be estimated. Only in America, the government spends about more than US$14.5 billion per year for carrying out all types of cruel experiments, results in the millions death of animals. By referring to the budget report provided by the National Institutes of Health in 2014, taxpayers in America had to pay more than $12 billion for undergoing animal tests which absolutely imposed a heavy financial burden on them. Another illustration mentioned on news articles include $9.6 million to inject drugs into rabbits’ brains to see whether it would cause any effects on eyes and $1.1 million to see if meth-addicted monkeys would choose food or drug in pursuit of satisfying the never-ending curiosity of the scientists.

A drug is something that will cause a physiological change to your body when it is consumed. It interferes the brains and affect the way of how a body works. People believe that legal drugs are medicine that they consume when they are sick. These drugs are allowed by the doctors to prescribe to the patients to buy and consume them. Illicit drugs are known as the drugs that are illegal to make, use or sell as they are addictive.

Drug companies spend hundreds of millions of dollars a year to make sure doctors keep writing prescriptions, and since direct kickbacks to doctors are illegal, drug companies and medical supply firms have found increasingly creative ways to put money in the doctors’ pockets. Drug and medical device companies spend hundreds of millions of dollars per year to influence medical providers. Influence comes in the form of large commissions for doing speeches on behalf of, and written by, the medical company, first class travel and all expense paid trips to exotic destinations, all for the sole reason of attending drug companies’ conferences where the doctor will sign up as a guest speaker or as a consultant. 94% of doctors have some affiliation with a drug company or medical device company. In 2014, a sunshine law takes effect which will require companies to make public all the money they funnel to medical providers; we should finally be able to see how many millions have gone to the doctors and others (George Knapp, 2013).

After World War II, the United States acquired a massive economic boost, which allowed for health care in America to be born. This system allowed for health insurance to be provided by the employer, and as a result, health care became extremely valuable to companies and workers. A single dollar in health benefits was worth significantly more than a dollar in wages due to non-taxable aspect of health insurance. Decades later, the government loses millions of dollars a year from not taxing health insurance. Today, so many families are unable to afford quality health insurance or their health insurance does not cover their needs.

It appeared that the patient is indecisive about his treatment, at which this writer discussed the patient goal pertaining to his recovery and his reason as to why he consider methadone. According to the patient, he wants to get and stop using, but traveling to the clinic is becoming too much, whereas strict regulation of the medication dosing. This writer discussed the importance of daily dosing and concern factor of missing a

According to statisticsbrain.com, their are 110,489,000 Americans who are on welfare and more and more Americans are applying for welfare each year. Many Americans rely on welfare for their families and for individual needs. Welfare recipients should not be permitted to take a drug test because drug testing is expensive for states and the country, drug testing is unconstitutional and welfare recipients do not do drugs any more than people who do not receive welfare. Drug testing is expensive and cost states a lot of money one drug test cost averages to about 42 dollars, not including the cost for equipment and hiring people to conduct the test. States start programs that require welfare recipients to take a drug test and the programs end up costing them up to 1 million or, even more, depending on the number of welfare recipients that reside in that state.

35% of foster kid’s BMI increases tremendously upon entering care and being medicated. So how are these minors being prescribed medication for disorders they are too young to be diagnosed with? And why is the government spending billions on paying for these hospitalizations and medications? Instead of investing in these children for tomorrow and their future the only thing they get today is a number in a