When asked about visiting the doctor to increase his medicine, Mr. Ramirez says he has not. Since increasing the dosage has helped, he does not feel a visit is necessary. (3) List the relevant values There are many things to consider in this case. One important value suggested is the welfare of the patient, which considers the moral rule to protect others from harm. I have good reason to believe that increasing the dosage without consent from the doctor will result in harm to the patient.
The FDA had now relaxed it restrictions on the advertisements of pharmaceutical companies. This now allows them to advertise directly at consumers rather than the physicians. With the companies new aim toward the consumers; the consumers may be misled by the ads and therefore demand the drugs they think is necessary. Doctors who prescribe the medication demanded could put their patient in danger by prescribing medication that is not necessary. Patients although should be aware of the drugs that are out there should not be self-diagnosing, for that should be left up to the doctor.
However, there are some solutions to prevent prescription drug abuse. One solution to prevent prescription drug abuse is some physicians electronically send a patient’s prescription to the patient’s preferred pharmacy. A physician electronically sending a patient’s prescription to a preferred pharmacy prevents the patient from altering and forging hand-written prescriptions. Another solution to prevent prescription drug abuse is an electronic data monitoring system. The electronic data monitoring system helps to detect and prevent prescription drug abuse by monitoring patient’s prescriptions.
1.1 The Medicines Act 1968 - this act is there to govern the manufacture of medication and controls the supply of drugs. It does not outline any offence for possession as it is only an offence if the drug is also controlled under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. This act outlines three categories of medicines: • General Sales List, these are medicines which can be bought from any shop without a prescription. • Prescription of medicines, these are only available from a pharmacist if they are prescribed by an appropriate doctor. • Pharmacy medicines, these are available from a pharmacist without a prescription.
I realized how effective group therapy can be for individuals especially those that are dealing with issues that are largely stigmatized. Even if a therapist has an addiction we are not to let a client know, which is a different experience for that individual. Therapists can give expertise thought and discussion but they cannot give the individual the same acceptance that one could get from a group meeting. I think it is important to know our limitations with our work and know when to incorporate other resources. In reference to the disease model, it separates the person and the disease, that they are two different entities.
Another way of reducing the potential harm to intravenous drug users is to provide medically controlled drugs as a substitute for street drugs. Drugs such as methadone are less harmful than street heroin, partly because they are free from impurities. An issue with the public health interventions I have discussed is that it may be too early to measure. It is still too early to see the full effect of the smoking ban as it was only introduced fairly recently, which could explain why there have been no significant changes in the number of smokers following the ban. As well as this, harm minimisation programmes are controversial because they appear to condone
Just remember, just because one says they are a doctor, doesn’t mean they are trustworthy. I believe it shouldn’t be that way, living in a pool of questions and concerns that could affect your health. Again, if the process of obtaining a license could be more restricted and correctly administered, we could all live in a world of peace and also be sure of the safety of our
* REDUCE STRESS – TRY TO AVOID THINGS THAT CAUSE YOU STRESS. OFTEN, A SINGLE BLOOD PRESSURE DRUG MAY NOT BE ENOUGH TO CONTROL YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE, AND YOU MAY NEED TO TAKE TWO OR MORE DRUGS. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU TAKE THE MEDICATIONS PRESCRIBED TO YOU. FOLLOW YOUR HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS RECOMMENDATIONS TO MODIFY, TREAT, OR CONTROL POSSIBLE CAUSES OF HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE. WRITE A CONCLUSION IN WHICH YOU EXPLAIN IN ONE PARAGRAPH WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNT IN DOING THIS ASSIGNMENT AND HOW IT HAS CHANGED THE WAY IN WHICH YOU WILL VIEW LIFESTYLE DISEASE OR BEHAVIOUR IN THE FUTURE FROM THIS ASSIGNMENT, I HAVE LEARNT THAT BLOOD PRESSURE IS THE PRESSURE THE BLOOD EXERTS AGAINST THE BLOOD VESSEL WALLS AS THE HEART PUMPS.
Although the growing importance of these social value judgments may be acknowledged, we must not neglect individual patient values (Moore 2010). However, in daily practice, it is doctors who may incorporate these factors in their clinical decisions. Doctors make therapeutic decisions based on the available information for average patients, but they are aware that, sometimes, individual patient values may modify these decisions (Moore 2010). Patients may refuse a cancer treatment that is backed by clinical trial evidence and has positive cost-effectiveness, simply because they are reluctant to suffer the side effects of the therapy, or they may prefer avoiding an inconvenient preventive intervention because they are willing to take the bigger risk of getting the disease, or suffering the complication that the intervention sought to prevent (Moore 2010). Just as the scientific value judgments of organizations should be individualized for each patient by the doctor, social value judgments should be put within the perspective of individual value judgments (Moore 2010).
Diana Serban Eng. 101 Savior or Condemner Thefreedictionary.com defines prescription drugs as a drug that is available only with written instructions from a doctor or dentist to a pharmacist. Prescription drugs are usually stronger than over-the-counter (OTC) drugs and have a better chance of curing certain conditions than OTCs. Prescriptions drugs can vary from something as simple as antibiotics for the flu to as serious as Oxycodone for serious pain relief. The instructions given by doctors are to be followed strictly or side-effects may occur.