Category: Drugs

Sports activities at any level and especially at the professional and international level are more than just entertainment. Competition is at the heart of these actions, be it in the form of a competitive struggle between teams of athletes or the achievement of an individual record or training norm. That is why doping, that is,…

Table of Contents Introduction Cost-of-Illness Analysis Programmatic Cost Analysis Benefit-Cost Analysis Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Conclusion References Appendix Introduction This economic evaluation concerns the program developed to help prevent suicide and drug overdose in Racoon City. Suicide and drug overdose present severe problems for young people who represent approximately 35% of the total Racoon city population (Program…

The field of medicine is not restricted to patients’ direct treatment and involves the constant expansion of medical research. Compassionate use programs provide critically ill patients with no other treatment options with an access to experimental new drugs (Munson, 2014). The issue of whether they have a right to use it has been at the…

Pharmaceutical Monopolies The importance of medical science innovation can hardly be overestimated and is reasonably appreciated by the government of most countries. As a result, when a pharmaceutical company creates a new drug it may apply for and be granted a patent that is a “legal protection that shelters an invention from being used, copied,…

The article by Verweij et al. (2014) is devoted to the research of the effectiveness of drug round tabards with respect to reducing the cases of nurse interruptions and medication administration errors. Here, the results of the study will be considered in the light of the limitations, and possible conclusions and implications will be proposed.…

When patients visit hospitals and other medical facilities, they expect doctors to have adequate knowledge on the best therapies. Unfortunately, that is not the case as explained by Ben Goldacre in the TED video. I was surprised that the health industry is not controlled by medics but by the political and economic powers (Goldacre, 2012…

Organization Profile The organization under analysis is Eisenhower Health Center. Eisenhower Health Center is an acute care facility in southern California. It is a progressive 463-bed hospital. Its mission is to serve the changing healthcare needs of the region by providing excellence in patient care with supportive education and research (Eisenhower Health, n.d.). The organization…

Table of Contents Implications of approaching the Union Human Resource Executive willingness Options for the Union References As a result of the enactment of the 1970 Act of Occupational Safety and Health in the U.S, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) was formed. The idea was to have a body that would ensure a safe…

Table of Contents Introduction Discussion Conclusion References Introduction Medication errors can occur at any stage of the medication therapy process. This article covers a review of literature on medication safety from a global perspective. It discusses how the drug therapy process has influenced, changed, and enhanced medication safety. It highlights medication safety in the nine…

Table of Contents Introduction Assessment of the Safety Profile of Lead Compounds Translating Preclinical Safety Results to Humans Conclusion Reference List Introduction Despite the pharmaceutical industry successfully identifying the active molecule against a certain disease target, many drugs still fail to enter the market mainly due to toxicity challenges. As such, the manufacturers have to…