that was approved by the FDA to treat bipolar 1 disorder; although it is used to treat schizophrenia as well. According to the makers of Risperidone it is designed to control symptoms of bipolar1 disorder, and schizophrenia (risperdal). Risperidone is used to treat the positive symptoms of schizophrenia, but has been shown to help the symptoms of negative schizophrenia as well (NAMI-NYS). Risperidone is offered in 3 different forms, all of which are taken orally. The first form is a
Medical Marijana The use of marijuana for medicinal purposes is an extremely controversial subject. There are many supporters, as well as many that are in opposition to the use of marijuana in any situation. Parties on both sides of the issue are regularly bringing forth new information to endorse their case. Marijuana, made from an Indian hemp plant that bears the name cannabis sativa, is a mixture of stems, leaves, and flowering tops. The flowering tops are smoked for the tetrahydrocannabinol
Prescribing Experimental Drugs A great deal of time, money and research go into the development of a new drug and many of these drugs won’t even make it to the destined patient until it’s too late. Imagine having to tell someone with a life-threatening disease that there is a possible cure but it happens to be in the experimental phases of development, and they don’t qualify for the clinical trial. “It is estimated that, in 2006, nearly 1.4 million ’terminally ill’ patients in the United States lost
questions and Aim of review: What are the most affective push/pull strategies in this industry? What benefits can these strategies provide? What control does the government have on the marketing of this industry? How is technology affecting the way in which pharmaceuticals are marketed? What involvement do medical insurers have and what part do they play in the prescribing of pharmaceuticals? Why are generic medications less expensive? What drivers an effective business to business relationship? How
Graydon Schunkewitz Professor Latourette April 15, 2014 Pharmaceutical Industry Pharmaceutical needs have been a part of everyday human life ever since we have walked on this Earth. It is a need that is demanded each and every day by different people, for various medical conditions. It is incredible how the medicine today differs from the ones back then, including the way it was advertised and the process of it being made. In the nineteenth century, pharmaceutical companies used marketing
hospitals to function properly; for instance, the doctors diagnose the patient with their illness, prescribe them medication to cure it, and send them to the pharmacist, who then gives them their medication and sends them home. However, some jobs are overlooked more than others and do not receive the proper credit, like the pharmacist. Pharmacists are recognized for dispensing and sorting drugs, but their jobs help educate patients over their prescription and uphold the
Medicinal Marijuana: Miracle Drug Of the Future? The many tales and legends surrounding the medical use of marijuana can be traced as far back to the ancient Chinese and Greek civilizations, who both believed that on top of its psychoactive capabilities, marijuana was effective in treating pain. Several thousand years later, Queen Victoria was urged by her doctor to take marijuana in order to relieve such pains as migraines or menstrual cramps. However, despite the many historical
to treat and successfully heal thousands of terminally ill cancer patients (http://www.all-natural.com/essiac.html). When Caisse was working in an Ontario hospital, she met a lady with a badly scarred breast, who told Caisse that she had been healed of breast cancer by an Indian friend with an herbal tea, and then gave her the formula (http://www.all-natural.com/essiac.html). After that, Caisse began using the formula on many patients, allowing them to drink it or receive it through intramuscular injections
Since the passage of the CSA, many campaigns to have marijuana rescheduled under a less restrictive category have failed. However, popular opinion began to sway in the 1990’s and California became the first state to legalize the use of medical marijuana in 1996 with the passage of the Compassionate Use Act (Reinarman et al., 2011). Unfortunately, the federal response was swift and threatened to be severe. General Barry McCaffrey, the drug czar under the Clinton Administration, advised the federal
a) One of the most powerful scenes in the documentary “The Age of Aids” is the scene where society learned about the death of the well-known actor Rock Hudson. When Rock Hudson died from AIDS, panic emerges all over the United States. It was then evident that AIDS was not a “gay man 's disease”, but rather a disease that anyone could contract. Now women, straight men, and the rest of the population were at risk of contracting AIDS. This scene is very powerful because it demonstrates that society