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    Off Label Drugs Use

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    Off-Label Drugs Use is using a medication to treat a disease condition other than what it’s approved for by drug regulatory agencies. Abdulah et al. (2015) documented that “Pharmacotherapy is usually based on drugs that are approved for a specific indications, dosages, and routes of administration or population. However, this does not preclude the use of the medicine outside of those terms” (pg.470). Although, the use of unapproved medications are common and legal without controversies (Mayhew, 2009)

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    his parents in the basement. He has to take these off label prescription drug. An off label prescription drug is a drug that isn’t prescription by a doctor or pro. Greg could find these drugs on the streets or even with his family members. Be sure to take your drugs to a doctor and get them copied and your drugs. Greg is taking these drugs to feel better but he doesn’t know if they should be off labeled by a pro or just somebody else. When off label drugs were in the 1980’s it is different than today

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    CLAIM THREE Illegal off-label promotion is personal choice of actions. Thinking about the responsibility for illegal off-label promotion, question of the chain of command pops out. Who initiates that type of campaigns and actions? Sometimes it’s company’s established strategy; sometimes it’s sales force’s desire to reach the quota. What happens when company’s ideas confront with common sense and legal responsibilities of the employees? Do they really have a choice? Lynn A. Morrison was medical

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    reason for the patient to take the medication as prescribed. It is a matter of trust between the patient and doctor. According to Web-MD, "Off-label" means the medication is being used in a manner not specified in the FDA 's approved packaging label, or insert. Every prescription drug marketed in the U.S. carries an individual, FDA-approved label. This label is a written report that provides detailed instructions regarding the

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    Medications off label is a patient right. The Brazilian pharmaceutical market is the ninth largest in the world and the second among the BRIC countries (First is China, with Russia and India occupying third and fourth), annually handling about R $ 28 billion, a growth trend. Among the six largest pharmaceutical companies in the world, four are Brazilian. Currently there are about 540 pharmaceutical companies registered in Brazil. The growth of this sector, in general, has been remarkable and very

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    Off-Label Drug Use in Pediatrics Off-label means the medication is being used in a manner not specified in the FDA's approved packaging label, or insert. Off-label prescribing occurs when a child receives a medication that has not received FDA approval for the child’s age or diagnosis, it occurs when the patients have exhausted all other approved options, as may be the case with rare diseases or cancer. (WebMD, n.d) Off-label prescription lack information on the medication safety, efficacy, and proper

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    that these drugs are cognitively beneficial; the more they secretly use them for non-medical reasons. Margaret Talbot, a writer for The New Yorker, looks more into this problem in her article, "From Brain Gain: The Underground World of "Neuroenhancing" Drugs". Throughout this article Talbot focuses on a new trend of drug use, such as Adderall and Ritalin, for non-medical intentions. She focuses mainly on the increase of drug use by scholars and public intellectuals throughout her article. Talbot

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    The Paradox of Choice

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    It all comes down to one question. Is it better when you have more choices or when you have fewer choices? Most people would answer more choices as they would feel less limited because it is common to associate having more choices with having more freedom and having more freedom with having more welfare. In fact, this is not always correct as you may not have enough knowledge to know which may be the most beneficial to you in the long run. This is turn relates to what is best known as the paradox

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    issue (ibid). As well, there is evidence that obtaining prescription drugs from peers correlated with a higher frequency of alcohol consumption and substance use (ibid). It is necessary to examine this issue through a socio-theoretical lens, as the paper makes case for how the social relations behind PDM give insight into patterns behind their use (ibid). For example, Watkins notes a study that determined that drugs purchased illicitly (unfamiliar source) are more likely to be misused compared to prescription

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    the United States of America have used Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD) stimulants illegally (Desantis and Hane par. 5). This alarmingly high number begs the questions: Are these drugs dangerous? Do people think that it is acceptable to use neuroenhancers? More interestingly, though, could these drugs potentially academically benefit their consumers in an academic environment? Adderall is a drug used to increase the focus and concentration of someone with a mental disorder such as ADHD

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