Medical prescription

once used homemade remedies to heal burns, get out stains, or relieve treacherous acne, but what if those silly tricks went a step further and cured critical illnesses? At the start of the American society, before the increased technological and medical advances, the ill did not have the convenient access to a drugstore located on almost every corner to pick up Tylenol or Nyquil; they lived a holistic lifestyle. By having this, “holistic approach to life, equilibrium of the mind, body, and the environment

as e-prescribing, is a fairly new, innovative way for physicians and other medical personnel to prescribe medications and keep track of patients’ medical history. Not only has e-prescribing enabled prescribers to electronically send a prescription to the patients’ pharmacy of choice, in the short amount of time it has been available, it has significantly reduced health care costs, not only for the patient, but for the medical facilities as well. In 2003, e-prescribing was included in the Medicare Modernization

“In 2015, more than 6.5 million Americans ages 12 and over used prescription drugs for non-medical purposes in a single month.” (National Survey on Drug Use and Health) For the past 6 years, I have been working as a full time Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT) for a retail pharmacy chain, and over that 6 years something has slowly become very apparent to me with the patients who walk through our doors to fill prescriptions. A lot of them have gone from people who responsibly took their

Prescription drug abuse is increasing rapidly and especially in the teen community. It’s not only in the teen community but it is estimated 52 million people use prescription drugs for non-medical reasons in their lifetime (Cite Source: searching for answers.) Medical professionals are now trying to learn the symptoms/tricks of someone who is trying to get a prescription for a non-medical use. Not only is this deviant in the medical field but also falls into the deviant behaviors of the person in

Justice, 2014). The DEA has several sole responsibilities; in congruency with mid level medical providers such as Nurse Practitioners (NP); it is the lead agency for domestic enforcement of the Controlled Substance Act with the sole responsibility of coordinating and pursuing U.S. drug investigations abroad (Baker & Biederman, 2015). Within the DEA is a registration system in place that authorizes medical professionals, such as APRN’s to apply for authority, and if approved, will receive the jurisdiction

field. Such a comprehensive outlook is expected to provide a clear roadmap of comprehending on their qualification for having the prescription authority over the controlled substance, which is a restriction in the state of Florida. In this study, the focus adopted by the researcher is to determine the appropriateness and feasibility of changing such restriction of prescription authority with reference to the Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioners. This was found to be the most interesting approach to

Attitude and behavior associated with Direct to Consumer (DTC) promotion of Prescription/OTC medications RESEARCH PURPOSE: One of the triumphs of the biomedical revolution of the past 30 years is the development of a large and growing pharmacopeia of therapeutic drugs. Used appropriately, these drugs enhance patient’s quality of life, improve functional capacity and sometimes extend life. However in the aggregate, prescription drugs represent a substantial health care expenditure. To ensure steady demand

the ability of a prescriber to transmit prescriptions directly to a pharmacy electronically in order to increase accuracy and reduce error. New York City is currently testing a program involving electronic prescribing which also known as e-presribing or eRx. NYC’S program is titled ZappRx and is improving the way pharmacists, doctors, and patients interact with one simple smartphone application. This app is being used to manage prescription payments and medical information. For the first time, patients

The Problem In the United States, there has been upward swing of opioid abuse over the past decade. Overdose deaths involving opioids – both prescription pain relievers and heroin – almost quadrupled between 1999 and 2014. Well-intentioned efforts to curb prescription opioid abuse have yielded new policies with unfortunate, unforeseen consequences for the 15% of the US population that suffer from chronic pain – nearly 45 million people. Persistent pain has psychological and social implications

release of her personal prescription information to her ex-boyfriend, who was involved with one of Walgreen’s pharmacists at the time. A jury heard evidence from the trial that lasted four days. The pharmacist and her employer