Essays Tagged: "Pharmaceutical drug"

Depressipon

(1 pages) 52 0 3.5 Feb/1997

Subjects: Science Essays > Mental Health

"Fueling Drug Costs in Today's World" This essay takes a look at whats behind the "rising drug costs" and the value of medicine today.

Fueling Drug Costs in Today's WorldIn today's world, prescription drugs cost is on a rising trend. Consequen ... icines. As consumers living in the United States, the consumption of and dependence on prescription drugs is more than any other country alone. This is surprising since the United States isn't a third ... te of disease and illness. So why is it that consumer's have such a high dependence on prescription drugs? What's causing the increase in drug cost? The answer to these questions may at first seem com ...

(2 pages) 105 1 5.0 Mar/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs

Medication Management on the Rise

ention process includes detailed patient history files, which contain current medications, monitors drug-drug interactions and decreases unnecessary hospital or doctor visits. This intervention also p ...

(1 pages) 47 1 3.0 Mar/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

LSD.

theory that LSD was found by accident, it was really discovered by Louis Pasteur. He was hired by a pharmaceutical drug company, and told to research on ergot. What he found was lysergic acid, which w ...

(3 pages) 51 0 3.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs

Medication Errors

any medication.According to the reader, this kind of error results from a "failure to administer a drug that was prescribed." And errors occur frequently and they have quadrupled. We learned that fro ... due to poor handwriting of the physician, in addition it could also occur due to mislabeling of the drugs or incorrect dosage calculation of the drug. There needs to be interventions in the system in ...

(3 pages) 93 0 3.7 May/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Physics

An outline of the various drug treatments for bipolar disorder and their potential side effects and limitations.

ication listed in the textbook and state their potential side effects and limitations in point form.Drug: LithiumLithium is the first choice of treatment for bipolar disorders and it is indicated that ... ribed for fail to take it on a regular basis or stop using Lithium against their physician's advise.Drug: Anticonvulsants- Carbamazepine ( Tegretol), Valproic Acid ( Depakene)Anticonvulsant medication ...

(1 pages) 26 0 3.0 Jun/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Common Disorders

Control Mechanisms

eptance to feeling as though the organization is invading the employee's privacy. The use of random drug screens, for instance, often produces a groan in the throat of every employee because of the fa ... throat of every employee because of the fact that, although some are not, most of our employees are drug free and feel that the organization should have enough trust in them to believe that they are n ...

(3 pages) 579 0 4.8 Jun/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Business Ethics Paper with titled "Monitoring Business Ethics in the US Pharmaceutical Industry". Essay analyzes industry using utilitarian theory.

Monitoring Business Ethics in the US Pharmaceutical IndustryIncrease in prices of prescription drugs is an issue that affects every citiz ... employee benefits in an attempt to remain competitive and reap higher profits for their investors. Pharmaceutical companies thrive on every opportunity to tell the world about their contribution to c ... on from the negative publicity criticizing unethical clinical trials and business practices. As the pharmaceutical industry continues to prosper, it chooses to ignore its ethical responsibility of cur ...

(3 pages) 209 0 3.6 Jul/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Attention Deficit Disorder

effect in nearly 90% of cases and fewer side effects than any of the antidepressants. The standard drugs have to be taken every four to six hours (Meisler, 420). To balance the positive effects of st ... work off stress, control of substance use so that you do not lower your level of self-control with drugs like alcohol or cocaine, regular practice of meditation or prayer, getting a reasonable amount ...

(10 pages) 186 3 4.4 Dec/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Pharmsim Simulation Paper. This paper shows, how to implement the marketing strategies in Pharmsim simulation.

All-star Brands Corporation is one of the leading manufacturers of packaged goods in the world. The Pharmaceutical Division manufactures and markets both ethical and over-the-counter (OTC) medications ...

(10 pages) 85 0 4.5 Feb/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing

Childhood Asthma

(2 pages) 67 0 4.1 Apr/2005

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Human Biology

A.L.Labs case analysis from the book international marketing by Terpstra

US sales are greater than the foreign sales of the parent company, and in which most sales are from pharmaceuticals, human nutrition, and animal health respectively they decided to diversify away from ... pectively they decided to diversify away from animal feed to pharmaceuticals especially the generic pharmaceuticals. The company has jumped over the process of technology development and strategies no ...

(1 pages) 19 0 5.0 Jul/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Pharmacist and Pharmacy

blets, capsules, ointments, and solutions--is only a small part of a pharmacist's practice, because pharmaceutical companies in a standard dosage and drug delivery form produce most medicines. Most ph ... clean, well-lighted, and well-ventilated areas. When working with sterile or potentially dangerous pharmaceutical products, pharmacists wear gloves and masks and work with other special protective eq ...

(4 pages) 82 0 5.0 Feb/2006

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Fda drug companies and the effect on the public due to the speedy aproval of drugs.

About half the F.D.A.'s budget for new drug reviews now comes from Big Pharmaceutical companies. This number is due to the fact that drug companies push for faster reviews ... n industry group leader spokesman, Donald Trewhitt, "Over the last couple years, a half dozen or so pharmaceutical products have been cited for having safety problems." The drug companies down play th ... is ignored by the F.D.A., and many believe that it is due to large amounts of money donated by the pharmaceutical companies.The money that the pharmaceutical companies donated in 2004 was over half o ...

(2 pages) 42 0 3.0 Jan/2007

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Injectsion Speech

(2 pages) 7 0 0.0 May/2001

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Product Team Cialis: Getting Ready To Market

would you characterize the Viagra brand?•Viagra has the highest brand recognition of any other pharmaceutical drug in the world (1*)•Thanks to overall importance became a very strong brand, ... fficient self-esteem to be brave enough to admit the problem.•"Viagra is the best-known global pharmaceutical brand in the world, used by 15 million men with 45 million prescriptions written to d ...

(2 pages) 72 0 2.3 Jan/2008

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing

General Acceptance Essay

well worth the work. Being able to assist others is the most important goal I have, and completing pharmaceutical school is the most important step in attaining it.

(1 pages) 13 0 5.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Advertisement of medicine

pecial goods. Used them in the correct way that can preserve and prolong life or improve health.The pharmaceutical industry is different from other industries marketing efforts because of the consumer ... ices and hospitals. Physicians always report their first source of information about new drugs from pharmaceutical company representatives. However, we should concern about whether the drug commercial ...

(11 pages) 75 1 5.0 Aug/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs

Psychological Disorder Analysis

ers can be composed from the assessment questions, therapy can begin by using specific psychoactive drugs that will help Marla in her daily life.Attention Deficit Hyperactivity DisorderAttention Defic ...

(6 pages) 98 0 5.0 Mar/2009

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Common Disorders