It is a prevalent fact that the prescription drug abuse has grown
among all segments of population, even, it is common among high school
students. It is estimated that in the U.S alone there are more than 15
million people abuse prescription drugs. The largest percentages of
deaths are caused from drug overdosing. Mainly depressants, opioids,
cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, amphetamines and antidepressants are
responsible for more overdose deaths. Even in California the overdose
death is mainly due to prescription medications. It has been estimated
that since 1999 the percentage of death has been increased by 31% due to
this. It seems to be really epidemic. Research into the root causes of
this has shown that problem has been existed over the course of many
years. One of the reasons includes that the aggressive drug companies
are making immense profits out of this. The second reason includes that
the doctors are trying to control the unbearable pain of the patients
mainly by giving overdoses.
There is a database that keeps and tracks the names of the physicians who tend to overprescribe medicines. This would be really helpful to identify those folks who give drug prescriptions unnecessarily. There is an active prescription monitoring program named CURES that meant for certain controlled substances, it does not require mandatory use by its prescribers, the report says. California, the state also don't have any law stating a pharmacist to permit identification prior to dispensing a controlled substance.
California Gov. Jerry Brown signed two bills aiming to curb prescription-drug abuse.The first bill SB 670 allows the state medical board to inspect and copy medical records of dead patients without any court order. The second bill SB 809 increases practitioners' licensing fees in order to support the renovation of the CURES database that too some doctors consider it complex. Here are some guidelines on how to prevent overdose:
There is a database that keeps and tracks the names of the physicians who tend to overprescribe medicines. This would be really helpful to identify those folks who give drug prescriptions unnecessarily. There is an active prescription monitoring program named CURES that meant for certain controlled substances, it does not require mandatory use by its prescribers, the report says. California, the state also don't have any law stating a pharmacist to permit identification prior to dispensing a controlled substance.
California Gov. Jerry Brown signed two bills aiming to curb prescription-drug abuse.The first bill SB 670 allows the state medical board to inspect and copy medical records of dead patients without any court order. The second bill SB 809 increases practitioners' licensing fees in order to support the renovation of the CURES database that too some doctors consider it complex. Here are some guidelines on how to prevent overdose:
- The patients themselves should take some precautions not to take overdoses: for this reason, they should read the labels and ensure that they take right medications.
- Follow the instructions correctly, take the medication appropriately only when it is required and don't overdo it or else it would bring only harm to you.
- Keep checking your medication for expiry dates and don't use the medications that have crossed the expiry date.
- Don't take any medication without any medical supervision; also do not take other people's medication. This is because each person's body is different and may react differently.
- Older people tend to suffer from memory lapses; they might overdose on their medications. Hence, it would be wise to write it down the name and dosage of the medications.
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