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The History Of Prescription Drugs

  • The first use of medicines goes all the

the way back to

the Sumarians in 5,000 B.C.

  • Although prescription drugs have been

around for thousands of years,

it has only been the last 50 years that they have been abused.

Generation Rx

How are Prescription Drugs Gotten A Hold of?

How are they consumed?

  • Patients often take thier prescriptions with food, or

by swallowing them. However they have miss used them many times.

Some people even mix thier pills for an even more high.

The "High,"

The Why.

Why and how people get

into Prescription drugs

Peer Pressure

" C'mon it's no big deal."

Feeling Good

You can...

Have

fun

Escape

life

Rolling

You...

Have a loss

of intrest

Tolerance

Build Up

Starting with 1/2

of a pill you get

used it.

Then you take

more to get the

same feeling.

Side Effects for Prescription Drugs

Some prescription drugs can make you

hungry and tired.Some may cause nausea, vomiting, allergic reactions, drowsiness,

insomnia, heart problems, and a

dependence. Others may cause

memory loss, or amnesia, but that is

very rare. Aches and pain can occur.

The drug Lipitor weakens thier muscles.

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  • In the United States Direct to Consumer,

or DTC,advertising is legal. The ads are

approved by the FDA to make sure that there

are no false or miss leading facts.

  • 10 years ago the FDA gave DTC ads flexability in thier

advertisement. Ever since then thier has been a staggering

increase.

For painkillers only, in 1998 the abuse percentage was 2.2%

In 2008 the abuse percentage was 9.8%

  • Today more than half of Americans take

at least one prescription drug.

  • One out of six of them take three or more.

Who's to Blame?

How Does It Affect The Families And Friends?

Prescription Drug Abuse

  • Most prescription drugs are prescribed by doctors, to thier patients

because of medical excuses or because they have had surgery.

We are Generation Rx because we are the first generation to abuse

prescription drugs more than cocaine, marijana, and heroin.

  • For people who don't have an actual prescription, but they have prescription

drugs anyway, the term for it is called a "Diversion."

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