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Power Point relative to Capstone Signature Assignment that I already have, and congressional bill.
Explanation & Answer
Attached.
The Pharmaceutical Industry’s Role in the
Opiate Addiction Epidemic
Name
Institutional Affiliation
Department of Health & Human Services
Introduction
• As a nurse, I am an employee of the Department of
Health and Human Services.
• The department has a responsibility to promote the health
of the American public.
• It’s responsible for opioid addiction and overdose that
plagues the public.
• Nurses provide care for affected patients.
• Pharmaceuticals are the center source of the problem.
Literature Review
• Opioid treat pain resulting from different illnesses. U.S. is largest
consumer of opioid drugs (Califf et al., 2016).
• Increased inefficiency of alternative pain medication has caused
higher opioid production (Hayes & Brown, 2012).
• Use of opioid prescriptions leads addiction and overdose.
• Opioid drug abuse and misuse is linked to increased production
and marketing (Hayes & Brown, 2012).
• Legislative loopholes allow sell of drugs unscrupulously (Secora
et al., 2014).
• Pharmaceutical companies ignore the health impacts of opioid
abuse (Secora et al., 2014).
Literature Review
Cont’d
• Addiction problems led to improved opioid addiction management,
and resulted in relaxing of production and distribution measures
(Hernandez & Nelson, 2010).
• Policy solutions should consider the role of pharmaceutical
companies and society’s perception of opioids as all-purpose dr...
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