ms Critchley class work! BILAL and GARY

BILAL,  GARY!

1)Roughly 3% of people abuse prescription drugs.

2)elderly patients were abusing prescription drugs. Example: PAIN KILLERS.

3)Indianapolis, Indiana evaluated the risks of misuse and use of drugs for management of chronic pain to compare risk with drug benefits.

4)Dr Richard Brown said that misunderstanding the risk of associated prescription drugs can lead to inadequate treatment of some illnesses.

5)He used a graph to show evidence for the use of drugs.

6)Dr. Steven Passik, patients being treated with opioids for chronic pain not associated with cancer.(Usually on average.)

patients reported that the drugs relieved nearly 60 percent of their pain, and more than 90

percent said the pain relief made a significant improvement in their quality of life. Nearly 80

percent reported improvement in overall aspects of daily life such as mood, physical

functioning, relationships, and sleep patterns. More than 60 percent of patients reported

 

 

 

1 Comment

  1. I’m a little embarrassed that it has taken me at least five months to mark this.

    It looks like you worked really hard on it too. One great feature is that you quoted numerical data. Excellent scientists!

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