jeff turner asked:


Everybody knows that economic recession is hitting the world badly and thus every one wants to save their money in whatever way possible. One most essential thing that every one needs is the medicine, whatever it may be to survive and fight back the disease, we always need medicines. But, nowadays ever medicines have become so expensive. So many people tend to avoid them and land up in a big problem than before. Right now the demand for the high quality, low costs drugs is very more. The good news is that we have an option of the generic drugs available that are high in quality and low in price. The only need is to understand and not to believe in myths like generic drugs are or inferior quality. Generic drugs are the cheapest available option of the branded drugs in the market and show the same effects like the generic drugs. The most important thing is that generic drugs are approved by the FDA and WHO.

The financial income of the people is greatly affected because of the financial crises. All the markets are sinking because they are suffering too much lose. But, humans can not live without the medications if they have the ill health. Thus, to all these men generic drugs could be a best option to save the money. Reasons for the cheap price of the generic drug are— the cost of production of generic drug is very less as compared with the original brand name companies, no investment is done for the research on generic drug as the research is already conducted by the brand name manufacturer, clinical trials are not conducted by the generic drug manufacturer because they are previously conducted by the brand name manufacturer, and no cost is involved in the advertising and marketing of the generic drug because they get the benefit of the advertising and marketing done by the original drug manufacturer. Thus, generic drug allows the manufacturer to earn lots of profits.

Generic drugs not only save the money of the customers but also save the investment of the government in the pharmaceutical sector. US govt. has saved about 1 Billion dollars because of the generic drugs in the year 2007-08. Insurers are also very beneficial due to the use of the generic drugs. Insurance companies are asking the doctors to follow the step therapy that means doctors should first prescribe the generic drugs and if these drugs fail to produce the required effect then they should prescribe the more expensive brand-name drugs. FDA is sending pamphlets to the big pharmacy chain in US to promote the generic drugs. FDA is even asking these pharmacies to promote the sale of generic drugs. FDA says that all drugs must work well and be safe. FDA makes sure that before approving that generic drugs are of high quality, strong, pure, and stable as their respective brand-name drugs.

Generic drugs are allowed to be sold in the market only after they satisfy the following criteria:

•    Generic drug should have the same ingredient as the original drug.
•    Generic drug must be identical or bioequivalent to the original drug.

•    The pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic properties of the generic drugs should be similar to the original drugs.

•    Generic drugs should be similar in strength in comparison with the original brand name drug.

•    The side-effects of the generic drug are less or more than the original brand name drug.

Generic drugs are manufactured in the world class units that are checked and then approved by the FDA. The safety of the generic drugs is not at all in doubt because no casualties till date are noted by the intake of the generic drugs. Thus even the pharmacy distributors believe in the generic drug manufacturer and thus the sale of generic drug increases. Customer is using generic drugs because of the cost benefits and he is enjoying the same effects that he used to get by the original branded drugs. Hence, we can conclude that generic drugs perfectly match the demand of time.



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Helen Hecker asked:


As a nurse I’ve learned a lot about pain killer addiction and in this article I will include some of the most important tips. If you’re hooked on prescription pain killers now or think you may be you can do something about it successfully. You can get off these pain medications, many people have.

More than likely you are taking them to alleviate a pain problem or started taking them after surgery for post-surgical pain and continued to take more and more as the pain progressed and you needed something stronger and before you know it you had a difficult time stopping them.

If that’s the case, don’t worry you can stop the abuse to your body. Thousands of people have become addicted this way and have successfully gotten rid of their addictions.

Although the addiction to pain pills is more than likely accidental it requires some research and work on your part to understand how they work, how it happened, what you can do about it and prevent it from happening again. Thankfully there is much more research available today on the nature of addictions and hundreds of treatment programs for those that need. it. Support groups can be helpful also as many others who are going through it or have gone through it can offer up suggestions on what has worked for them or is working for them.

The fact that pain killers are prescribed so frequently and are often taken without adequate warnings, it’s easy to end up addicted when you are having serious pain and nothing to be ashamed of. Once you’ve worked through the pain and realized what has happened you can make a serious effort to get off the pain pills. Sometimes this can be a relatively short period of time. Sometimes the pain is so severe that dosages are increased without thought or concern about pain killer addiction. This can happen with opioids, narcotics, and common pain killers such as Vicodin and OxyContin (oxycodone). There comes a point when you may feel you can’t do without them whether the pain persists or not.

Sometimes getting rid of a pain pill addiction can easily be overcome with treatment at home – just throwing away the pills. Sometimes tapering may be the solution. Try to increase your production of endorphins, your natural pain killers. In any case you’ll want to get professional help and can start with your family doctor first. If the addiction is more of a problem then you may need to contact a pain addiction treatment center or clinic for help directly.

Your local health agencies may be able to help you get information and into a free or reduced price or low cost pain killer addiction treatment center or clinic. Perhaps you will only need outpatient treatment. In some cases you may need inpatient treatment. Both will include psychological support.

In any event you can completely recover in a relatively short period of time. The most important thing you can do is recognize that you have become addicted to pain pills and start taking some action NOW. You can do it. Pain killer addiction whether to OxyContin, Vicodin, Morphine, Codeine (or any other prescription pain pill) can be overcome but you must take action! Do it now! You can do it!



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Todd Lange asked:


The addiction treatment given in various countries follows different principles and thus there can be some differences in the addiction programs all over the world. For example the addiction treatment program in US will be different than the addiction treatment program in UK. In the US, addiction treatment entails bringing the patient completely out of the habit, but addiction program in UK is different. In UK the main focus is given on lowering the dependency of the addict so as to remove threat of the addictive substance from the addict’s life.

In the US too, the pattern of addiction treatment will not be same in the different states.

The addiction treatment in Nevada has the basic aim to help the addicts quit their addiction and come out of it completely. The addiction treatment program in Nevada believes that it is possible to bring the addict completely out of addiction. Thus the treatment programs are made more vigorous in order to help the patients to live life that will not depend upon the addictive substance. With a carefully followed treatment program in Nevada, many people who were into heavy addiction have come out of their addiction and are leading a drug free life.

The main characteristics of a program for addiction treatment in Nevada are given below-

Bringing Addicts to Addiction Treatment Centers:

It is very rare that the addicts themselves get admitted into addiction treatment center in Nevada to take treatment over their addiction. Most of the time addicts themselves are unable to find that there is something wrong with them and that they need treatment. The addicts can also deny that they need a treatment even after constant persuading of their family and friends.

The family members of the addict will need to take some professional help. They can contact any treatment center and take the help of the intervention program. The intervention programs have a bigger role to play in the overall treatment program in Nevada. The first important thing done by the intervention program is to convince the addict to join a treatment program. The interventionist along with the family members of the addict will plan for various ways in which the family will interact with the addict.

The interventionist will ask the family members to write an emotional speech which will tell the addict how important he or she is for that family member and how much the family wants him or her to live a drug free life. The interventionist will crosscheck the speeches of all the family members and will give some suggestions. With continue efforts the addict will finally come out of the denial phase and join a treatment program and take a treatment.

Detoxification Process:

The detoxification process is the main process in the whole treatment program in addiction treatment program in Nevada. In the detoxification process the addictive substance from the patient’s body is removed entirely. This process makes sure that not even a single drop of the addictive substance remains in the body of the patients. Thus due to this process the patient can be rest assured that they will never have any major health hazards in their future life after leaving the addiction.

Detoxification process is done in the inpatient treatment program where patient will be monitored for few days so that if the patient shows any major withdrawal symptoms, then he or she will get treated then and there itself. In detoxification process the patient will be asked to stop taking addictive substance and after that the patient will need to undergo certain medications.

The detoxification process can stretch from anywhere between three days and three weeks. For those who are into an addiction since a long time, the detoxification process takes long time to get done.

Aftercare Program:

Once the patient comes out of the detoxification process, he or she will need proper care and proper medications so as to stay away from a relapse condition. Most of the centers for addiction treatment in Nevada have the aftercare program in their centers. Here the patients will be given proper counseling, so that they can stay focused and out of addiction.

Along with the medications and care, the patient will also be taught certain exercises like breathing exercises, Yoga and relaxation therapies. The family of the patients will also be given counseling and told various ways to deal the situation if in any case the patient has a relapse after the treatment gets over and patient goes home. The family will be trained so that they can give proper motivation to the patient so that patient has the determination to overcome the urge to go back to addiction.



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