Prescription Drugs

Prescription drugs can actually shorten your life. As these drugs are being prescribed more often, they are being misused and illegally sold. People abuse these drugs intentionally for their effects, or unintentionally without even knowing it. As more doctors hand out medicine like candy on Halloween, the pharmaceutical industry gains billions. The amount of people who are being misdiagnosed is a growing problem. This leads to many people taking medication that they might not even need. People in the United States are misdiagnosed and take more prescription drugs than any other country.
First to explain how America even begins to be overmedicated we have to start with the diagnosis that leads to prescribing. There has been an overwhelming

This can be dangerous but the sad part is that prescription drugs are even easier to get than street drugs. “Some people experiment with prescription drugs because they think they will help them have more fun, lose weight, fit in, and even study more effectively. Prescription drugs can be easier to get than street drugs: Family members or friends may have them. But prescription drugs are also sometimes sold on the street like any other illegal drugs”(‘Prescription Drug Abuse’) People take these drugs for reasons that they’re not meant for and it’s harder to control it because people can get them so easily. This is another reason that explains how there’s so many people addicted to prescription drugs”(“Prescription Drug Use, 1). Most people who abuse these prescription drugs think it is safer because well a doctor prescribes it. They cannot be any more wrong. Just because they have been prescribed from a doctor the medicine still can affect your mind and body in negative ways if taken when not needed or just taking more than you actually need and they can also be just as addicting. “People often think that prescription drugs and OTC drugs are safer than illicit drugs. But they can be as addictive and dangerous and put users at risk for other adverse health problems, including overdose-especially when taken alone with other drugs or alcohol”(‘DrugFacts-Prescription and

Doctors in this day and age can easily prescribe you drugs to help you even if it’s not ethically right. Brendan L. Smith is a writer in Washington, D.C. who states, “Today, patient often receive Psychotropic medications without even being evaluated by a mental health professional, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Many Americans visit their primary-care physicians and might walk away with a prescription for and antidepressant or other drugs without being aware of other evidence-based treatments-such as cognitive behavioral therapy-that might work better for them without the risk of side effects”(Smith,36). Most doctors hand out prescriptions even if the patient has not gone to another specialist for a more thorough evaluation. Then the patient leaves not even knowing that there is safer no medication treatments they could take. We can blame the doctor for not explaining all options. Some of the doctors who prescribe the medications are not even an expertise in that field of health, which means they’ll more likely opt for the medication. “Most antidepressants are prescribing by primary-care physicians who may have limited training mental health disorders. In the United States, almost four out of five prescriptions for psychotropic drugs are written by physician who aren’t even psychiatrists. And fewer of their patients psychotherapy