Prescription Drugs Pros Cons

Arionne Gilmore-Lewis
Courtney Serwa
English 4
11 May 2017 Pharmeuticals
How do you feel about some prescription drugs? Do they harm us while supposed to be helping us with our health problems? Prescription drugs are supposed to treat and cure diseases when some harm and kill us because they are not being used right or they are being used too much. Most drugs are becoming an addiction, and there are more overdoses occurring for over prescription drug use. Pharmeuticals drugs are being used the wrong way and being taken too much when they are not even needed. There are pros and cons of Pharmeuticals drugs and how they affect society today. They should be monitored and people should
Drugs can be used for short term illness such as high blood pressure but not for life long illness because you aren’t getting any better you are just using the drug and having the toxic chemicals in the body when it’s not helping and can potentially be a risk if kept using. The drugs that are being taken aren’t good. “Not all drugs are used to treat serious illness. Some treat small aliments from time to time with great success” (The pro and con par 4). Drugs should be used only for short term illness and not kept using for long term problems. Pharmaceuticals can be used for short term problems where there is no point in using them more and more for long term problems.
Secondly, prescription drugs help day to day health problems with the functioning of body. Prescription drugs help the body to maintain a body function. “These drugs help stimulate and mimic a well-functioning body. There are number of people whose lives are saved daily because of prescription drugs” (The pro and con par 2). This is one of the ways that a Pharmeuticals drug help people in the society with daily living problems that can be cured. Shows that a prescription drug is used in a way that was resulted in
“Direct to consumer drug advertisement are banned in every country but the United States and New Zealand” (pro and con par 8). Many people are taken drugs just to take them not knowing what these drugs are doing to their body. The age group that misuse Pharmeuticals are teens because the way the world is today they see others taking drugs they want to try them and buy them or even sell them on the street. These drugs are being used by people who are not attended to use of the prescription. “Prescription drugs are subject to misuse by those who were not intended to take the drug. Once the prescription has been written and filled, it's out of the doctor's hands” (the pro and cons par 3). When the doctor’s write the prescription it’s out of their hands who are taken the drugs other than the person it was intended for .The prescription drug advertisement make them want to try it because they think it’s gone help with their problems and make them feel better when its only hurting you. Drugs are now being taken for fun and not for real reasons. The dangers of these Pharmeuticals are resulting in a lot of addictions and death. Pharmeuticals are being used the wrong way and affecting the world in multiple ways. Drugs are being taken with no real use of them they should be monitored and used only when needed. The drugs that are being prescribed are not being