The topic I will be focusing on is the rise in young kids getting accidentally poisoned by medication. It was the most voted for hot topic and I think the most important. Families trust their doctors in diagnosing their child's sickness and communicating the appropriate drug and patient information to the pharmacy. Then it is the pharmacist’s job to get the dosage correct based upon their age and weight and double checking it before given to the patient. Since children are still growing and developing well into their teens, it is especially important to get dosage amounts right, since it can interfere with their growth. There are over 70,000 cases per year that deal with children being poisoned by prescription drugs. The reason why this issue is gaining more awareness is because this number was never this high. I think there are underlying issues besides just the pharmacists and doctors getting the dosage wrong. As I research this topic I'm going to look at other issues and if any have connecting problems as to why this number is rising. Also the medications that are being overdosed on, painkillers, sedatives, and cardiovascular drugs, are the most common that are overdosed on with adults. There are so many different aspects to this hot topic that it will be interesting to research and learn more about it.
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