Mental Health And Medications: Over The Counter Drugs (OTC)

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7-1. The potential risks of:
1 Over-the-counter drugs (OTC)
The incidence of drug misuse arising from patterns of prescription is a health risk. Individuals do prescribe for usage a particular OTC which may contradict manufacturer’s precautionary advice. Hence, leading to adverse health complications or suicide (Levinthal, 2016, p. 269).
Unintentional wrong prescription by a pharmacist. It leads to unintentional misuse risk due to the dispensation of inappropriate medication. For example, being given Accutane that treats severe acne instead of Accupril meant to treat high blood pressure (p. 270).
Treating the wrong ailment. Common health issues like colds and headaches may be a symptom of a critical disease (p. 271). Thus, OTC would temporary hide or aggravate a health condition.
2 Dietary supplements
Lack of proper evaluation for safety and efficacy pose a risk to the users (p.278).
The effectiveness of their usage is unclear due to the nonexistence of scientific research. Thus, there’s poor evidence on their benefits (p. 276).
7-2. Reasons for using performance-enhancing drugs
* To mask fatigue and make an individual more alert hence, perform better.
* To acquire more energy to withstand the competition.
* To build on body muscles and train harder above the normal capacity of the body (Mottram, 2017).
Performance-enhancing drug is a form of drug abusing. Just like abusing heroine, one becomes dependent, an individual dependent on these drugs becomes dysfunctional without the enhancers.
8-1. Mental illness and addiction disorder
Either of the disorder would lead to the occurrence of another creating occasional difficulty in explaining which disorder took place first. For instance, over-reliance on a substance being abused would lead to chronic relapse interfering with the mental process (APA, 2013). Due to compulsive use of such substances, withdrawals would arouse dysfunction of the brain. Examples of abused substances that can cause mental disorder include nerve gasses, anesthetics, antidepressants and lead (Dziegielewski, 2015, p. 436). On the other hand, prolonged cannabis intoxication due to addiction would damage the brain nerves leading to mental illness (p. 434).
8-2. Use of parallel treatment of anxiety and addiction disorders as evident in psychopharmacological treatment. The medications for such clients include n...