Question

This Discussion Board is worth 20 points. Your response must be at least 6 sentences long.  

Pick one of the topics below and respond/report what you find.

Would you dispense a medication that is intended for the express purpose of causing an abortion? Should pharmacy staff be able to refuse dispensing it? Should pharmacy staff be compelled to dispense it?

Electronic cigarettes/nicotine vaporizers have been touted as a safe alternative to smoking cigarettes. What are the health concerns (if any) regarding e-cigarettes/vaporizers? Is there any evidence that they are safe? Is there any evidence that they are harmful?

Medicare Part D is a prescription drug coverage plan for seniors who are eligible for Medicare. There are a multitude of insurance plans available on the market, but depending on what medications a person is on, some plans will be more expensive than others. You need to take into account the monthly cost of the plan, deductibles, and co-pays to find the best deal. Unfortunately, the only way to really compare plans is online and most seniors are not particulary computer saavy. Find a website to compare Medicare Part D plans for a person taking:

Namenda 10mg BID

Exelon Patch 13.3mg/24hr, apply 1 patch daily

Victoza 1.2mg SubQ Daily

Lantus insulin 20 units QHS

Symbicort 160/8.4 inhaler, 2 puffs BID

Report your findings in a post and include: 1) The web address of the website you found 2) the Monthly Cost of the Insurance Plan and 3) Monthly Cost of the Medication CoPays.

Answer 1

Answer :

Abortion is the spontaneous expulsion of the embryo or foetus before 20 weeks of gestation

In medical abortion women who are get the unwanted pregnancy they will go for medical abortion.

Medical abortion done in before 7 weeks of pregnancy .

There are surgical methods also available like vaccume aspiration and dilatation and curattage etc .

In above question :

As a pharmacist We should have some knowledge about medications for inducing abortion , do's and dont's of medications and when We dispense such medication .

As a pharmacist We should not dispense the medication with out doctor prescription .

If the obstetrician prescribed the induced abortion medication such methotrexate or misoprostol only We can dispense .

We can dispense medications before 7 weeks of pregnancy that to with doctors orders only

Without doctor prescription is illegal and the consequences are also very high .

Most common cases :

Most commonly womens with incomplete abortion includes products of embryo are expelled out but there is remaining products of pregnancy retained in the uterus .

Teenage pregnancy

Any chromosomal abnormalities .

Septic abortion

Illegal pregnancy etc