Abstract:
The research that I conducted was
important because its gives an idea on what some of the people in the American
public know or think about the pharmaceutical industry. A survey was given to students at U of L
along with adults in society. The survey was concerned with if the public has
an actual idea of how effective the FDA
is in regulating prescription drugs. I found that out of 30 people, females and
males who took prescription drugs believed that the FDA made correct decisions
for the drug they release. But most
males and females who did not take prescription drugs disagreed with the fact
that FDA made the correct decisions on all drugs given to the public, except
there were a few that believed that FDA made the best decisions even though
they didn’t take prescription drugs. But the majority all except one had no
idea who was a major funder of the FDA. As a result of my findings it shows
that if you take prescription drugs you are more likely to be brain washed that
the FDA is always making correct decisions.
Introduction:
In todays
society we are brain washed by big corporations and think of them as protectors
of what we can and can take. This
particular corporation I am talking about is the FDA , who is supposed to screen
drugs in order to deem if they are safe or not for humans. But the problem is
that they are not always doing the correct amount or type of research and in
return are feeding harmful drugs to innocent Americans. This should be big concern for the American public. If I was
to take a drug that was told to be safe and given to me by a doctor, but then
gave me a disease (example of this is getting lupus from the HPV vaccine) I
would be more upset and look for someone to take responsibility. What most
people don’t actually know is the fact that the FDA is funded mainly by big for
profit pharmaceutical companies who are just trying to make money. Now I hope it makes a little more sense why
the FDA would allow for a drug to be sold. They allow is simply for the fact
that the company making the drugs can make money and in return provide the FDA
with money in return. If for profit companies are funding the screenings then
why would they want to not allow a drug, when they can make money instead. It
makes a lot more sense to allow a drug for some one so that in return your
given money also, and this is why the FDA does not always make correct
decisions on drugs that they release, and should be a more then just the FDA
screening drugs.
Methods:
Participants:
The survey
was given to students at u of l ranging from 18-24 years of age (about 20
students) along with Adults 25 and older (about 10 adults). There were an even
amount of males and females that the survey was given to.
Data
sources:
Procedures:
The survey was distributed to
individuals in my biology 240 class at U of L and I received 28 answered
surveys half male and half female. Then separated the males and females and randomly picked 20
surveys switching from male to female for an even bias. Then I distributed the
survey to ten adults above age 25 that I see on a regular basis with an equal
male to female ratio ( 5 males, 5 females). This in return gave me a total of
30 answered surveys with an equal male to female ratio.
Data Analysis:
7 Females between ages 18-24 who
take drugs believe the FDA makes the correct decision on all drugs given to the
public, but have no idea who is a major funder of the FDA. Which means there were 3 female left between
ages 18-24, they did not take prescription drugs but believed the FDA made
correct decision’s on all drugs released, and also had no idea who a major
funder of the FDA was.
8 males between ages 18-24 said
that they took prescription drugs and that the FDA makes correct decision on
all drugs released, and have no idea who is a big funder of the FDA. Then 2 of the males between ages 18-24 who
did not take prescription drugs one believed that the FDA made correct
decisions on all drugs released but also had no idea who funded the FDA. The
other one said that he did not think the FDA made correct decisions on all
drugs they released, but had no idea who funded a big part of the FDA.
3 males above age 25 that took
prescription pills thought the FDA made correct decisions and had no idea who a
major funder of the FDA was. The 2 males above age 25 who did not take
prescription pills thought that all drugs screened by the FDA were not should
not be released to the public, and these two males said they knew who was a
major funder of the FDA.
Then all 5 females above age 25 all
took prescription drugs, and believed the FDA made correct decisions on
releasing all drugs after screening them and also none of them knew who a major
funder of the FDA was.
