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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.