Definitions Flashcards
direct to consumer advertising
advertising and marketing drugs and bring patients to engage in our diagnosis and treatment
“ask your doctor if ___ applies to you”
medicalization
nonmedical problems becoming defined and treated as medical issues and getting the classification as illnesses and disorders
third party payers
insurance companies
medical markets
advertising, “designer drugs”, standardization of services into product lines –> marketization
SSRI
- selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor
-psychoactive drug that includes paxil and prozac
paxil
beginning of depression market of drugs
menopause
loss of fertility as a result of aging in women –> production of eggs ceases
andropause
age related decline in testosterone in men; fatigue; lower libido; depression
NO LOSS OF FERTILITY
androgenetic alopecia
baldness: common bodily occurrence and usually symptom of underlying disease or condition
dihydrotestosterone
male hormone that causes production of fine unpigmented hair common in baldness
rogaine
heart disease medicine that ended up producing hair for men that experience baldness
erectile dysfunction
male impotence or sexual dysfunction
when did erectile dysfunction become biogenic issue
1992
viagra
first non invasive medical treatment for erectile dysfunction
ADHD
concerns over over diagnosis and treatment of middle aged men