Skip to content
  • About
  • Contact
  • Contribute
  • Book
  • Careers
  • Podcast
  • Recommended
  • Speaking
  • All
  • Physician
  • Practice
  • Policy
  • Finance
  • Conditions
  • .edu
  • Patient
  • Meds
  • Tech
  • Social
  • Video
    • All
    • Physician
    • Practice
    • Policy
    • Finance
    • Conditions
    • .edu
    • Patient
    • Meds
    • Tech
    • Social
    • Video
    • About
    • Contact
    • Contribute
    • Book
    • Careers
    • Podcast
    • Recommended
    • Speaking

The life cycle of medication consumption

Fery Pashang, PharmD
Meds
July 6, 2021
Share
Tweet
Share

Photography

A person’s lifetime medication consumption has a familiar and predictable pattern. The more a person ages, the greater their number of taken medication. However, the public behavior in initiating medication has been changed compared to thirty years ago.

Nowadays, parents demand to get their hands on OTC meds for their infants and toddlers.

In this piece, I am interested in exploring how the components of our first-ever bottle establish our behavior towards medication consumption throughout our life. Which bottle would be the start of your curve?

Fery Pashang is a pharmacist and medical artist. She can be reached on Instagram @artidotedesign.

Image credit: Fery Pashang

Prev

Dying of loneliness: the COVID-19 epidemic in children and adolescents [PODCAST]

July 5, 2021 Kevin 0
…
Next

I hope I never get used to farewell tears

July 6, 2021 Kevin 1
…

Tagged as: Medications

Post navigation

< Previous Post
Dying of loneliness: the COVID-19 epidemic in children and adolescents [PODCAST]
Next Post >
I hope I never get used to farewell tears

ADVERTISEMENT

More by Fery Pashang, PharmD

  • The Illuminated Elephant: ancient wisdom and modern medicine

    Fery Pashang, PharmD
  • The art of diagnosis

    Fery Pashang, PharmD
  • The abundant and colorful world of pharmaceuticals

    Fery Pashang, PharmD

Related Posts

  • Ethical humanism: life after #medbikini and an approach to reimagining professionalism

    Jay Wong
  • Stop stigmatizing medication-assisted treatment

    Brandon Jacobi
  • Prescribing medication from a patient’s and physician’s perspective

    Michael Kirsch, MD
  • My first end-of-life conversation

    Shereen Jeyakumar
  • There’s no such thing as work-life balance

    Katie Fortenberry, PhD
  • Are the life sciences the best premedical majors?

    Moses Anthony

More in Meds

  • Oral Wegovy: the miracle and the mess of the new GLP-1 pill

    Shiv K. Goel, MD
  • U.S. opioid policy history: How politics replaced science in pain care

    Richard A. Lawhern, PhD & Stephen E. Nadeau, MD
  • How CAR-NK cancer therapy could be safer than CAR-T

    Cliff Dominy, PhD
  • Psychedelic-assisted therapy: science, safety, and regulation

    Muhamad Aly Rifai, MD
  • The anticoagulant evidence controversy: a whistleblower’s perspective

    David K. Cundiff, MD
  • Is tramadol really ineffective and risky?

    John A. Bumpus, PhD
  • Most Popular

  • Past Week

    • Health care as a human right vs. commodity: Resolving the paradox

      Timothy Lesaca, MD | Physician
    • My wife’s story: How DEA and CDC guidelines destroyed our golden years

      Monty Goddard & Richard A. Lawhern, PhD | Conditions
    • The gastroenterologist shortage: Why supply is falling behind demand

      Brian Hudes, MD | Physician
    • Why voicemail in outpatient care is failing patients and staff

      Dan Ouellet | Tech
    • Alex Pretti’s death: Why politics belongs in emergency medicine

      Marilyn McCullum, RN | Conditions
    • U.S. opioid policy history: How politics replaced science in pain care

      Richard A. Lawhern, PhD & Stephen E. Nadeau, MD | Meds
  • Past 6 Months

    • How environmental justice and health disparities connect to climate change

      Kaitlynn Esemaya, Alexis Thompson, Annique McLune, and Anamaria Ancheta | Policy
    • Will AI replace primary care physicians?

      P. Dileep Kumar, MD, MBA | Tech
    • A physician father on the Dobbs decision and reproductive rights

      Travis Walker, MD, MPH | Physician
    • What is the minority tax in medicine?

      Tharini Nagarkar and Maranda C. Ward, EdD, MPH | Education
    • Why the U.S. health care system is failing patients and physicians

      John C. Hagan III, MD | Policy
    • Alex Pretti: a physician’s open letter defending his legacy

      Mousson Berrouet, DO | Physician
  • Recent Posts

    • Why medical school DEI mission statements matter for future physicians

      Laura Malmut, MD, MEd, Aditi Mahajan, MEd, Jared Stowers, MD, and Khaleel Atkinson | Education
    • A physician’s quiet reflection on January 1, 2026

      Dr. Damane Zehra | Conditions
    • AI censorship threatens the lifeline of caregiver support [PODCAST]

      The Podcast by KevinMD | Podcast
    • Demedicalize dying: Why end-of-life care needs a spiritual reset

      Kevin Haselhorst, MD | Physician
    • Physician due process: Surviving the court of public opinion

      Muhamad Aly Rifai, MD | Physician
    • Spaced repetition in medicine: Why current apps fail clinicians

      Dr. Sunakshi Bhatia | Physician

Subscribe to KevinMD and never miss a story!

Get free updates delivered free to your inbox.


Find jobs at
Careers by KevinMD.com

Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now.

Learn more

Leave a Comment

Founded in 2004 by Kevin Pho, MD, KevinMD.com is the web’s leading platform where physicians, advanced practitioners, nurses, medical students, and patients share their insight and tell their stories.

Social

  • Like on Facebook
  • Follow on Twitter
  • Connect on Linkedin
  • Subscribe on Youtube
  • Instagram

ADVERTISEMENT

ADVERTISEMENT

  • Most Popular

  • Past Week

    • Health care as a human right vs. commodity: Resolving the paradox

      Timothy Lesaca, MD | Physician
    • My wife’s story: How DEA and CDC guidelines destroyed our golden years

      Monty Goddard & Richard A. Lawhern, PhD | Conditions
    • The gastroenterologist shortage: Why supply is falling behind demand

      Brian Hudes, MD | Physician
    • Why voicemail in outpatient care is failing patients and staff

      Dan Ouellet | Tech
    • Alex Pretti’s death: Why politics belongs in emergency medicine

      Marilyn McCullum, RN | Conditions
    • U.S. opioid policy history: How politics replaced science in pain care

      Richard A. Lawhern, PhD & Stephen E. Nadeau, MD | Meds
  • Past 6 Months

    • How environmental justice and health disparities connect to climate change

      Kaitlynn Esemaya, Alexis Thompson, Annique McLune, and Anamaria Ancheta | Policy
    • Will AI replace primary care physicians?

      P. Dileep Kumar, MD, MBA | Tech
    • A physician father on the Dobbs decision and reproductive rights

      Travis Walker, MD, MPH | Physician
    • What is the minority tax in medicine?

      Tharini Nagarkar and Maranda C. Ward, EdD, MPH | Education
    • Why the U.S. health care system is failing patients and physicians

      John C. Hagan III, MD | Policy
    • Alex Pretti: a physician’s open letter defending his legacy

      Mousson Berrouet, DO | Physician
  • Recent Posts

    • Why medical school DEI mission statements matter for future physicians

      Laura Malmut, MD, MEd, Aditi Mahajan, MEd, Jared Stowers, MD, and Khaleel Atkinson | Education
    • A physician’s quiet reflection on January 1, 2026

      Dr. Damane Zehra | Conditions
    • AI censorship threatens the lifeline of caregiver support [PODCAST]

      The Podcast by KevinMD | Podcast
    • Demedicalize dying: Why end-of-life care needs a spiritual reset

      Kevin Haselhorst, MD | Physician
    • Physician due process: Surviving the court of public opinion

      Muhamad Aly Rifai, MD | Physician
    • Spaced repetition in medicine: Why current apps fail clinicians

      Dr. Sunakshi Bhatia | Physician

MedPage Today Professional

An Everyday Health Property Medpage Today
  • Terms of Use | Disclaimer
  • Privacy Policy
  • DMCA Policy
All Content © KevinMD, LLC
Site by Outthink Group

Leave a Comment

Comments are moderated before they are published. Please read the comment policy.

Loading Comments...