Alessandra Bongiovanni- Module 7
Microchip Could Replace Osteoporosis Shots
By Lara Salahi
For many people who are on medications and that are not used to taking them, can find themselves frustrated this situation. Sometimes people find themselves where they have forgotten to take them, are fed up with taking them or simple haven't gone to the pharmacy to renew them leaving them in a serious predicament. Medications, depending on what they are taken for can be life changing if they are not taken and if they are not taken when prescribed.
I found this article interesting because it gives people freedom and allows them to worry less about forgetting their meds. For patients on injections for a disease such as osteoporosis, it avoids the everyday injections something many people dred.
This article serves as a product review. This piece of technology is still requiring further testing before it is approved by the FDA, but in the mean time has people excited and hopeful for its release.
The need or issue addressed in this article is the fact that people tend to forget to take their meds on a daily basis leading to a worsening of disease. The implantable chip serves to be more reliable then the actual individual if of course it is working properly.
This device will certainly prevent diseases from worsening and I believe can be used in the future for other diseases as well. To have a device inside of you that is programmed to release medication everyday when needed is brilliant especially for the forgetful or uncooperative patient.
If a patient of mine in the hospital were to have a device such as this implanted in them, it would be one less medication the nursing staff would have to administer. It will certainly help decrease pain and prevent patients from getting worse in their conditions.
