Medical quackery can have serious negative health effects such as delaying proper treatment, causing financial loss, and giving false hope. Government agencies regulate foods, drugs, and consumer products to protect consumer rights and safety. While some drugs can have medical uses, misuse and abuse can negatively impact health and social functioning through addiction, overdose, and other harms. Agencies work to treat addiction and rehabilitate drug users through programs and law enforcement.

1. QUACK- someone who pretends to have RIGHTS OF CONSUMER:
medical skills but has none.
Right to safety
QUACKERY-a dishonest action of a quack. It is Right to be informed
purveying of health misinformation often in Right to choose
form of secret remedies directed to persons Right to be heard
who would believe in quack. Right to have problems corrected
Right to consumer education
POSSIBLE EFFECTS OF MEDICAL QUACKERY:
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES:
1. Taking quack cure may delay/ lose the
chance to be healed. BFAD-(Bureau of Food and Drugs)
2. The person may experience the so
called placebo effect on trade and - Enforces laws and regulations relating
industries (-improves for natural to food.
reasons and not because of the - Responsible on how food is advertised
substance that the quack provides. and labeled.
3. Loss of money
DOH-(Department of Health)
4. Giving false hopes to the sick and the
family - Inspects food disposing establishment
5. The actual damage done to the - Protects meat, milk, products,
individual by using fake product and cosmetics and other consumer goods
services - Implement laws and regulations
relating to drugs
HEALTH FADS AND MYTHS:
DTI-(department of Trade and Industry)
1. Supplementary medicines-(vit and min)
give extra strength and resistance to - Implement laws
diseases - Protects consumers against false
2. Organic food is somehow better than labeling of products and other
regular foods available in store fraudulent ways of trade
3. Wearing copper bracelet can cure
diseases LEGAL PROTECTION OF THE CONSUMERS:
EFFECT OF HEALTH FADS AND MYTH: RA #3720 (Drug and Cosmetic Act)
1. It causes a person to spend money on Ensuring safe and good quality of food, drug
less important/ unnecessary products. and cosmetics.
2. It causes a person to spend money on
Regulates the production, sale and traffic of the
worthless forms of therapy.
to protect the health of the people
3. It can harm our health
4. It leads to unwise consumer health Establishes the standard quality of the products
decisions. and services.

2. Philippine Consumer Protection Law DRUG MISUSE-incorrect use of medicine which
(Proclamation 3822) is taken for health reasons. It often occurs
because a person lacks inFo/make decision
Protection of consumers against unreasonable based on false info.
price increase/ fraudulent practices-
concern of the government Example of drug misuse:
RA#3740 -use of leftover medicine in order to
economize
Penalizes fraudulent advertising, mislabeling
-prescribing a familiar drug for another
and misbranding of any product
because the symptoms seem to be
PD #187 similar
-giving yourself a drug you have been
Prescribes the use of metric system of weights taking every now and then
and measures as the standard -believing is superstitions and hearsays
measurement
Effects of drug misuse:
Act # 3740 Amended by Commonwealth #46
-delay in proper medical attention
Products, commodities of any kind or make -overdose /under dose
imported or locally manufactured shall be -damage to body and structure
properly packed and labeled. -serious mental disorder
-death
DRUGS
DRUG ABUSE- the excessive or persistent use of
Substances other than food and water that
a drug w/o to accepted medical practice;
intended to be taken or administered for
uses of drug where it infers w/health
the purpose of diagnosis, cure and
economic status or social functioning of the
treatment, altering sustaining/controlling
drug user
the recipient’s physical, emotional or
mental state Why do people abuse drugs?
PRESCRIBED DRUGS -Peer pressure –for the sake of
“pakikisama”
-drugs requiring written authorization from a
doctor to allow a purchase. -Weak personality-unable to cope up
with stress/conflicts
OVER-THE-COUNTER DRUGS -Frustrations- caused by personal,
family , or school problem
-non –prescription medicines which may
-poor self-image –low self esteem
purchase from any pharmacy w/o written
-Lack of parental/professional guidance
authorization from a doctor.
-Boredom- to give themselves artificial
DRUG USE-drugs used for health reasons boost
-Curiosity-for experiment/experience

3. -Escapism-desire to escape from reality Effects:
CLASSIFICATION OF DRUGS -similar to amphetamines but is more
intense but it last shorter
Stimulants-drugs that speed up the work of -confusion, anxiety, headache
nervous system -vomit, chill, sudden rise in temp
Effects: Long Term Effects
-can increase mental alertness -can kill by stopping the heartbeat
-reduce hunger -no dosage is safe
Longterm Effect: Caffeine-present in coffee, tea, chocolate and
cola drinks,
-narcolespy(overwhelming desire to
sleep) Shabu(“upper speed, poor man’s cocaine”)
-heavy abuse may result in deep and
suicidal depression -chemically known as Metamphetamine
Hydrochloride-a colorless crystaline
Types: powder w/bitter taste
-“meth”-crystal form
Amphetamines-(grp of strong drugs)
Effects:
Effect:
-hallucination
-change in mood
-meth mouth
-wide awake feeling
-insomnia
-nervousness
-palpitation
-loss of appetite
Longterm Effect: Depressants-(downer)
-weight loss Drugs which suppress vital body function.
-strong psychological dependence
Effect:
-personality changes
-brain damage It dulls the mind and slows down body
-mental disorder reaction
-death(overdose) -relieves tension and induce sleep
MMDA(methylene/dioxy/metamphetamine Long term Effect
)-ecstasy
-loss of physical coordination
Cocaine-taken orally /injected to achieve -disorganized speech
euphoria or intense feeling of
“highness”(“coca scrub”) Types

4. Barbiturate-drugs for inducing sleep in person Effect:
w/ anxiety, mental stress and insomnia
-larger doses can cause hallucination
Tranquilizer- drugs that calm and diminish
anxiety. They are used in treatments of Narcotics- is a substance that produces lethargy
nervous state and some mental disorder and stup. It includes sleep and relieves pain
w/producing sleep. by depressing the nervous system.
Use:
Alcohol- the most abused drugs/depressants
-ingredient in potent medicine like pain killers,
Effects:
cough depressants, if as an active
Irritation of the lining of the mouth, component of anti-diarrheal preparation.
esophagus and stomach which may
Opium-15th century
cause nausea and vomiting
16th
Long term Effect
17th
-cirrhosis of the liver
Opium war
Narcotics- medically, they are present pain
killer and cough depressant China-Britain
Effect
Narcotic
-can relieve pain and produce profound
Effects(Abuse)
sleep
A) To one’s self
Ex. Anesthesia
-drowsiness
-Failure to eat and sleep well
Hallucinogens- mind altering drugs -failure to maintain personal cleanliness
which distort reality, thinking, perceptions -drastic loss of weight which cause severe
and sensation malnutrition
Effects -having diseases like hepatitis, tetanus,
and AIDS from contaminated needles
-change in mood -difficulty of breathing
-irritable and confused -red and watery eyes with pinpoint
-pupils dilated pupil
-excessive sweating -psychological and physical dependence
-increased pulse rate and blood
pressure
Psychological dependence- craving for the
Types experience a drug provides
Marijuana- its botanical name: Cannabis Sativa

5. Physical dependence-it exist only when treatment and the rehabilitation of drug
withdrawal symptoms occur and when the victims.
person stops the use of drug
3.Dangerous Drug Board(DDB)-
Tolerance-ability to resist the effects of drugs
It was created under R.A. 6425, now under R.A.
over a period of time 9165
Withdrawal Syndrome- is experienced by a
persom who is physically dependent on drugs 4.Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-
and abruptly stops taking them works under the dangerous Drug Board and
replaced the PNP Narcotics Grp or NARGROUP.
B) To Family
-Neglected responsibilities
-difficulty to keep a job
-financial difficulty due to cost of
rehabilitation
-shame and embarrassment to other
family member
-disorganized and unhappy family
C) To Communtiy
-increase incidence of crime
-occurrence of diff kinds accidents
-presence of rampant stealing
-economic destabilization due to less
manpower
Agencies responsibilities for the treatment and
rehabilitation of drug dependents:
1.Drug Abuse Rehabilitaiton Network(DARN)
-It provides comprehensive rehabilitation
program, DARN prvides integrated medical,
psychological, occupational and spiritual
services.
2.National Bureau Investigation(NBI)-This
agencies is engaged in law enforcement in the