OUR GOAL & BENEFIT TO YOU
Instilling a sense of comfort and security in households possessing potentially abusable prescription medications.
Providing a strong line of defense against prescription medication abuse.
About Us
The FortisKap Medication Security Device
Our solution for defenseless households and at-risk patients. A unique prescription medication security device designed to provide individualized access and security while passively monitoring prescription usage rates of different medications.
Gathering Accurate Prescription Usage Statistics
In capturing real-time data concerning time-of-openings and bottle fill-level before and after openings, physicians and general health care providers will be better able to monitor adherence or diversion from prescribed regimens.
Preventative Measures Against Abuse & Addiction
The collection of such accurate prescription data will hopefully allow us to identify trends in prescription usage statistics that are indicative of misuse or abuse. It is out hope that by preemptively identifying such behavior, the proper rehabilitation or intervention can be implemented.
The United states opioid epidemic
A nationwide catastrophe threatening the health and security of the nation.
The U.S. Opioid Epidemic has ballooned into a national crisis that undermines the livelihoods of the nation's citizens and precipitates significant economic burdens. NIH studies estimate 128 people die every day after overdosing on prescription opioids, and the CDC determined the annual "economic burden" associated with prescription opioid misuse in the United States to be $78.5 billion. This includes the costs of healthcare, post productivity, addiction treatment, and criminal justice involvement.
- In 2018, roughly 21 to 29 percent of patients prescribed opioids for chronic pain misuse them.
- Between 8 and 12 percent of these individuals develop an opioid use disorder.
- About 80 percent of heroin users first misuse prescription opioids.
- Approximately two out of three drug overdose deaths in 2018 involved an opioid.
No one is immune to the effects of prescription opioid abuse, and unfortunately the externalities of these effects oftentimes reach individuals close to the user. Since 1999, the U.S. Opioid Epidemic has claimed the lives of over 500,000 individuals and changed the lives of millions of families across the nation.
The current safety and security measures surrounding prescription medications are in adequate in their ability to prevent and defend against prescription misuse and abuse. Very little is provided to patients in terms of means to promote prescription guidance or adherence which perpetuates an indifferent or unaware attitude in patients concerning the use and potential consequences associated with prescription drugs.
It is Cosmos's intent to provide both a secure and dependable means to protect prescription medications and to collect reliable prescription usage statistics to better understand trends in abuse and addiction.
