New drug delivery methods have started to emerge that aim to improve efficacy, cost-effectiveness and adherence as well as reduce side effects. Inside tiny wells that are able to hold liquid around a third of the volume of a raindrop, scientists use human cells to examine the potential of a compound to become a drug. … Continue reading Making drugs work better: four new drug delivery methods
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Is It Safe to Take Expired Drugs?
It’s allergy season, and the only bottle of Loratadine in your cabinet is one that expired in 2012. Is it safe to take, or should you brave the haze of pollen to get a fresh supply at the drugstore? In general, expired drugs aren’t likely to kill you, but there are some things you should … Continue reading Is It Safe to Take Expired Drugs?
Doctors handwritings or real Pharmacists: What’s more important?
Actually both are important and can't replace each other. In fact we don't have to even compare them. Pharmacists are one of the sole part of any healthcare system which is absent in Bangladesh where as doctors handwritings relates with their writing skill. Rather saying real Pharmacist or fake, we should say Pharmacist only which … Continue reading Doctors handwritings or real Pharmacists: What’s more important?
এক ব্যবস্থাপত্রে ১৯ ওষুধ, ব্যবস্থাপত্রে লেখা হচ্ছে অপ্রয়োজনীয় ওষুধ।
Polypharmacy is one of the leading cause of drug toxicity among patients and can turn into patient death sometimes. According to rational use of medicines standard on an average a new patient should not have more than 2-3 medicine prescribed maximum in first visit and for review patient maximum 1-2 added excluding changing existing ones. … Continue reading এক ব্যবস্থাপত্রে ১৯ ওষুধ, ব্যবস্থাপত্রে লেখা হচ্ছে অপ্রয়োজনীয় ওষুধ।
ওষুধকে হালকাভাবে নেবেন না (Do not treat medicines ordinarily)
Medicines are one kinds of poisons for any living things untill it is needed to treat a specific disease condition in a living matter. Using medicines irrationally and inappropriately may harmful for any living matters, which may even life threatening. Pharmacists are the legal experts of synthesis, manufacturing, managing and dispensing of medicines with proper … Continue reading ওষুধকে হালকাভাবে নেবেন না (Do not treat medicines ordinarily)
FAQ 7: As a Pharmacist what is your recommendation for a patient who is taking Insulin for diabetes melitus and would like to be fasting during the day for a particular period of time to perform his/her religious direction during Holy Ramadaan?
Ramadan is the holy month of fasting in which Muslims refrain from food, fluids, oral medications and smoking from sunrise until sunset. The Koran specifically exempts from fasting those for whom it may have harmful consequences, such as pregnant women, the elderly and those with medical conditions. Fasting is not recommended for type 1 diabetes … Continue reading FAQ 7: As a Pharmacist what is your recommendation for a patient who is taking Insulin for diabetes melitus and would like to be fasting during the day for a particular period of time to perform his/her religious direction during Holy Ramadaan?
FAQ 6: What are Essential Medicine? Why a country must have an Essential Medicines List (EML)?
Essential medicines were originally defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as those which: satisfy the needs of the majority of the population and therefohould be available at all times, in adequate amounts, in appropriate dorice the individual and community can afford. Development of the concept The idea of defining essential medicines – and establishing a list of … Continue reading FAQ 6: What are Essential Medicine? Why a country must have an Essential Medicines List (EML)?
FAQ 5: What is Pharmacovigilance?
Pharmacovigilance Pharmacovigilance (PV) is defined as the science and activities relating to the detection, assessment, understanding and prevention of adverse effects or any other drug-related problem (1). WHO established its Programme for International Drug Monitoring in response to the thalidomide disaster detected in 1961. Together with the WHO Collaborating Centre for International Drug Monitoring, Uppsala, … Continue reading FAQ 5: What is Pharmacovigilance?
FAQ 4: Considering Therapeutic Index & Lethal Dose; which one from the below conditions is applicable to be a relatively safer drug for the patients in terms of overdose toxicity & side effects?
1. Drugs with; "larger therapeutic index and lower lethal dose". 2. Drugs with; "smaller therapeutic index and higher lethal dose". 3. Drugs with; "equal therapeutic index and lethal dose". 4. Drugs with; "larger therapeutic index and higher lethal dose". 5. Drugs with; "smaller therapeutic index and lower lethal dose". Answer: Right answer is the condition … Continue reading FAQ 4: Considering Therapeutic Index & Lethal Dose; which one from the below conditions is applicable to be a relatively safer drug for the patients in terms of overdose toxicity & side effects?
FAQ 3: What is the right antidote and doses for benzodiazepines toxicity? How does it works (Mode of action)?
ANTIDOTE INDICATION MODE OF ACTION DOSAGE Flumazenil Benzodiazepine overdose Acts on benzodiazepine receptors to block central effects of benzodiazepine. 0.2mg through IV for 30 seconds. If there is no response, 0.3mg can be given for another 30 seconds. Additional doses at 0.5mg at 30-60 second intervals until a total dose of 3mg is achieved.
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