ananthanaik's blog

Poison information centres are those, which provide immediate round the clock toxicity assessment and treatment recommendations for the effective management of poisoning cases. Poison control centres generally provide referral and management advice for poisonings, information on potential poisons and programs on poison prevention for the general public and health care professionals.

In 1990 Hepler and Strand defined pharmaceutical care as:
“Pharmaceutical care is the responsible provision of drug therapy for the purpose of achieving definite outcomes that improves a patient’s quality of life”.
In 1998 FIP adopted this definition with one significant change as:
“Improve or maintain a patient’s quality of life”

Pharmacovigilance is an time consuming, expensive and explorative way of looking how the drug and human interactions are hapening while it is in market.

The Association of Community Pharmacists of India was launched at Manipal University to create professional opportunities for pharmacists in India.
Kindly Post your ideas
thanking you,
Prof Anantha naik nagappa,
Association of community pharmacists of India launched at Manipal

Patients and health care professionals in India are deprived of drug information services, and pharmaceutical related services which enrich the therapeutics in developed countries. The pharmacists in our country are restricting to areas of drug formulation and related industrial aspects. The patient education which is essential for safe medication is not systematically made available through out the country. As a result of this there are many pitfalls in the health care delivery. Patients in India are at great risk of irrational use and have no resources to address the drug information needs of the patient.