patient education

A seminar on ‘Health hazards due to pesticides’ is to be held at the
Krishi Vigyan Kendra of CPCRI Kasaragod at Chowki under the banner of
Swadeshi Science Movement on 9th November 2009.
Seminar is likely to throw light on pesticide residue problems in
market oriented fruits, vegetables, milk and fodder products, lack of
proper system for controlling the problem, lack of awareness on ill

Man gone to space, discovered vehicles, computer, build 100 plus storied building, cloned sheep, making artificial brain. Man also eradicated small pox, eradicating polio, made new plant varieties, new microbes, Genetic engineering, controlling HIV, TB etc to a particular limit. So I strongly doubt that will microbes be able to concur the world? I hope no.

We know the first (relatively) world belonged to microorganisms. Now what about the future, there is not doubt for Louis Pasture that the final world will belong to microorganisms.

Michgan, U.S.A based website, Medtipster.com ( http://www.medtipster.com ) allows users to enter their ZIP code and a prescription, and within seconds lists pharmacies nearby selling the medication at a discount -- and the price.

Medtipster launched a beta version of the site in February and hopes to go live with the final version within the next month and reach consumers nationwide.

Confirming the Pregnancy
Some of the early signs of pregnancy are: Absence of menstruation (periods), Nausea, vomiting (morning sickness), fatigue, frequent urination, tender or enlarged breasts.

Definite Signs

Dear friends

One major problem in our healthcare field is this. The doctor prescribes the medicines but the patient is not consuming them in the proper manner, so proper results are not obtained. This is where a pharmacist, who has knowledge about medicines and who is more accessible to the patient can help by giving proper advice to the patient.

We observed that doctors prescribe cetrizine hydrochloride tablets and cough syrups containing chlorpheniramine maleate ( sometimes both are prescribed at the same time) and the patients come out of the doctors' chambers without any knowledge about the drowsiness that is likely to be caused by these drugs. in such situations pharmacist can play a crucial role.

Friends, I want to continue my series on patient counseling. I am writing what we actually told our patients. We took most of the material from United Stated Information for the patient and United States Advice for the Patient volumes and CIMS.Many practicing pharmacists must be reading this. I want discussion on the technical points also. I want to write about how we advised a patient who was prescribed oral iron medication.

. You are given oral iron because you are aneamic. . You are given this medicine for a period of one month and you must use the full course. . Take it every day night, two hours after dinner.

. Iron should not be taken along with any milk food or breakfast or meal because its absorption is severely limited if taken along with food.

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.