Greetings to all my readers. Welcome to the latest issue of The PRESCRIPTION!
With lots of aspirations and dreams that India shall be able to revive its healthcare system and provide universal access to safe medicines to every Indian soon; on behalf of PSM India, I urge our readers to provide their valuable comments/ suggestions regarding the issue and help guide us, so that we may work more in unison for the betterment of safeguarding health of our dear consumers.
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Pooja Khaitan
Chief Editor ,
The PRESCRIPTION
Partnership for Safe Medicines India.
“Both pharmaceuticals and biotechnology are critical sectors. Medicines are manufactured in India and marketed not just here but globally at the right price points. Indian generics have made it big. Therefore India going by its competence in manpower can be a facilitator and catalyst to become a global manufacturing hub”.
Shri. Amitabh Kant
Secretary
Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP),
Ministry of Commerce & Industry, India
Relying on DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS? Think Twice!
Couple of months back, there was huge distress all across India and the world over against one of the most popular 2-minute instant noodles and a simultaneous ban on the product imposed by Food Safety and Standards Authority of India. They stated that the noodle samples tested positive for excessive lead content.
In India, nimesulide tablets, commonly known as NISE, are still being routinely prescribed for inflammation, pain and fever because they have a longer-lasting effect even though they have been banned. Unlike paracetamol, which usually acts for 4-6 hours, nimesulide brings down pain and fever for 12-18 hours. However, the side effects include liver damage.
Almost 47 million people are living with dementia around the world with 4.1 million of them in India, according to a new report which also found that nearly half of all people with dementia globally will live in Asia by 2050.
Public Service Announcements from the Partnership for Safe Medicines
In 2015, the Partnership for Safe Medicines has launched a public service announcement campaign to help both doctors and patients become aware of the dangers posed by counterfeit drugs. Each spot is presented by a member of the PSM Board and addresses different aspects of the counterfeit drug problem in the United States.
To know more about it follow at:-
Frequently Asked Questions Q1. What are effervescent tablets?
Answer: Effervescent tablet is a tablet intended to be dissolved or dispersed in water before administration. Effervescence is the escape of gas from an aqueous solution and the foaming or fizzing that results from a release of the gas. They are uncoated tablets that generally contain acid substances and carbonates or bicarbonates and which react rapidly in the presence of water by releasing carbon dioxide. Effervescent tablets have major advantage that the drug product is already in solution at the time it is consumed. Thus, the absorption is faster and more complete than with conventional tablet. This is particularly helpful in treating acute symptoms of pain and gastrointestinal disorder. Effervescent drugs are delivered to the stomach at a pH that is just right for absorption. Moreover, it can be administered to patients who cannot swallow and have less intestinal tolerance. Such tablets are palatable, highly stable, easily transportable and can help in incorporation of large doses for faster therapeutic action. Examples of such medications are fast acting painkillers, cold-relief medicines, multi-vitamins, dental drugs, nausea drugs and antacids.
ENO is the most globally consumed gastrointestinal product. The fast-acting effervescent fruit salts, used as an antacid and reliever of bloated-ness, was invented in the 1850s by James Crossley Eno. Eno (Tagline -"Gets to work in 6 seconds" ) is actually a formula of Sodium bicarbonate, Citric acid and Anhydrous sodium carbonate. In India, Eno is marketed as Ayurvedic proprietary medicine and comes in many types of refreshing flavours.
Q2. What are emulsions?
Answer: An emulsion is a mixture of two or more liquids that are normally immiscible (unmixable or unblendable). Emulsions are part of a more general class of two-phase systems of matter called colloids. Emulsions should be used when both phases, dispersed and continuous, are liquids. In an emulsion, one liquid (the dispersed phase) is dispersed in the other (the continuous phase). Two liquids can form different types of emulsions. As an example, oil and water can form, first, an oil-in-water emulsion, wherein the oil is the dispersed phase, and water is the dispersion medium. Second, they can form a water-in-oil emulsion, wherein water is the dispersed phase and oil is the external phase. Read More>>>
Mrs. Bharti Shukla , Healthcare Educationist tweets: Consumer awareness can really put a huge impact on the illicit business of fake medicines. Kudos to PSM-India for their approach and determinations!
Dr. Deepak Saxena , Physician comments: Ardent follower of PSM India for their highly informative newsletter edition ! Keep up the good work!
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