The Battle Against Counterfeit Drugs: A Call to Action
Source: Siasat Daily Most of us make countless trips to our local Pharmacy to buy some painkillers for a throbbing...
Empowering the Public To Report Poor Quality Medication and Adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs)
Inspired by last year’s theme of ‘Engaging patients for patient safety’ on World Patients Safety Day, one of our core...
Frequently Asked Questions(FAQs) on Drug Expiry Dates
In this article, we respond to the following Frequently Asked Questions(FAQs) on Drugs: Do drugs expire? What does the expiration...
How Healthcare workers can promote patient safety in addition to being the custodians of medicines.
Healthcare workers can achieve this by: 1. Adopting the mindset that actually engaging patients and their caregivers in their own...
Medicines Information in the wrong hands is a detriment to Patient Safety: The Pharmacists’ Mandate
The other day, Twitter blew up with the post (see image below) giving instructions on the ancillaries to take alongside...
MENTAL HEALTH THROUGH THE LENSES OF CHRONIC DISEASES
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and we take this time to look at the plight of patients with Chronic...
PATIENT EDUCATION IN THE SOCIAL MEDIA SPACE – MUSINGS OF PHARM RADIO
Briefly Introduce yourself My name is Israel Oni, a public health Pharmacist and an Antibiotics Steward from Nigeria. Quite a...
GARLIC
Garlic helps us create magic in our kitchens. However, garlic also lowers Blood Pressure. Patients on Antihypertensives (Drugs that lower...
AMR
There is a drug, ceftriaxone happens to be the name. Ceftriaxone is a 3rd Generation cephalosporin or to the layman...
DEAR PATIENT
Dear Patient, do not withhold information from your pharmacist/Health care professional. Stop lying or downplaying your symptoms. Sexually active? We...