[e-drug] Rational versus Appropriate Medicines Use (4)

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E-DRUG: Rational versus Appropriate Medicines Use (4)
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Appropriate or Rational Use of medicines ?

Appropriate means correct or suitable, convenient, and correct means without mistake. 

Does the prescription of the the right medicine to the right patient at the right dose is always without mistake ? I do not think so!

Rational means to do something according to the reason or to do something in one way able to reason (logical) or to persuade by a fair argument and more comprehensible mean. If you try to do something only with unbiased judgement, logically, rational is better than appropriate who is equivalent to correct, but in rational use all is not always correct. Consequently, keep rational use of medicines in your agenda.

A. Helali
Clinical pharmacologist
Director
Centre National de Pharmacovigilance et de Matériovigilance
BP. 247, Bab El Oued
16009 Algiers
Fone/fax : 213 21 36 36 71
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