[india-drug] Unnecessary wasteage of medicines (7)

["Guru Mohanta" <gpmohanta@hotmail.com>]

  Unnecessary wasteage of medicines (7)
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 Dear All,

   The  wastage of medicines in our society and system is very common. We
   buy  medicines  and  often  they  get  expired  at home. We could have
   donated  if  not  used. Perhaps no one thinks. The wastage at doctor's
   clinic  is too common. They get plenty of free physician samples. I am
   sure   many   get   expired  and  thrown  later,  forget  about  proper
   destruction.

   Coming to  health  system,  the  shortage  or unavailability are often
   reported. Perhaps  two  good  systems being followed in Tamil Nadu and
   Delhi have reasonably solved the problem, if not fully. The Tamil Nadu
   system  of Drug Procurement, Distribution and Use, have been accepted as
   one of the role model of drug mangement.

   Regards and Happy Deepavali.

   Dr. Guru Prasad Mohanta, M. Pharm., Ph.D., FIC.
   Professor, Division of Pharmacy Practice,
   Department of Pharmacy,
   Annamalai University,
   P. O. Annamalai Nagar - 608 002
   Tamil Nadu, INDIA
   Tel: 91-4144-238431(R), 239738(O).
   Fax: 91-4144-238080
   Cell: 91-9443885138
"Guru Mohanta" <gpmohanta@hotmail.com>