TO CREATE AWARENESS AMONG THE PEOPLE ABOUT ILL EFFECTS OF FREQUENT USE OF MEDICATION
Journal Title: World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 9
Abstract
Objective: The main objective of this article is to create awareness among the people of modern world about ill effects of frequent use of medication. Summary: The frequent intake of drugs in the form of medications may lead to various other effects that are undesirable. The effects such as overdose of acetaminophen can cause liver toxicity and warfarin which is an anticoagulant drug can cause internal bleeding. All such ill effects caused by frequent use of medications are described in this study along with the advice to reduce these undesired effects produced in the patients. The patients are advised not to take medications for minor ailments and consult your doctor before taking any medicine. It is very easy to get the many prescriptions but difficult to get single remedy. Similarly, there is a lot that the pharmacists can do to avoid the frequent usage of medicine like counseling the patients, reviewing the medications and selling the drugs on a valid prescription.
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Mohd. Rafiq
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