PPT-Understanding Medicines Medicine

Definition substances that when taken internally or applied to the body help prevent or cure a disease or other medical problem Classifications Prevent disease Fight pathogens microorganisms that enter the body and attack its cells and tissues. Dr Duncan Petty. Lecturer Practitioner. School of Health Care, University of Leeds. RCN Advanced Nurse Practitioner. Forum conference 2011. 10 top tips for safer prescribing and review of medicines. Dr Duncan Petty. Drugs . Developing new medicines . How effective are medicines . Legal and illegal. drugs . Drugs in sport . Cannabis. and hard drugs . Developing new medicines . A good medicine is:. Effective . – prevent / cure a disease / ease symptoms . Nicholas Falzon – PRIMA President. Definition of . a Falsified . Medicine. According to the WHO, a . Falsified Medicine is a “Medical product that deliberately/fraudulently misrepresent their identity, composition or source”.. 1. A presentation by:. 2. The aging process is normal:. Your brain’s physical structure and abilities change.. Your circulatory and digestive systems, kidneys, and liver slow down.. Your body’s ability to break down and use medicine changes.. Drug. What do you think of when you hear the word DRUG?. Most of us think of harmful, illegal drugs, but there are many different types of drugs. Drugs are used to alter body, treat sickness, but other purposes too. . Pg. 584-0619. Chapter 23, Lesson 1. The Role of Medicines. Objectives. Analyze ways that medicines promote health and prevent disease.. Describe the difference between prescription and over-the-counter medicines.. Herbal preparations . could . be regarded as the original biologic approach to medicine.. Herbal medicines can be applied to the treatment of a variety of ailments, . including both . acute and chronic . Definition: substances that, when taken internally or applied to the body, help prevent or cure a disease or other medical problem. Classifications. Prevent disease. Fight pathogens . (microorganisms that enter the body and attack its cells and tissues). 1. A presentation by:. 2. The aging process is normal:. Your brain’s physical structure and abilities change.. Your circulatory and digestive systems, kidneys, and liver slow down.. Your body’s ability to break down and use medicine changes.. NOT. regulated by EU legislation and no uniform definition is available.. Off-label use of a medicine is the use of an authorised medicine by a healthcare professional to treat a patient in a way not covered by Marketing Authorisation (MA) and detailed in the Summary of Product Characteristics (. 1. A presentation by:. 2. The aging process is normal:. Your brain’s physical structure and abilities change.. Your circulatory and digestive systems, kidneys, and liver slow down.. Your body’s ability to break down and use medicine changes.. Kathy Maxwell. Community Pharmacist. Hillpark. Care Chemist, . Manurewa. Pharmacist’s Role. Pharmacists are the . scientist. , the . medicine adviser. , the . clinical practitioner. , the . social carer. Once . the protection of the product . expires for . example, patents or regulatory protection such as data . exclusivity, . the company no longer has exclusive rights to sell the medicine. . Other . GS K Public P ol icy Position November 2021 Our position on: Treatment Use of Unlicensed Medicines Treatment Use of Unlicensed Medicines Our position on | Treatmen