This document discusses various topics related to safe medication use including: - Common barriers to effective patient counseling by pharmacists such as multitasking and not actively listening. - Important information patients should know about their medications including names, purposes, and how to take them correctly. - Key differences and similarities between prescription and over-the-counter medications. - Basic rules for safe medication use including taking the right dose and not sharing prescription medications. - How to read and understand over-the-counter drug fact labels to determine the right medication for a condition.

1. N. VENKATA RAMA RAO
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR &HOD
DEPT. OF PHARACY PRACTICE
GOVT.GENERAL HOSPITAL
CHALAPATHI INSTITUTE OF
PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES, GUNTUR

2. CHOICE OF MEDICINE

3. BY COST
BY TASTE
BY BRAND
BY SAFETY AND EFFICACY

4. BY COST BENIFITS

8. Cost-350
Rs-24

9. The 3 most common are barriers from the pharmacy environment
Pharmacy Environment
Pharmacist Barriers

11. Pharmacists should keep in mind
Be an active listener
Use clear, unambiguous language appropriate to the knowledge of the patient
Be cognizant of nonverbal cues
Ask for feedback so as to clarify any misunderstandings
Provide feedback, outlining the message
•Active listening are
• multitasking,
•selectively listening to the patient
• having internal monologue or planning one's next point
while the patient is speaking,
• leaping ahead to make a conclusion,
•listening with one's ears only, or being too quick to jump
in.
•Pharmacists need to recognize these obstacles to
nonprescription counseling and take steps to overcome

12. Patient Barriers

13. • Overview of medication safety
• Engage in patient safety!
• Keep a current medication list
• Know your medications
• Store and dispose of medications safely
• Report and learn from medication incidents

14. Why is Medication Safety
Important?
• Medication incidents can happen
• Everyone has a role to play in preventing
harm from medication incidents

15. Where can medication
ACCEDENTS occur?
• At your doctor’s office when a
medication is prescribed
• At your pharmacy
– When a prescription is filled
– When you select an over the
counter medication
• In your home, when you take or use
the medication

16. • In the hospital, when medications are
ordered or prepared by the pharmacy
• At your bedside, when medications are
given/taken

17. You can help improve
medication safety
• Patients are the best source of
information on the medications they are
taking
• Be involved in medication safety - there
are lots of ways to do this!
• Ask questions!

18. A current medication list
helps:
• you learn about your medications
• you take your medications correctly
• your doctors, nurses and pharmacists
know about your medications
• in an emergency
Get a list of current medications when you move
from one setting of care to another

19. Know Your Medications
Check name and purpose of medications
when you:
• get a prescription
• fill a prescription
• are given medications
Your community pharmacist can
help you!

20. How to Read a Prescription Label

21. Keep a Current Medication
List
List:
• what you are actually taking
• how you are taking it
• why you are taking it

22. 5RIGHTS- RIGHTS DRUG, Right
TIME, RIGHT DOSE, RIGHT ROUTE
RIGHT PATIENT
• patient name
• medication name (generic and/or
brand)
• dose (amount)
• time of day to be taken
• route (by mouth, onto skin, etc.)

23. Auxiliary Labels

25. STATINS, ANTI
HISTAMINS

26. Many of the medicines that people use to treat common
problems like
headaches, fever, stuffy nose, allergies, cough, upset stomach, or
diarrhea are over-the counter medicines.
A medicine or drug…
–changes how your body works, or
–treats or prevents a disease or symptom

28. Who Has Used an Over-the-Counter
Medicine This Week?
What are some reasons for using an OTC
medicine?

36. Prescription and Over-the-Counter
Medicines
How are they different?
How are they the same?

37. Prescription
1. Ordered by a
doctor
2. Bought at a
pharmacy
3. Ordered for and
used by only one
person
Both types of
medicine:
• Directions must be
followed carefully
and correctly
• Children should use
only with permission
of a parent or
guardian
• A pharmacist can
answer questions
Over-the-Counter
1. Can buy without a
doctor’s order
2. Bought off the shelf
in store aisles
3. May be used by more
than one person for
the same symptom or
problem

38. 3 Important Medicine
Rules
• Never share your prescription medicine
with someone else.
• Never use someone else’s prescription
medicine.
• With all medicines, always check the
dose.
– The right dose for you may be different
than for your friend or family member.

39. How do you decide which medicine is
the right OTC medicine for you?
Read the Drug Facts label
All OTC medicines have a Drug Facts label

40. Active Ingredients:
The parts of the medicine that make it work.
What does Drug Facts tell us about each active
ingredient ???
• Its name
• How much is in each pill or teaspoon (5 mL)
• What it does (its purpose or job)
• The problems it treats (its uses)

41. What does this medicine treat?

44. • When your body has an allergic reaction, you may
have
– Itching - Swelling
– Rash - Fainting
– Hives - Trouble breathing
• If you think you are allergic to a medicine, do not
use it.
• If you think that you or someone else is having an
allergic reaction,
– tell an adult right away.
Allergy Alert

48. CANNABIES
COCAINE

53. THE NARCOTIC DRUGS AND PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES ACT,
1985

56. DRUG IS DANGEROUS TO PATIENT ?!
P
Phenytoin induced Stevens-Johnson syndrome
(mucocutaneous reaction )

57. Non-nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase
Inhibitors
Efavirenze tabelet 200
mg induced Nodular
rash

58. Prednisolone induced oral thrush

59. Prednisolone induced MOON FACE

61. WE LEARN FROM FAILURE, NOT
FOR SUCCESS ! !
I HOPE I HAVE JUSTIFIED YOUR
TIME !!!!!!!