definition,types of advisory label

1. ADVISORY LABEL
Aswathy N S
Pharm D

2. INTRODUCTION
• An Auxiliary label or Cautionary and Advisory label (Cals) are sometimes added (with the
dispensing label) to a medicine dispensed by the pharmacist to the patient.
• Standard cautionary and advisory labels offer advice but are not exhaustive.
• The labels are not a substitute for adequate counselling by prescribers and dispensers(most
medicines are dispensed by pharmacists) but are intended to reinforce essesntial information the
patient needs to know.

3. Advisory labels on medication
• BEFORE FOOD: To be given atleast half an hour before any food, or two hours after a meal, to
ensure the absorption of the drug is not reduced or stopped by the presence of food in the stomach.
• WITH OR AFTER FOOD:the presence of food helps to reduce the chance of Sideffects such as
indigestion and protect the stomach lining from drugs that may cause ulcers.
• SWALLOW WHOLE/DO NOT CHEW: To ensure special tablet coatings are not destroyed before
swallowing.These coatings may protect the mouth/throat/stomach from ulcers or reduce the
number of times it is administered daily. Anyone chewing this formulations should be prescribed
an alternatives

4. TWO TYPES OF CALs :
 Providing advice regarding medication use.
Warning consumers about undesirable effects.

5. Recommended label wording can offer advice about
 Timing of doses in relation to food.
 Completing the course of treatment
 What has to be done if a dose is missed
 The correct storage of a medicine.
 Dissolution of the medicine in water before taking it
 Limits to the number of tablets that should be taken in a given time

6. Recommended label wording can offer warnings about
• Effects of the medicine on driving or work ( drowsiness)
• Foods or medicines that should be avoided
• Avoidance of exposure of the skin to sunlight or sun lamps
• Medicines that can discolour the urine

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