This document discusses the role of pharmacists in promoting safe and effective medication use. It notes that the 2022 theme for World Pharmacists Day aims to highlight the key role pharmacists play in protecting patient safety through improved medication use and reduced errors. Pharmacists ensure patients receive the right drug dose, at the right time, by the right route and provide other services like supplying medication information, evaluating appropriateness, improving adherence and coordinating care. The document also distinguishes between over-the-counter and prescription drugs, noting that prescription drugs require a prescription from a doctor due to being more powerful. It emphasizes that pharmacists have an important responsibility to ensure patients use medicines safely and effectively.

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By- Swadesh Vishwakarma
M.Pharm (Pharmaceutics) 1st Year
Kailash institute of Pharmacy & Management

3. Pharmacists…
 Will promote safe and effective medicines for all.
 For all means patient and normal humans need
Supplements

4.  (FIP) According to the International
Pharmaceutical Federation.
 The theme aims to highlight the key role
that pharmacists play in protecting
patient safety through improved
medicine use and reduced medication
errors.
 Pharmacists use their broad knowledge
and unique expertise to ensure that
people get the best from their medicines.

6.  Ensuring the Right Dose of the Right Drug
reaches the Right Patient at the Right Time by
the Right Route is the minimum standard by
which a pharmacist reviews every medication
order for Every Patient.

7.  Ensuring medication access.
 Supplying medication information.
 Evaluating medication appropriateness.
 Improving medication adherence.
 Providing health and wellness services.
 Performing medication management services.
 Assessing patients’ health status.
 Coordinating care transitions.

8. Over the Counter Drugs
v/s
Prescription Drugs
Medication includes over-the-counter drugs as
well as prescription drugs.

9.  Are considered safe if
warnings and directions
are follow.
 Patients can treat with
self care.
 Drugs are those
available without a
prescription.
 Are usually more powerful
then OTC drugs.
 Are prescribed to treat a
specific medical problem.
 Required prescription from
RMP.

10.  None schedule H drugs are OTC medicines.
 All Schedule H and H1 drugs are prescription
drugs.
 Why schedule H1 introduced?
 The schedule H1 drugs were mainly allocated to restrict the
selling of antibiotics through over the counter (OTC) sales,
after it was noted that any number of these drugs could be
bought from pharmacies across India without any limitations.

11.  Today more than ever pharmacists are
charged with the responsibility to ensure that
when a patient use a medicine it will not cost
harm.
 Patient and medicines should be safe
 Patient should take effective medicines.
 Pharmacists should give safe and effective
medicines.

12. God Bless…...