Pharmaceutics

Patient Advice Guider Eye - Drops   Wash Your Hands.  Do not touch the dropper opening.  Look upward.  Pull the lower eyelid down to make a 'gutter'.  Bring the dropper as close to the 'gutter' as possible without touching it or the eye.  Apply the prescribed amount of drops in the 'gutter'.  Close the eye for about two minutes. Do not shut the eye too tight.  Excess fluid can be removed with a tissue.  If more than one kind of eye-drop is used wait at least five minutes applying the next drops.  Eye-drops may cause a burning feeling but this should not last for a few minutes. If is does   Last longer consult a Doctor or pharmacist. Eye - Ointments  Wash your hands.  Do not touch anything with the tip of the tube.  Tilt the head backwards a little.  Take the tube in one hand, and pull down the lower eyelid with the other hand, to make a   'gutter'.  Br...

Cautionary and advisory labels for dispensed medicines       Numbers following the preparation entries in the BNF correspond to the code numbers of the cautionary labels that pharmacist are recommended to add when dispensing. It is also expected that pharmacists will counsel patients when necessary.     Counselling needs to be related to the age, experience, background, and understanding of the individual patient. The pharmacist should ensure that the patient understands how to take or use the medicine and how to follow the correct dosage schedule. Any effects of the medicine on driving or work, any foods or medicines to be avoided, and what to do if a dose is missed should be explained. Other matters, such as the possibility of staining of the clothes or skin by a medicine should also be mentioned.       For some preparations there is a special need for counselling, such as an unusual method or time of administrati...

Containers Used In Dispensing     The containers used in dispensing should suit the particular preparation for which it is used, and should give adequate protection. They also  should be of the correct type and of the correct size.  01.Oral liquid preparations such as the Mixtures , Draughts and emulsion  should        be dispensed in Medicinal Flats :       They are plain white bottles made of glass, with screw caps of plastic with              impervious liners.             02. External Liquid preparations such as lotions, paints, liniments, applications should be                          dispensed in coloured fluted bottles. Gargles, Mouth washes and inhalations should be                          dispensed ...

Guidelines In Dispensing of medicines  (Pharmaceutical Preparations)           As it is everything else, it is important to plan your work in dispensing of pharmaceuticals. In dispensing prescriptions, the following steps could be used with benefit to make accurate and correct preparations.           First and foremost, you have to check whether the four parts of the prescription, namely :- Superscription Inscription Subscription and The Signature or the label are there on the prescription,  ad then only a prescription is complete for the preparation.          Secondly you must go through the ingredients to find out their nature. Depending on the nature of the ingredients only the method of prescription depends. for example, when the ingredients are soluble, a simple solution will have to be made.          Thirdly the quantity of the preparation r...