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Pharmacy and Healthcare System
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SECOND YEAR DIPLOMA IN PHARMACY
Genesis Institute of Pharmacy, Radhanagari
Pharmaceutical Jurisprudence
(Subject Code: 0814)
Presentation on
PHARMACY AND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
Presented by
Miss. Shweta N. Kalebere
Lecturer, Genesis Institute of Pharmacy
2. PHARMACY AND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
•The interdependence between Pharmacy
& Medicine is there from very long time.
•During Vedic times, Medical treatment
was started with religious services in
India.
3. Ayurvedic System of Medicine
•Ayurvedic medicines begin with the ‘Atharva
Veda’ which contains a list of diseases with their
symptoms in the form of incantation.
•Ayurveda is belong to Atharva Veda.
•In Rig- Veda many medicinal herbs are
described and water is prescribed as the best
cure of most diseases.
4. •Physicians & surgeons lived in Garden
Houses and cultivated the required
medicinal plants.
That time there was no seperate
professions of Medicine & Pharmacy.
•A Physician prepared his own
medicines. Sometime the family
members of patients also were asked to
prepare the remedies from medicinal
plants.
5. •Sushruta and Charaka are the two great
names in Ayurveda.
• Charaka composed a book of information on
Ayurvedic medicines called as ‘Charaka
Samhita’.
Sushruta
6. Unani system of Medicine
• When Muslim came and ruled
India, they brought their Unani
system of medicine.
7. •Clinical practitioner
•Nurses
•Health Care Team
•Technicians Medical social workers
•Dieticians
•Pharmacists
During 18th century system of medicines were advanced and
concept of Hospital Organization came. Since then the hospital
organization is working with the aim of attaining, maintaining and
promoting the health of nation, where the services of different health
professionals are utilized such as
8. Allopathic System of Medicine
• It was introduced by the British when they ruled India.
• In those days pharmacy education was started in India to
train the professionals. Some pharmaceutical
associations were also formed.
• Tendency of specialization leads to separation of
pharmacy from medicine.
9. Role of Physician :- To diagnose
diseases and treatment through
prescriptions.
Role of Pharmacist: - To dispense
medicines according to the prescription.
10. •Later the last 5 to 6 decades, complex and potent organic
compounds are introduced as medicine.
•Being potent, these are to be administered with great care and
in standardized dosage forms like tablets, capsules and
injections etc.
•Such complex and potent dosage forms can not be dispensed
or prepared in very small scale maintaining their strength and
stability each time.
•They are to be manufactured in pharmaceutical industries with
subsequent quality control.
11. •With the developing trends in Science and Technology, pharmacist’s
responsibility is increased.
Because of such responsibility the law requires that the distribution
activity of all drugs be restricted to the pharmacist.
For the quality of the products which distributes.
To give information to the prescriber and the patients regarding the use,
side effect etc. of such drug in the interest of public health.
12. British Pharmaceutical Conference 1963
Pharmacist regarded as Drug Expert
Medical practitioner as Diagnosis and treatment.
Hence the pharmacy education is so framed
accordingly so that he gets all knowledge about the
drugs.
13. Now-a-days the dispensing pharmacy is
gradually emerging in clinical pharmacy. So,
many changes are required to be made in the
concept of pharmacy.
Pharmacist has to play an important
consultative and management role.
He should responsible for planning and
establishment of proper pharmacy services.
14. Health care system is highly influenced by the changes such as
• Economical
• Political
• Technological
Evolutionary changes in pharmacy will continue to have
impact on changing health care system.
15. International conference on primary health care
(Held in sept. 1978 at Alma Ata to achieve the goal ‘Health for all by 2000 A D.)
1. Education concerning prevailing health problems and the methods of
identifying, preventing and controlling them.
2. Promotion of food supply and proper nutrition.
3. Prevention and control of locally epidemic diseases.
4. Provision of essential drugs.
5. Appropriate treatment of common diseases.
6. Immunization against the major infections and diseases.
7. Availability of health professionals.
8. National Health Care Policy.
This report was basic required to be supplemented according to the
economic and social values of the nation and its public.
16. Role of Pharmacist in Health Care system
i. All the Pharmacists working in different fields of the
profession are directly or indirectly related to nations health.
ii. Community pharmacist and hospital pharmacists are health
professionals for the safe & effective use of drugs.
iii. Pharmacy occupies an important position in the health care
system. So the pharmacist should be well equipped with
knowledge of drugs, their handling system & legal aspects
as well as principles of quality assurance applied to
medicine product.
17. iv. With the developing trend in Science and technology as well as in potent
and synthetic drugs, pharmacist’s responsibility is increasing to give
information to the physician and the patients regarding the use, side-
effects, etc. of such drugs in the interest of public health.
v. Pharmacist is legally held responsible for the quality of product which is
manufactures and distributed.
vi. They supply medicines against prescriptions.
18. • They counsel patients at the time of dispensing prescriptions.
the pharmacists also participate in health programmes.
• They provide link between Physician & Patients.
• They are able to advice patients with minor illness.
19. The pharmacy profession of India
presently consist of
1. Academic pharmacists
2. Industrial Pharmacists
3. Hospital Pharmacist
4. Community Pharmacists
20. Pharmacist has to play important role in areas such
as:
1) Prescription adherence.
2) Storage and distribution of drugs.
3) Consultation and Management.
4) Drug choice.
5) Drug monitoring.
6) Information and education.
7) Clinical Pharmacokinetics.
8) Research and development and many other health
activities.
22. Pharmacy Council of India has reconsidered as pharmacy education
(D.Pharm) and introduced new subjects such as
•Health Education and Community Pharmacy
•Hospital and Clinical Pharmacy
