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Section 13 Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia.Damien Chanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17906743335968266912noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377111356945935139.post-24804424241382314422012-11-11T02:13:00.000+08:002012-11-11T02:13:45.433+08:00Beware Fake Drugs That Can Kill<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: justify;">PETALING JAYA: Some of the counterfeit drugs being sold in the country are dangerous and can kill, according to the Health Ministry.</span><br />
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The pharmacy enforcement division said a Bill was being drafted to increase the penalties for selling counterfeit drugs.</div>
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Division <span about="http://archives.thestar.com.my/search/?q=Mohd Hatta Ahmad" class="knx-annotation" content="Mohd Hatta Ahmad" property="foaf:name" typeof="foaf:Person" xmlns:foaf="http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/">director Mohd Hatta Ahmad</span> said that sex stimulants, painkillers and cough mixtures were among the drugs being counterfeited and sold cheaper than the genuine stuff.</div>
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The division had found that these fake products and others such as eye drops, cold preparations and ointments, were being sold in traditional medicine and sundry shops and roadside stalls, he told <i>The Star</i>.</div>
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The counterfeit products that it had seized were either manufactured locally or brought in from countries such as Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines, India and China, he said.</div>
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Mohd Hatta Ahmad warned that consuming counterfeit sexual stimulants that contain <i>sildenafil</i>, <i>tadalafil </i>and <i>verdanafil </i>or slimming agents containing <i>sibutramine </i>without proper supervision from a medical doctor or pharmacist “can lead to serious consequences”.</div>
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“These counterfeit drugs can even cause death as they may destroy the body's vital organs and are also reported to cause mental disorders.”</div>
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Mohd Hatta stressed that all pharmaceutical products must be registered with the ministry before being marketed.</div>
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Fomca <span about="http://archives.thestar.com.my/search/?q=Datuk Paul Selvaraj" class="knx-annotation" content="Datuk Paul Selvaraj" property="foaf:name" typeof="foaf:Person" xmlns:foaf="http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/">chief executive officer Datuk Paul Selvaraj</span> advised the public to buy medication only from established premises and to obtain a doctor's prescription.</div>
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“If a medicine is cheaper, be suspicious. There must be a reason why it is cheaper,” he said.</div>
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Malaysian Medical Association president <span about="http://archives.thestar.com.my/search/?q=Dr S.R. Manalan" class="knx-annotation" content="Dr S.R. Manalan" property="foaf:name" typeof="foaf:Person" xmlns:foaf="http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/">Dr S.R. Manalan</span> said the onus was on the consumer to be wary.</div>
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“As long as you buy medicine bearing the Health Ministry's registration number, there is nothing to worry about,” he said.</div>
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On the new Bill, Mohd Hatta said that it would define clearly counterfeit medicinal products and provide for penalties of up to 10 times stiffer than the current punishment.</div>
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The division's statistics indicate that the sale of counterfeit drugs is not widespread, fortunately, and mostly involves popular over-the-counter and prescription medications of particular interest such as Viagra and Cialis.</div>
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“Recent studies have revealed the prevalence of counterfeit medicines to be between 3% and 6% in the market,” Mohd Hatta said.<br />
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Damien Chanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17906743335968266912noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377111356945935139.post-54663284236467446812012-11-08T18:44:00.001+08:002012-11-08T18:44:09.493+08:00Pharmacy Club Bowling Tournament 2012<br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Token of Appreciation for the Lecturers who Participate... Thank You...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Token of Appreciation for the Ex-MSU Pharmacy Club Committee Member for the Support...</span><br />
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Damien Chanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17906743335968266912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377111356945935139.post-90797293368389330642012-11-08T18:39:00.000+08:002012-11-08T18:39:16.937+08:00Interactive Clincal Pharmacology<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Feel that the theory and concept regarding the Clincal Pharmacology (Pharmacokinetics & Pharmacodynamics) is very complicated? There is a website which present all the theory interactively. Have a look and, you may have a better understanding regarding all the complicated theory!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 17px;">The site has been designed to increase understanding of important and sometimes difficult concepts and principles in Clinical Pharmacology. It is not intended to be comprehensive for all aspects of Clinical Pharmacology teaching. It has been developed using Macromedia Flash to enable user interaction.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 17px;">The site is for any student or practitioner requiring Clinical Pharmacology knowledge, e.g. undergraduate and post-graduate students in medicine, pharmacy and pharmacology. A basic understanding of physiology and pharmacology is assumed.</span></div>
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</span>Damien Chanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17906743335968266912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377111356945935139.post-12379590921043097912012-11-08T18:08:00.000+08:002012-11-08T18:08:57.640+08:00Lecture Series - Drug Intervention in Clinical Pharmacy<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Our invited guest, Dr Mohammad Asif Khokhar from the KAAMH, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, who has been serving as a clinical pharmacist and managed outpatient pharmaceutical services has more than 20 years of experiences in clinical pharmacy. During his lecture series, he gave presentation on the topic, “Drug Interventions in Clinical Pharmacy”. He discussed on the medication errors and several types of possible interventions. Mainly, his talk was focused on three parts: the statistics of interventions, examples of some potential interventions, and examples of some bad interventions. The purpose of this lecture is to allow students as well as lecturers to gain knowledge regarding the drug interventions in clinical pharmacy through the sharing of Dr Asif experience in his specialized field. As part of the healthcare team, pharmacists play a significant role as well in ensuring that patients receive the right medication.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This lecture series has provided an opportunity for the Pharmacy students to gain knowledge on drugs interventions and medication errors in the clinical pharmacy. As a professional pharmacist, our mission is to provide the right drug to the right patient in the right frequency and right dose as well as the right route of administration. We, pharmacists play an important role in providing the proper medication and quality health care services to the community.</span><br />
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<br />Damien Chanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17906743335968266912noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377111356945935139.post-6252219098358239862012-09-13T00:20:00.000+08:002012-09-13T00:20:15.218+08:00An Aspirin a Day Lowers Cancer Mortality, New Data Confirm<br />
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August 10, 2012 — Results from a new study support the daily use aspirin to help prevent death from cancer.</div>
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However, questions remain about the size of the potential benefit, lead author Eric J. Jacobs, MD, from the American Cancer Society (ACS) in Atlanta, Georgia, told <em>Medscape Medical News</em>.</div>
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"We were prompted to do the study because a recent analysis pooling results from existing randomized trials of daily aspirin for the prevention of vascular events found an estimated 37% reduction in cancer mortality among those using aspirin for 5 years or more [<em>Lancet</em>. 2012;379:1602–1612]," Dr. Jacobs said.</div>
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"But uncertainty remains about how much daily aspirin use may lower cancer mortality. The size of this pooled analysis was limited, and 2 very large randomized trials of aspirin taken every other day found no effect on overall cancer mortality," he explained.</div>
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To clarify how much daily aspirin use might lower the risk for fatal cancer, Dr. Jacobs and his colleagues analyzed information from 100,139 predominantly elderly participants in the Cancer Prevention Study II Nutrition Cohort who reported using aspirin on questionnaires.</div>
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The study was <a href="http://jnci.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2012/08/10/jnci.djs318.abstract" style="color: #5757a6; text-decoration: initial;" target="_blank">published online</a> August 10 in the <em>Journal of the National Cancer Institute</em>.</div>
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The participants, who did not have cancer at the start of the study, were followed for up to 11 years.</div>
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The researchers found that daily aspirin use was associated with an estimated 16% lower overall risk for cancer mortality, both among people who reported taking aspirin daily for at least 5 years and among those who reported shorter-term daily use.</div>
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The reduction in overall cancer mortality was driven by a decrease of about 40% for cancers of the gastrointestinal tract (such as esophageal, stomach, and colorectal cancer) and a decrease of about 12% for cancers outside the gastrointestinal tract.</div>
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<b>Too Soon to Recommend Aspirin to Prevent Cancer</b></div>
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"Although recent evidence about aspirin use and cancer is encouraging, it is still premature to recommend that people start taking aspirin specifically to prevent cancer," Dr. Jacobs said.</div>
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"Even low-dose aspirin can substantially increase the risk of serious gastrointestinal bleeding. Decisions about aspirin use should be made by balancing the risks against the benefits in the context of each individual's medical history, and any decision should be made only in consultation with a healthcare professional," he explained.</div>
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He added that expert committees developing clinical guidelines will consider the totality of the evidence on risks and benefits when guidelines for aspirin use are updated.</div>
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"I hope this study and other recent promising research about aspirin will lead to studies that look very carefully at daily aspirin use over long periods of time to more clearly understand aspirin's effects on specific cancers," Dr. Jacobs said.</div>
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In an <a href="http://jnci.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2012/08/10/jnci.djs338.extract" style="color: #5757a6; text-decoration: initial;" target="_blank">accompanying editorial</a>, John A. Baron, MD, from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine in Chapel Hill, writes that "overall, the well-conducted ACS study is an echo of other data on aspirin and cancer mortality, not a resounding confirmation."</div>
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The "big picture" on aspirin use and cancer is "very positive," he noted. "The drug clearly reduces the incidence and mortality from luminal gastrointestinal cancers, and it may similarly affect other cancers. This is exciting: simply taking a pill can prevent cancer incidence and cancer death."</div>
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However, like Dr. Jacobs, Dr. Baron urges caution with regard to the widespread recommendation to use aspirin to prevent cancer.</div>
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Just because aspirin is effective "does not mean it necessarily should be used. Aspirin is a real drug, with definite toxicity. As for any preventive intervention, the benefits must be balanced against the risks, particularly when the benefits are delayed whereas the risks are not," he writes.</div>
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<em>Dr. Jacobs has disclosed no relevant financial relationships. Dr. Baron reports being a consultant to Bayer, and holding a use patent for the chemopreventative use of aspirin, currently not licensed.</em></div>
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<em>J Natl Cancer Inst</em>. Published online August 10, 2012. <a href="http://jnci.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2012/08/10/jnci.djs318.abstract" style="color: #5757a6; text-decoration: initial;" target="_blank">Abstract</a>, <a href="http://jnci.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2012/08/10/jnci.djs338.extract" style="color: #5757a6; text-decoration: initial;" target="_blank">Editorial</a></div>
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diabetes can lead to blindness, heart attack, stroke and its incidence has
tripled in the last ten years — there's a new case diagnosed every seven
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So it
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Our
reporter, Dr Andrew Rochford, is going to put a commonly held belief about
diabetes to the test. Andrew is going to over indulge his sweet tooth — and
it's all in the name of medical research.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Sugar is
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But what we want to know is can too much sugar in your diet actually cause
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">>Essentially,
diabetes is related to elevated blood sugar levels, so the logic goes, eat more
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Professor Maarten Kamp is a diabetes expert at the Gold Coast hospital:
"Currently more than 1.2 million Aussies have diabetes and only half of
those are diagnosed, so half the people with diabetes are unaware of it.
There's a further two million or so people who are at risk of developing
diabetes, having a condition we call pre-diabetes."</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">It's
forecast that by 2010, 1.8 million Australians will have diabetes. That will
put them at risk of heart disease, strokes, kidney failure, blindness, nerve
damage and a whole host of other nasties.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Here's
how diabetes happens:</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">To get
the energy we need to survive, our body converts some of the food we eat into
sugars, also known as glucose. At the same time, our pancreas is creating a
hormone called insulin, which acts like a key, binding to cells and allowing
them to absorb that glucose. But people with diabetes don't produce enough
insulin, or that insulin doesn't work properly, so it's like they've lost the
key — the cell door stays locked and the glucose stays in your blood.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">"And
that means that whilst there is plenty of glucose in the blood, too much
glucose, and that's what's damaging, and isn't getting into the cells properly
where it's needed to provide energy for the body," says Professor Kamp.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Andrew
also needs to declare a personal interest: "My dad has diabetes and we've
had some scary times with this illness. Diabetics have to keep a careful
balance between insulin and glucose in his body. So my dad has to inject
insulin four times a day. If he gets the balance wrong, then he can fall into a
coma — called a hypo."</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Unfortunately
the diabetes has put a lot of strain on my wife and children particularly when
I have hypos in the middle of the night and four and five-year-old kids see
their father being carted down the stairs by ambulance men. Andrew
unfortunately has seen that on a couple of occasions and I'm sure he's not too
happy about it," says Michael Rochford.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Fortunately
those attacks, which can be fatal, are rare.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">There are
two types of diabetes, Andrew's dad is a Type 1:</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">"Type
1 diabetes is predominantly caused by being at risk with having inherited genes
that place people at risk and we think it's then set off by particular types of
infections. It's not absolutely clear what causes Type 1 diabetes," says
Professor Kamp.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">But most
people with diabetes, nearly 90 percent of sufferers are Type 2.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">"Type
2 diabetes again people have a predisposition to it, genetic predisposition,
but it largely develops as a result of overweight, inactivity, over-nutrition
that we see in our society nowadays," says the Professor.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Type 2
diabetes usually starts around age 45, but a recent report showed children in
Australia are now suffering from the disease.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Which
brings us back to our test…</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">First
Andrew has his normal insulin and glucose levels recorded through a blood test.
Then comes the good part — a pig-out in a lolly shop.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Andrew:
"It's a tough gig, but I'm up to the challenge … If a sugar overdose can
cause diabetes, all this lot ought to do the trick … Finally a test I can enjoy
— guilt-free."</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">It sounds
logical — the more you eat, the higher the levels, so after Andrew has binged
for 24 hours he heads off to have his blood sugar levels tested again.
Remember, the body absorbs sugar, by producing insulin, which unlocks the cell
doors. A non-diabetic person produces enough insulin to cope with as much
glucose as we throw at it, and keep the blood sugar normal.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So what
do Andrew's results say?</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">"Now
on the day when I had the high sugar diet — the diet we should all avoid — my
blood sugar stayed the same, which you'd expect from someone without diabetes.
But my insulin level was through the roof, my pancreas was working overtime to
try and maintain my blood sugar at that level," says Andrew.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">But his
system did cope — despite the binge, his blood sugar level stayed normal, and
that means eating sugar is not a direct cause of diabetes.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">But if
Andrew kept that high-sugar diet up, he could develop insulin resistance and
he'd certainly put on weight, which is a major problem.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">"Obesity
is a very important factor in contributing to diabetes it's certainly the main
factor that's contributing to the epidemic of <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">diabetes
that we have," says Professor Kamp.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So how do
you know if you have diabetes?</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Some of
the symptoms include:</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">If you
are diabetic or at risk of it, diet is one area you can really take control of
to improve your situation.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">>Chef
Peter Howard has done just that. Food is Peter's passion, but as he himself
admits, he loved it just a bit too much: "Always eating, always drinking,
not really caring what I was eating and not really caring what I was drinking
just as long it was a lot of both."</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">But all
that's changed since he was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Diabetes
can't be cured but Peter is controlling his condition with diet and exercise —
so far he doesn't need insulin shots. He now walks every day and does weights
and crunches and he's lost 15 kilos.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">What did
Peter have to cut out of his diet?</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">"Mostly
fats, I loved deep fried things so the fats had to go. Sugars … I loved sweet
things, absolutely loved sweet things, just adored them so they just had to go
and I think actually the amount was the thing as well, and the constancy. So
now I do eat very, very well and I eat a lot, but I eat a lot of really good
food and what I'm always looking for is food that's high in fibre."</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">He's so
passionate about living better, Peter's even brought out his own cookbook with
recipes for good health.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The plain
truth is we're sitting on an obesity time bomb that could explode into a
massive diabetes epidemic. But we can change the future by changing how we eat
right now.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So there
are many causes of diabetes but we're happy to report that sugar isn't one of
them. But does that mean you can stay in a lolly shop and gorge yourself? No,
because if you eat too much sugar then you'll put on weight and obesity is a
risk factor.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So all
the fun aside, diabetes isn't a laughing matter — you can protect yourself with
a healthy diet and regular exercise and if diabetes runs in the family or you
have any concerns go and see your doctor.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Why do people normally inject insulin instead of taking a pill?
Because if they swallowed it, digestive enzymes would destroy it before the
body could use it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 15.9pt;">Source: </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 21.200000762939453px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">http://health.ninemsn.com.au/whatsgoodforyou/theshow/694040/can-too-much-sugar-cause-diabetes</span></span></div>
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Damien Chanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17906743335968266912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377111356945935139.post-90916544692848154972012-09-11T01:20:00.000+08:002012-09-11T01:20:10.894+08:00Pharmacist Seek RM5 Per Visit <br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">With reference to the report
entitled “Pharmacists seek RM5 per visit” (New Straits Times, 28 July 2012), the
Ministry of Health is cognizan</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">t
of the integral role played by pharmacists in the provision of healthcare in
this country. Previously, pharmacists were mainly involved in the
manufacturing, quality control and supply of medicines. Today, this has changed
and pharmacists are actively involved in patient focused services and it is not
uncommon for community pharmacists to provide services such as advice on the
management of minor ailments, medication counselling, smoking cessation and
weight management programs.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In most countries, pharmacists are paid a
professional fee based on the services provided and the types of drugs
dispensed. Currently, there is no standardised fee schedule in Malaysia for
pharmacists unlike for doctors and dentists. For this to happen, there are
several things which need to be put in place such as a fair drug pricing
system, standardisation of service provision and a monitoring system by the
government and the professional body itself.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Accreditation of community pharmacies against
benchmarking standards has already been initiated through collaboration between
the Ministry of Health, the Malaysian Pharmaceutical Society and the Malaysian
Society for Quality in Health to ensure that they consistently deliver a high
standard of care. The Ministry is also in the process of developing a medicines
pricing system through which there will be uniformity in medicine charges. The
introduction of mandatory continuing professional education will also help to
ensure that practising pharmacists are equipped with up-to-date knowledge and
that they provide the best standards of care to their clients.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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public is not burdened when they seek professional help at the pharmacy and any
form of remuneration is in line with fair medicines pricing and the provision
of quality pharmaceutical services.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Damien Chanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17906743335968266912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377111356945935139.post-91474204213181772682012-08-28T02:17:00.001+08:002012-08-28T04:25:26.673+08:00Pharmacy Club T-Shirt Design Competition<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Damien Chanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17906743335968266912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377111356945935139.post-47876802334360674622011-11-15T11:39:00.001+08:002012-08-28T19:43:41.144+08:00Home Medication Review (HMR)<div style="text-align: justify;">
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Duration; 14th November 2011</div>
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At 14th of November which is Monday, I followed the pharmacist in charge, Mr. Chan Chee Meng (U44) for the home medication review program. We went to the psychiatric ward located outside HTAR which is at Jalan Pegawai, Klang where the Klang Health Clinic and Klang Dental Clinic located about 10am. We were accompanied by a staff nurse Pn. Dermia, a medical assistant En. Amri, and a driver Mr. Kumar. In this program, we will go to the patient’s home to check for his/her compliance towards medicine and their progress. However, some patients went out when we did the visit. Mr. Chan said that they will contact the patients to notify them the next visit to their house. Some patients which are in critical condition will be given Clopixol Depot® 200mg/ml Inj. (Zuclopenthixol Decanoate) intramuscularly by the nurse or medical assistant. Among all the 12 patients visits, I found an interesting case of patient A which her mother complained the patient wake up very late in the morning because she sleep about 2am, and she would’t be able to move her body up after wake up from the sleep. After Mr. Chan checked the medicine dosage while the medical assistant checked the blood pressure and heart of the patient, they discussed with the doctor on phone to change the dosage of clozapine tablet 100mg OM and 500mg ON to 200mg OM and 400mg ON. Propanolol dosage reduced from 20mg BD to 20mg ON. The dosage of fluoxetine remains 60mg. Some patient’s family members really thanked us because patients developing positive progress on their mental health. We ended our visit about 2pm. Then, I followed Mr. Chan to his office and I started to ask him several questions. Next page is the explanation about Home Medication Review (HMR).</div>
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Home Medication Review (HMR) is a patient-focused process which advocates the optimal and quality use of medication at the patient’s home. It involves systematic assessment of the patient’s medication in order to identify and meet the medication-related needs as well as to identify, resolve and prevent drug related problems.</div>
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This service is a continuation of patient’s care from health facilities to their home. It is a comprehensive activity which involves clarification of the indication for use and administration details of all prescription and non-prescription medicines (including nutritional supplements, vitamins, herbal/complementary medicine and other remedies) with access to medication storage.</div>
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Pharmacist as one of the important service providers in the health care system, are responsible for provision of information and advising patient or (care giver) regarding medications and therapeutic devices. They play a major role in monitoring and advocating patient’s awareness about safety, appropriate and quality use of medications and encourage compliance, in order to optimize therapeutic outcomes.</div>
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Objectives</div>
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Primary Objective</div>
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The objective of HMR is to improve health outcomes and quality of life of the patient by emphasizing the Quality Use of Medication, which is appropriate, safe, judicious and efficacious. The pharmacist works with the patient, doctors and other health care providers to evaluate medication related information as well as identifying, preventing and optimizing health outcomes. The best outcome of HMR is achieved by reconciling all medication related information including Prescription and Over the Counter (OTC) medicines, traditional medicines, health supplements as well as therapeutic devices and aids. </div>
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• To monitor patients’ adherence towards medications especially patient suffering from chronic illness.</div>
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• To educate patients and their care givers pertaining to the importance of medication adherence and to address other medication related issues such as side effects and adverse drug reaction </div>
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• To ensure the right medication and the right amount are stored properly at patient’s home. </div>
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• To identify and resolve possible drug interaction involving all medicines involving all medicines including prescribed medicine, over the counter (OTC) medications, traditional as well as health supplements.</div>
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• To counsel patients and their care givers in order to improve their insight towards medication and overall well being.</div>
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• To facilitate a cooperative working relationship between the pharmacist and other members of the health care team in order to benefit the well being of the patient,</div>
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• To facilitate care givers involvement in the management of patient’s illness</div>
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Scope of Service</div>
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The HMR service is to be extended to patients who are currently seeking treatment in Ministry of Health Hospitals ans Community Health Clinics only.</div>
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All appointments for HMR should be conducted by a qualified pharmacist. The HMR Pharmacist may accompany other health care team members if needed.</div>
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Appointment</div>
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Appointments or the number of visits for patients under the HMR program will be determined by the Pharmacist conducting the HMR.</div>
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Procedures</div>
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Patient Inclusion Citeria </div>
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The need of HMR lies on the treating doctor but any member of the health care team may trigger a potential need for HMR.</div>
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The citeria which may be used to determine the need of HMR are as follows:</div>
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• Patient suffering from chronic illness and taking five or more medications for long term therapy.</div>
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• Patients who are taking more than 12 doses of medications daily.</div>
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• Patients suspected of non-adherence or not managing well with medication-related therapeutic devices (such as inhalers or insulin pen).</div>
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• Patients who are managing their own medication but at risk due to language difficulties, impaired insight, confusion/dementia or any other cognitive difficulties such as psychiatric and geriatric patients.</div>
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• Patients who are taking medications with narrow therapeutic index or requiring therapeutic drug monitoring such as warfarin, phenytoin,digoxin etc.</div>
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• Patients who are recently discharged from hospital with significant change in medication regimen.</div>
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• Patients who have defaulted treatment or fail to refill their medication especially for chronic illness.</div>
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• Patients attending number of different doctors from the same health facility or receiving treatment from multiple health facilities.</div>
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• Symptoms requiring pharmaceutical intervention such as occurrence of adverse drug reaction or sub therapeutic response toward treatment.</div>
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• Patients who are not Malaysian citizens.</div>
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• Patients who are homeless.</div>
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• Patients who are aggressive.</div>
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• Patient’s family who signed the consent form regarding unwillingness to join HMR.</div>
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• HMR pharmacist need approval from Head of Department- official letter</div>
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• All HMR visits should be conducted after obtaining consent for visit from patient/care giver.</div>
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• Risk assessment should be done by the HMR pharmacist prior to visit, especially if the home visit is not to be conducted along with the community home care team.</div>
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ENROLLMENT OF PATIENTS FOR HMR</div>
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Pharmacist select HMR patients from the referral form from doctor. Then obtain consent from patient/caregiver to participate by filling up the consent form. Risk assessment applicable if HMR done by pharmacist alone.</div>
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Make appointment with the patient/caregiver. Note down the appointment in HMR Appointment Record. Then prepare medication identification chart based on the patient case record. Then ensure all procedures in the checklist are adhered.</div>
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1. Introduce yourself and explain the purpose of the visit to the patient/care giver.</div>
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2. Initial assessment by HMR pharmacist.</div>
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3. Medication Adherence Evaluation using Modified Morisky Medication Adherence Scale.</div>
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4. Pharmacotherapy review</div>
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a) Identify pharmaceutical care issues</div>
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b) Plan interventions to address all the identified drug related problems</div>
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c) Discuss with the doctor pertaining to any change of regimen or other suggested intervention. To alert patient to come for follow up visit in clinic if needed.</div>
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5. Remind patient to attend the clinic on the appointment date with the doctor.</div>
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6. Distribute related pamphlets/leaflets to patient/care giver.</div>
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7. Remind patient/care giver to bring all the balance medication on next appointment with the doctor and return to pharmacy unit to get new supply based on new prescription.</div>
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8. Follow up visit will be held upon another referral from prescriber or when deemed appropriate by the HMR pharmacist.</div>
saranhaeyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17443030439494774428noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377111356945935139.post-7109278703136434902011-10-07T22:03:00.002+08:002011-10-07T22:06:17.232+08:00Only 1 year Compulsory ServiceFor BPharm student, except JPA student...now the govt is reducing the service period from 1+3 to 1+1. Good or bad?saranhaeyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17443030439494774428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377111356945935139.post-88143992627644517932011-06-14T17:47:00.002+08:002011-06-14T17:55:40.535+08:00SOPHow are you readers? Hope everything is fine. Good luck for the final examination for February 2011 session. I would like to share what is SOP today. SOP stands for standard operating procedures. SOPs are detailed written instructions to achieve uniformity of the performance of a specific function. <br /> <br /><br />Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) help maximum safety and operational efficiency for these kind of organisations:<br />- Pharmaceutical organizations<br />- Government organizations<br />- Emergency response operations<br />- Clinical research organizations<br />- Power producing organizations<br /><br />A standard operating procedure (SOP) is a set of step by step written instruction on how to do the certain task. All important tasks performed in a compounding pharmacy should be covered by SOPs and documentation. SOPs can act as effective catalysts to drive performance-improvement and improve organizational results.<br />SOPs should be developed for:<br /> facility maintenance<br /> equipment calibration and maintenance<br /> personnel training and validation<br /> and the preparation, packaging and storage of compounded items<br />SOPs should also include sign-off or log sheets to document that the SOPs have been followed. <br />PURPOSE<br />SOPs can assure that:<br /> Supplies and chemicals are received, inventoried, compliant with compounding standards, stored properly and disposed off correctly<br /> The equipment is properly maintained and calibrated<br /> All procedures and tasks are performed consistently and documented<br /><br />A well-written SOP can be used to satisfy compliance requirements. SOPs are recommended for all procedures that pose a potential risk to the health and safety of personnel.<br /><br />Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) lets you operationalize documents such as plans, regulation, compliance, and policies. SOPs distil requirements contained in these documents into a format that can be used by staff members in their work environment.<br /><br />Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) should be tranfered without every modification to insure the expected results. Every modification or divergence of a given standard, the Procedure should being served, while an investigation and results of the investigation documented according to the internal divergence procedure. All high-class processes and procedures should be put on in a Standard Operating Procedure.<br /><br />This Standard Operating Procedure should be the base for the everyday training programme of every employee. The Standard Operating Procedure should be often updated to insure of obedience to the realisation conditions and the working practise.<br /><br />A minimum review list of 3 years is recommended. Changes of the Standard Operating Procedure are activated generally by the process or the procedure changes or the adaptations. These changes should be led by the internal site controlling procedure. A part of the activity list of such changes should be to update the coherent standard operating procedure. Standard operating procedure should be in the place for all high-class systems plus the specific operational activities on the side.<br /><br />The structure of a the Procedure System and the sum of all SOPs should be considered carefully. Too many standard operating procedure could lead to a breakdown of the SOP Sstem.<br /><br /><br /><br />there is a documentary film which shared the same title<br /><br />http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0896866/<br /><br /><br />SOP plays a vital role in our life. Imagine what is the life going to be without them. Hope you will get knowledge from this article.saranhaeyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17443030439494774428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377111356945935139.post-72248661672005391312011-02-24T15:00:00.000+08:002012-08-28T19:56:14.122+08:00Coca-Cola and Pepsi Soft Drink Ingredient Can Cause Cancer<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Coca-Cola and Pepsi deny their soft drinks cause cancer, but studies show that the caramel coloring ingredient used in Coca-Cola and Pepsi can cause cancer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A widely consumed beverage, colas are known for their dark colors and fizzy taste. New revelations point to a hidden danger in those colas, that many consumers are unaware of. On February 22, 2011, Michael F. Jacobson, Ph.D and Executive Director for the Center for Science in the Public Interest, CSPI, appeared in the Huffington Post with accusations against both Coca-Cola and Pepsi soda drinks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Caramel food colorings are used in many dark beverages and some beers to give a darker and "caramelized" color to the product. As Jacobsen reports, there are four different types of caramel coloring that are used as additives in certain beverages.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The first caramel coloring is simply made by melting and browning sugar, thus creating a caramel color. However, the other three methods of producing a caramel color involves reacting sugar with other chemical compounds. Caramel coloring can be achieved when reacting sugar with sulfites, sugar with ammonium compounds, or, in Coca-Cola and Pepsi's case, reacting sugar with both ammonium and sulfite compounds. Coloring made from the last recipe is also called "Caramel IV" or "ammonia-sulfite process caramel."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">When sugars are reacted with ammonia, byproducts such as 2-methylimidazole and 4-methylimidazole are able to form.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">4-Methylimadazole has shown to be harmful to health and is capable of causing cancer. The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment has provided notice of intent to list 4-Methylimadazole as a chemical that can cause cancer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The National Toxicology Program reports that a study involving rats and mice yielded mixed results when it came to ingesting 4-methylimidazole. Male rats who were exposed to the chemical showed no evidence that it caused cancer. However, female rats showed equivocal evidence of Monoluclear cell leukemia. The studies involving mice showed that both the male and female mice displayed clear evidence that 4-methylimidazole caused carcinogenic activity.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">On January 7, 2011, The State of California put 4-Methylimadazole on the list of Proposition 65, which contains chemicals known to cause cancer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The CSPI is asking the U.S Food and Drug Administration, FDA, to ban certain caramel colorings that are used in darker colored beverages. Those colorings that use sugar reacted with ammonia are the ones that produce the byproducts 2-methylimidazole and 4-methylimidazole and are the ones that the CSPI are asking the FDA to ban.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Opposing the CSPI's accusations, the American Beverage Association, ABE, has denied the dangers of the byproduct 4-Methylimadazole, 4-MEI, and indicates that there is no threat whatsoever to human health. The ABE further states that the CSPI is trying to scare the general public and that there is no proof that 4-MEI causes cancer in humans.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The concern was great enough for the State of California however, and the addition of 4-Methylimidazole to Proposition 65 was effective as of January 7, 2011.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The American Beverage Association further backs up their denial that 4-MEI causes cancer, by stating that " ...people have been safely drinking colas for more than a century....".</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Human studies have not yet been concluded to determine if 4-MEI causes cancer in humans and whether or not individuals who consumer dark-colored beverages have a higher instance of cancer than those who do not consumer dark-colored beverages.</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.suite101.com/content/coca-cola-and-pepsi-soft-drink-ingredient-can-cause-cancer-a351495"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">http://www.suite101.com/content/coca-cola-and-pepsi-soft-drink-ingredient-can-cause-cancer-a351495</span></a></div>
Ibrahim Abdullahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06535896458612115336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377111356945935139.post-540738418985360972011-02-22T21:13:00.004+08:002012-10-04T20:55:24.774+08:00Industrial Visit to CCM Duopharma Biotech Bhd<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjQY6A3DvUFZQwbpIkc5Ec86pTT-Ew_ROiZ3b8tari68C6qVIoEHm31i6qS9cA8IqmVu0B6oKaaPrNqlZvh8ohyphenhyphenFApKpdhTHE6dPotzjLYkNjNA_g_rr0phVfoFXyt7bWPhyhSOZzdCWRT/s1600/100_1463.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576516778491654018" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjQY6A3DvUFZQwbpIkc5Ec86pTT-Ew_ROiZ3b8tari68C6qVIoEHm31i6qS9cA8IqmVu0B6oKaaPrNqlZvh8ohyphenhyphenFApKpdhTHE6dPotzjLYkNjNA_g_rr0phVfoFXyt7bWPhyhSOZzdCWRT/s400/100_1463.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">School of Pharmacy had an industrial visit to CCM Duopharma Biotech Berhad which is the 1st pharmaceutical company producing generic drugs in Malaysia. The visit was held at 21st of February 2011 which falls on Monday scheduled at 2pm. The industrial visit idea was generated from the project manager, Chua Pei Yong.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Target student is 20 students accompanied by the Head of Department Mr. Mohd Fadli, lecturers Mr. Mohd Nizam and Dr. Jiyauddin Khan. The group was greeted warmly by the representative of CCM Duopharma, Puan Nurhariati and Mr Affandi. An interesting presentation basically on CCM Duopharma was given to the students about the generic products production at our country. They even launching for refilling human vaccines five years later and the first south east Asia who got this contract signed. Q and A session was interesting because the students were curious about the job opportunites in pharmaceutical industries.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">They offered some refreshments and we had a rest before they bought us touring around the company. Firstly, we were bought to the water treatment system. According to Mr. Satish which was the person in-charge for water treatment system, the water plays vital roles for providing the desired quality of pharmaceutical products. The water treatment were using reverse osmosis (RO) system. After that, we are brought to the production department while can observed the making of pharmaceutical products such as tablets in a sterilized conditions with HEPA filters at box.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Then, we proceed to the warehouse department and we got to know how the pharmaceutical products being stored and its precautions. After that, we proceed to QC and QA department which was the last part of the trip. This is an open mind and informative industrial visit for the students. Hope the School of Pharmacy will organize this meaningful event again.</span></div>
saranhaeyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17443030439494774428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377111356945935139.post-52412393284103593272011-02-18T18:47:00.009+08:002012-08-28T19:58:41.598+08:00NATIONAL PHARMACY SPORT CARNIVAL 2011@ PENANG<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Good day bloggers. First of all, do forgive me because under circumstances, i am not able to post this report as early as i expected. However, here is the report regarding one of our biggest event for 2011. :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The history of National Pharmacy Sport Carnival (NPSC) started from February 2008 was organized by School of Pharmacy, University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus (UNMC) and continued with second NPSC was organized by Faculty of Pharmacy from UiTM Shah Alam as well as the third NPSC 2011 was organized by School of Pharmacy, Management and Science University (MSU)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">For this year, University Sains Malaysia had been honoured to be the host for 4th NPSC 2011. This event was held on 29th till 30th January 2010. The universities involved were University Malaya (UM), University Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), International Islamic Univeristy of Malaysia (IIUM), University Teknology Mara (UiTM), Management and Science University (MSU), Masterskill College of Nursing and Health, Cyberjaya University (CUCMS), AIMST University and University Sains Malaysia (USM) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Our team reached USM Penang on Friday evening and received a warm welcome from the organizer. The event start on Saturday, 29th January with modern games which were netball, basketball, volleyball, tennis, futsal, ping pong and takraw as well as badminton. We able to have representatives for the modern games except for volleyball, takraw and basketball. All the games ended early than expected which gave advantages to all players as they can have a good rest and pull their strength for the next day. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">On Sunday, 30th January, the traditional games started which included batu seremban, upih pinang, tuju kasut and taril tali as well as galah panjang. The closing ceremony placed at Dewan Utama Desasiswa. NPSC 2011 had been officiate by YB. Prof. Dato' Omar Osman, Vice Chancellor, Hal Ehwal & Pembangunan Pelajar USM and also attended by Prof. Syed Azhar Syed Sulaiman, Dean School of Pharmaceutical Sciences USM. </span></div>
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<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Galah Panjang Perempuan<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>: first place was UiTM</span></li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Tuju Kasut Perempuan<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span>: first place was UM</span></li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Upih Pinang Perempuan<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span>: first place was USM A</span></li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Men single<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span>: first place was MSU, second place was UIA<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> </span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Women single<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span>: first place was UM, second place was UiTM<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> </span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Men Double<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span>: first place was UIA, second place was CUCMS<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> </span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Women Double<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span>: first place was UM, second place was MSU</span></li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>Men single<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>: first place was UM, second place was UIA <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>Women single<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span>: first place was USM A , second place was USM </span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">USM A with 4 golds, 2 silvers and 2 bronzes</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">UM with 3 golds, 1 silver and 3 bronzes</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">AIMST with 2 golds</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">UiTM with 1 gold, 3 silvers and 1 bronze</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">CUCMS with 1 gold, 3 silver and 1 bronze</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">MSU with 1 gold and 1 silver</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">UKM with 1 gold and 1 bronze</span></li>
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Atien Dyanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18183038066313151969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377111356945935139.post-8549684276477833182011-02-14T19:54:00.003+08:002012-10-04T20:55:31.700+08:00Industrial VisitMSU School of Pharmacy will have its 1st Industrial Visit to CCM Dupoharma and Beryl's Choclate at 21st February. So far, Beryl's have approved and waiting for reply from CCM..pray that CCM will provide positive feedbacksaranhaeyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17443030439494774428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377111356945935139.post-58729009503619933102011-02-14T19:52:00.000+08:002012-08-28T20:16:53.134+08:00Final Exam Nov 2011 Long Sem Draft<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Please be informed that MSU, Final Examination Timetable for November 2011 session (DRAFT) is now available for download.</span></div>
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saranhaeyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17443030439494774428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377111356945935139.post-68436177991461787602011-01-05T22:59:00.000+08:002012-08-28T19:58:09.397+08:00MSU Graduate Research Assistantships<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It is my pleasure to announce the availability of the following research positions at MSU which were recently approved by Dato President. These are:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">(1) MSU GRA (Graduate Research Assistantships)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">(2) Mohd Shukri Yajid Research Fellowships (MSYRF) - similar to "Post Doc" position.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">MSU GRA: suitable for RECENT graduates from any local IPTA & IPTS or overseas with a basic allowance of RM 1,500 per month to assist MSU Professors in their research activities which lead to MSc or PhD.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">MSYRF: suitable for RECENT PhD graduates from foreign countries with a basic allowance of RM 36,000 per year + accomodation + annual air return ticket to assist MSU Professors in their research activities.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Please circulate this information to all your acquaintances in Malaysia and around the world. More detailed information about these research positions is available on MSU website. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">WasSalam. Thank you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Management & Science University (MSU)</span></div>
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Ibrahim Abdullahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06535896458612115336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377111356945935139.post-83911222284442754732011-01-03T20:20:00.003+08:002011-01-03T20:33:47.574+08:00Clinical PharmacyHello readers, how have you been recently?? <br /><br />I am going to encounter my mid semester paper in one more weeks, lazy to prepare myself as this is my last theory semester.<br /><br />One of the subject I encountered this semester is Pharmacy Practice 3 which mainly focuses on Clinical Pharmacy.<br /><br /><br />Pharmacy??? Clinical???? <br /><br />Is it a pharmacy in a clinic???<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">NO</span><br /><br /><br />Clinical pharmacy is a field where the health care providers teamed up with the pharmacist and pharmaconomist to promote cost efectiveness and the correct usage of the medicines. <br /><br />how is it different from pharmacy??<br /><br /><br />pharmacy is a WIDE field focusing not only pharmaceutical care, but involving pharmaceutics, organic synthesis and pharmacology as well as pharmacognosy.<br /><br />clinical pharmacy focuses on the treatment for pateints in terms of cost, adverse drug reactions, route of administration,patterns of usage,population of patients, pharmacotherapeutics and also pharmacoeconomics. <br /><br />clinical pharmacy mostly found in hospital setting, but the term 'clinical' does not imply that clinical pharmacy needed to be practice at hospital pharmacy only. they also provides advices and counselling services.<br /><br /><br /> In some states, clinical pharmacists are given prescriptive authority under protocol with a medical provider (i.e., MD or DO), and their scope of practice is constantly evolving. In the United Kingdom clinical pharmacists are given independent prescriptive authority.<br /><br /><br />Basic components of clinical pharmacy practice<br />*Prescribing drugs <br />*Administering drugs<br />*Documenting professional services<br />*Reviewing drug use<br />*Communication<br />*Counseling<br />*Consulting<br />*Preventing Medication Errors<br /><br /><br />Scope of clinical pharmacy:<br />+Drug Information<br />+Drug Utilization<br />+Drug Evaluation and Selection<br />+Medication Therapy Management<br />+Formal Education and Training Program<br />+Disease State Management<br />+Application of Electronic Data Processing (EDP)<br /><br />Activities of Clinical Pharmacists<br />The principle activities of a clinical pharmacist include: <br /><br />Consulting <br />Analysing therapies, advising health care practitioners on the correctness of drug therapy and providing pharmaceutical care to patients both at hospital and at community level. <br /><br />Selection of drugs <br />Defining "drug formularies" or "limited lists of drugs" in collaboration with hospital doctors, general practitioners and decision makers. <br /><br />Drug information <br />Seeking information and critically evaluating scientific literature; organising information services for both the health care practitioners and the patients. <br /><br />Formulation and preparation <br />Formulation and preparation of medicinal products and devices according to acceptable standards to meet specific patients' needs. <br /><br />Drug use studies and research <br />Drug use studies/ pharmacoepidemiology/ outcome research/ pharmacovigilance and vigilance in medicinal devices: collecting data on drug therapies, their costs and patient outcome through structured and scientific methods. <br /><br />Pharmacokinetics/ therapeutic drug monitoring <br />Studying the kinetics of drugs and optimising the dosage. <br /><br />Clinical Trials <br />Planning, evaluating and participating in clinical trials. <br /><br />Pharmacoeconomy <br />Using the results of clinical trials and outcome studies to determine cost- effectiveness evaluations. <br /><br />Dispensation & Administration <br />Dispensing and administration of medicinal products and devices: studying and developing systems for the dispensing and administration of medicinal products and devices that can guarantee a higher security in administration, a reduction of expenditure and a reduction in medication errors. <br /><br />Teaching & Training <br />Pre- and post-graduate teaching and activities to provide training and education programmes for pharmacists and other health care practitioners.<br /><br /><br />Clinical pharmacy, anyone????saranhaeyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17443030439494774428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377111356945935139.post-68540320059306542772011-01-02T16:31:00.000+08:002012-08-28T20:17:18.047+08:00Long Sem Draft Timetable Mid Sem Exam Nov 2010<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Please be informed that MSU, MID EXAMINATION TIMETABLE (DRAFT) for NOVEMBER 2010 SESSION is now available for download.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">To download: Go to myCampus Tools Tab → file storage → MSU MID SEM NOV 2010 (DRAFT) Folder → DRAFT MID SEM NOV 2010 (DIPLOMA).xls & DRAFT MID SEM NOV 2010 (BACHELOR).xls →</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Those who have any issues with regards to subjects clashing, please refer to the examination department latest by Thursday, 30 December 2010. </span></div>
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saranhaeyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17443030439494774428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377111356945935139.post-69686079415883925562010-12-25T18:59:00.000+08:002012-08-28T20:17:33.085+08:00Short Semester Examination Timetable November 2010<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Please be informed that BPH & DPH, MID EXAMINATION TIMETABLE (SHORT SEM) for NOVEMBER 2010 SESSION is now available for download.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">To download: Go to myCampus Tools Tab → file storage → SPH Mid Sem Exam November 2010 - Short Sem (with Hall).xls →</span></div>
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saranhaeyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17443030439494774428noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377111356945935139.post-81989708945308662992010-12-24T11:59:00.005+08:002010-12-25T14:07:45.985+08:00MSU Convocation<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI-QSRjFTg6ug1rv9T7eELF9cmy0su5uAOhk2PhouoAwyK3xqYSYI7fQ5lCuiiAleE-v7gNFBiEGgZt_lKn4Yh6Wz6piCebPaymU_J8OmG1TCrS6-9ei2bdN0GqaBJedBAMrOKVRGLG4Y/s1600/convo2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="159" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI-QSRjFTg6ug1rv9T7eELF9cmy0su5uAOhk2PhouoAwyK3xqYSYI7fQ5lCuiiAleE-v7gNFBiEGgZt_lKn4Yh6Wz6piCebPaymU_J8OmG1TCrS6-9ei2bdN0GqaBJedBAMrOKVRGLG4Y/s200/convo2.png" width="200" /></a></div>Recently 39 Diploma in Pharmacy students received their scroll in the 8th MSU Convocation, held for the first time in MSU own newly built campus.<br />
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Here is the abstract from Berita Harian, which you can read here: <a href="http://www.bharian.com.my/bharian/articles/Intelek_GraduanMSUterimaijazah_diploma/Article/">http://www.bharian.com.my/bharian/articles/Intelek_GraduanMSUterimaijazah_diploma/Article/</a><br />
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Graduan MSU terima ijazah, diploma<br />
Oleh Basir Zahrom<br />
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KONVOKESYEN kelapan Management & Science University (MSU) merekodkan sejarah apabila buat julung kalinya berlangsung berkenaan berlangsung di kampus baru universiti berkenaan.<br />
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Seramai 675 graduan daripada 30 bidang pengajian menerima ijazah dan diploma masing-masing yang disampaikan Canselor MSU, Sultanah Haminah Hamidun.<br />
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Presiden MSU, Prof Datuk Wira Mohd Shukri Ab Yajid, berkata jumlah itu adalah sebahagian 1,644 graduan menamatkan pengajian untuk sesi 2009/2010, selebihnya sudah bergraduat Jun lalu.<br />
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Beliau berkata, sebelum ini, sepanjang lapan tahun majlis berkenaan berlangsung di Pusat Dagangan Dunia Putra. Kali ini, seluruh warga MSU terutama kohort kedua 2009/2010 berbangga apabila menjadi kumpulan pertama menjalani konvokesyen di Dewan Canselor kampus berkenaan.<br />
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Katanya, majlis itu dilihat sesuatu yang bersejarah bukan saja kerana dijalankan di kampus baru yang bernilai RM500 juta. Kejayaan berganda MSU terus diraikan selepas disenaraikan dalam 18 universiti terbaik.<br />
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Pencapaian itu kata Mohd Shukri, membolehkan universiti berkenaan berada pada Tier 5 Sistem Penarafan Institusi Pengajian Tinggi Malaysia.<br />
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“Di MSU, kami sentiasa memastikan pelajar mendapat yang terbaik dengan mengikuti bidang pengajian relevan dengan keperluan industri semasa.<br />
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“Setakat ini, kami sudah mengadakan perbincangan dengan syarikat di Jepun, Dubai dan Indonesia untuk menghantar pelajar cemerlang menjalani latihan industri di sana.<br />
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“Hal ini bukan hanya dapat menjalin hubungan baik dengan industri dalam dan luar negara, malah meningkatkan tahap kebolehpasaran graduan,” katanya pada majlis konvokesyen kelapan MSU, di Shah Alam, baru-baru ini. Hadir sama, Pro Canselor MSU, Tan Sri Dr Wan Mohd Zahid Mohd Noordin.<br />
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Mohd Shukri berkata, maklum balas industri juga positif apabila rata-rata menyatakan graduan MSU lebih berdaya saing dan mempunyai kemahiran insaniah yang tinggi.<br />
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“Kemahiran ini adalah elemen penting. Kelebihan itu terbukti apabila lebih 95 peratus graduan mendapat pekerjaan dalam pelbagai sektor selepas enam bulan menamatkan pengajian.<br />
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“Kami komited meningkatkan peratusan ini melalui beberapa usaha termasuk menawarkan kursus merentasi bidang iaitu Kemahiran Kebolehpasaran Graduan (GEmS).<br />
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“Kemahiran ini mewajibkan pelajar aktif kokurikulum bagi membolehkan mereka lebih bersedia berhadapan cabaran pasaran semasa,” katanya.<br />
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Empat pengajian MSU lahir graduan pertama<br />
Oleh Basir Zahrom<br />
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EMPAT program pengajian di Management & Science Unversity (MSU) melahirkan kumpulan pertama graduan pada majlis konvokesyen kelapan universiti itu, baru-baru ini.<br />
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Program berkenaan ialah tiga pengajian ijazah kepujian iaitu Bachelor in Medical Science, Bachelor in Technology (Electrical & Electronic) dan Bachelor in Computer Engineering serta satu Diploma in Human Capital Management.<br />
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Seorang graduan, Misbahul Munir Sumarli, 24, berkata dia bangga kerana dapat menamatkan pengajian kejuruteraan elektrik dan elektronik mengikut jadual dan menjadi kelompok pertama bergraduat.<br />
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Katanya, segala usahanya bersama lapan rakan lain berbaloi kerana masing-masing perlu mendapatkan maklumat daripada pelbagai sumber di luar memandangkan mereka tidak ada pelajar senior.<br />
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“Selain itu, buku yang digunakan untuk dijadikan rujukan juga terhad, kami menubuhkan kumpulan belajar dan berbincang segala topik sukar.<br />
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“Bantuan pensyarah yang tidak mengenal erti jemu menyuntik semangat kami untuk terus berjaya dan memberi tumpuan sepenuhnya pada pelajaran.<br />
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“Walaupun kumpulan kami kecil, namun sambutan daripada pelajar terus membanggakan” katanya ketika ditemui selepas majlis konvokesyen di kampus baru MSU Shah Alam.<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/managementandscienceuniversity/sets/72157625656789846/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/managementandscienceuniversity/sets/72157625656789846/</a>Ibrahim Abdullahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06535896458612115336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377111356945935139.post-89357405243043674972010-12-20T19:47:00.003+08:002012-08-28T19:50:11.647+08:00Nuclear pharmacy<a href="http://www.sullivan.edu/img/pharmacy/nuclear_pic.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://www.sullivan.edu/img/pharmacy/nuclear_pic.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 246px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Nuclear pharmacy, does that sound weird?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Nuclear pharmacy is a branch of pharmacy where dedicated to the compounding and dispensing of radioactive materials for use in nuclear medicine procedures. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The concept of nuclear pharmacy was first described in 1960 by Captain William H. Briner while at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland. Along with Mr. Briner, John E. Christian, who was a professor in the School of Pharmacy at Purdue University, had written articles and contributed in other ways to set the stage of nuclear pharmacy</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">To be a nuclear pharmacist, he or she need to master physics and physical chemistry other than pharmacology and pharmaceutics subjects. This is because radioactive materials are involved in this work. Besides, they have to learn about radiography or imaging.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">There are certain precautions that must be taken into account when handling radiopharmaceutical materials on a daily basis. Nuclear pharmacists receive extensive training on the various radiopharmaceuticals that they use. They are trained in radiation safety and other aspects specific to the compounding and preparation of radioactive materials. Many things are required to become pharmacists, but to become a nuclear pharmacist one must go through the following training:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1. 200 hours of classroom training in basic radioisotope handling techniques specifically applicable to the use of unsealed sources is required. The training should consist of lectures and laboratory sessions in the following areas:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Radiation physics and instrumentation</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Mathematics of radioactivity</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Radiopharmaceutical chemistry</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">2. 500 hours in handling unsealed radioactive material under a qualified instructor is also required. This experience should cover the type and quantities of by-product material requested in the application and includes the following:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Ordering, receiving, surveying, and unpackaging radioactive materials safely.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Calibration of dose calibrators, scintillation detectors, and survey meters</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Calculation, preparation, and calibration of patient doses including the proper use of syringe shield.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Primary tasks of nuclear pharmacist include:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">-Order, receipt, storage and inventory control of radioactive drugs (radiopharmaceuticals), other drugs used in nuclear medicine, and related supplies</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">-Preparation of radiopharmaceuticals by combining radioisotopes with reagent kits, and compounding radiopharmaceuticals that are not commercially available</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">-Functional checks of instruments, equipment and devices and determination of radiopharmaceutical quality and purity</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">-Packaging, labeling and transport of radiopharmaceuticals</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">-Proper handling of hazardous chemicals and biological specimens</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">-Communicating radiopharmaceutical-related information to others</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">-Assuring that patients receive proper preparation before radiopharmaceutical administration and trouble-shooting unanticipated outcomes</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">-Laboratory testing of new radiopharmaceuticals, new compounding procedures, quality control methods and participation in clinical trials</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Nuclear pharmacists work in a more relaxed environment compared to other areas of pharmacy, such as hospital pharmacy or retail pharmacy. There is usually no interaction with customers because many work in a highly regulated environment where consumers are not allowed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Although the potential for radiation exposure exists in this field, it is kept to a minimum by the use of syringes, gloves, and other devices specifically designed for radioactive materials. A nuclear pharmacist would use leaded glass shielding, leaded glass syringe shields, and lead containers while working with radioactive material. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hence, proper equipment and procedures reduce the risk of harm to personnel working in a nuclear pharmacy. Tungsten shielding is also used. While more expensive, it provides better shielding, does not break or deform like lead when dropped. It is also not toxic as lead is.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Muclear pharmacy do not develop rapidly compared to other branches of pharmacy such as pharmacognosy. It is new in Malaysia and only available at Hospital Universiti Sains malaysia at Kubang Kerian, Penang.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">let's contribute to development of nuclear pharmacy in Malaysia through being a nuclear pharmacist. Happy reading! :D</span></div>
saranhaeyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17443030439494774428noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377111356945935139.post-49794831705543104272010-12-20T10:29:00.003+08:002012-08-28T19:49:24.984+08:00Full of Activities<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">On Monday, 13 December 2010, our School of Pharmacy honored to accept the visiting from Dr Kenji Sugibayashi, Dean and Professor from Faculty of Pharmaceutical Science, Josai University, Japan. The two days programmed gave a lot of new knowledge for students as well as for lecturer. The first day, students and lecturers been filled with Prof Dr Kenji's talk regarding on Percutaneous Penetration of Cosmetics and Chemicals. In my opinion, the talk was successfully delivered and the knowledge give food for though for students to know better and perhaps doing research in that field. In fact, the lecturers were also interested shown from their eagerness in asking questions during the Q and A session. The second day, the selected students from each batch of Bachelor and Diploma been interviewed with Prof Dr Kenji. The interview went well with question and opinion regarding the Pharmacy course. At the end of the interview, Prof Dr Kenji advised the students to have good management time as well as to improve the soft skill. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">On saturday, 18 December 2010, our Pharmacy Club had organized MSU Pharmacy Sport Challenge/ MSU Pharmacy Family Day. The purpose of this events is to select players to represent our university for our National Pharmacy Sport Carnival (NPSC) 2011 that will held at the end of January 2011 at USM. Besides that, this event been organized in order to strengthen our bond between the juniors and the seniors of Bachelor and Diploma students. The event starts with registration of students around 7.30 am. The admission fees for registration was only RM5 for the food and beverage during the event. First activity was warming up lead by Hoirul Omal. The modern games and traditional games started at the same time. Futsal and traditional games such as 'batu seremban' and 'tuju kasut' as our opening games. The supporters were really know how to cheer the crowd. Then, the netball game start with both of the teams fiercely compete to score the higher goal. The last activity was the 'sukaneka' which from the word itself showed that the students were really enjoyed with the games that been organized. The games include 'eating pear' competition, 'blown up the balloons' competition and 'finish up' competition. Our beloved lecturer, Mr Khurshid was willing to spend his time for our prize ceremony. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We are hoping that this event will be organized for upcoming years with supports from our lecturers as well as students. </span></div>
Atien Dyanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18183038066313151969noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377111356945935139.post-272911277137592872010-11-26T21:46:00.001+08:002012-10-04T20:54:16.311+08:00Community service- a place to learnsaranhaeyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17443030439494774428noreply@blogger.com0