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Drug and health information centre is a unique
information centre proposed to be opened in the premises of Institute of Pharmacy to dispense information and knowledge on various health
related issues as well as drugs.
This centre will a be milestone in the history of IOP and will be a place all will find very helpful and useful specially because health has been and will remain to be the most sensitive issue in everybody’s life.
The provision of drug information (DI) is among the fundamental
professional responsibilities of all pharmacists. Recent practice
trends, including increased awareness towards health have placed
pharmacists in increasingly complex patient-care roles and necessitated
a higher level of competence by all pharmacists in meeting DI needs.
Drug information may be patient specific, academic (for educational
purposes), The goal of providing carefully evaluated, evidence-based
recommendations to support specific medication-use practices is to
enhance the quality of patient care, improve patient outcomes, and
ensure the prudent use of resources.
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Objectives :
To provide information to maintain health.To provide basic facilities for estimation of body mass index, recording of blood pressure, detection of blood group, estimation of
hemoglobin level, random blood glucose level etc.
To be able to identify or give an early indication of probable
health related issues.
To inform about appropriate use of medicines, adverse effects and
interactions of medicine.
To provide information on non therapeutic/ lifestyle changes
appropriate with particular diseased condition
To improve quality of life of patients suffering from chronic and
lifestyle disorders Example- Diabetes Mellitus is one of the most
common and frequent metabolic disorder seen in developed and
developing countries.
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Information on proper diet and exercise has proved to cause dramatic
improvement in the patients of diabetes mellitus.
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