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How to Care and Custody of Medicines

How to Care and Custody of Medicines

Most accidents connected with drugs occur in the home because of carelessness. In hospitals and institutions stringent rules exist for the care and custody of drugs.   Categories of medicine Drugs fall into several categories: general sale medicines that can be bought in any shop or supermarket; pharmacy medicines which can only be sold under […]

How to Give Medicines to Children

How to Give Medicines to Children

If medicines have been prescribed for a child by a doctor from a pediatric care service, the child needs those medi­cines. He should take them, even if he dislikes them or if he seems better. Most children take their medicine quite readily. Liquid medicines are often pre­scribed by a pediatric care doctor for small children, […]

How to Help the Patient to Take and Care for His Medicines

How to Help the Patient to Take and Care for His Medicines

The ancients were studying simple plants for their healing properties long before anything precise was known about the nature of drugs. The plants were used to prevent disease, cure illness or relieve symptoms, but nothing was known about their mode of action. It is only in recent years that the study of drugs has developed […]