Lesson structure             


                                          


1. INTRODUCTION 

2.ABBREVIATION USED IN PRESCRIPTIONS. 

3.GENERIC NAME AND BRAND NAME OF DRUGS.

4. ROUTES OF DRUG ADMINISTRATION. 

5.THICKNESS OF NEEDLES AND INTRA CATH

6.PRECAUTIONS IN DRUG ADMINISTRATION. 

7.TERMINOLOGIES TO DESCRIBE DRUG EFFECT. 

8.QUESTION FOR EXERCISE

             6.  INTRODUCTION 

  The doctors after examining a patient write a prescription. 

          A prescription has two components. The first component is a written order for the pharmacist or the druggist to provide certain medicines to the patient. The second component is instructions to the patient as to how, how many times and for what period the prescribed medicines have to be administered or taken. A prescription can be written only by a professional who is legally authorised to prescribe medicines. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULD A BASIC MEDICAL ASSISTANT PRESCRIBE MEDICATION CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULD A BASIC MEDICAL ASSISTANT PRESCRIBE MEDICATION. 

        2.ABBREVIATIONS USED IN PRESCRIPTION:

     There are certain abbreviations, mostly Latin, which are frequently used in prescriptions and a basic medical assistant should be acquainted with these. They are. 

Abbreviations                         Meaning

Od                                              Once daily 

bid/bd                                        Twice daily

Tid                                              Thrice daily

qid                                              Four times daily

Pro/SOS                                     When needed

                  3.GENERIC NAMES AND BRAND NAMES OF DRUGS:


        A non branded drug sold by its category label is known as a generic product or drug. Any business firm may use this name. 

        Brand names are those names of drugs that are controlled by particular business firms and they are registered trade marks. 

        For example chloramphenicol is a generic name whereas chloromycetin and Paraxin are its brand names 

      Drugs by generic names are cheaper than the branded product 

  4. ROUTES OF DRUG ADMINISTRATION:

* INHALATION 

* GARGLE

* MOUTH WASH.

* Eye, Ear and Nasal drops. 

* Rectal. 

* Oral (By mouth) : This may be 

          * sublingual

          * mouth dissolving 

          * to be swallowed 

       PARENTERAL IE  BY INJECTION 

          * Intradermal

          * Subcutaneous. 

          * Intra muscular (IM)

          * Intra venous (IV) 

  #  NEW METHODS OF DRUG ADMINISTRATION. SOME OF THE MODERN METHODS ARE:

          * Implants. 

          * Films and strips 

          * Liposome drug carriers

          * controlled drug delivery modules

          * Erythrocytes. 

          * Nanoparticles. 

          * Prodrugs

However, a basic medical assistant need not go into the