A prescription drug order is a lawful written instruction from a licensed physician or other medical practitioner to a licensed pharmacist regarding the compounding or dispensing and administration of drug/s or other medical services to the patient (Shahaibi et al, 2012). In short, it is an instruction from a prescriber to a dispenser. There is […]
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An estimated 213,000 persons have been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in Jamaica (DigJamaica). In 2011, the National Health Fund had 106,017 persons with diabetes enrolled and they disbursed $616,461,903 to beneficiaries for diabetes alone (DigJamaica). These treatments consist of imported pharmaceuticals. These imports are contributing to Jamaica’s trade deficit. This deficit can be narrowed if we
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Accidental childhood poisoning remains a concern for health professionals worldwide. The main victims of poisonings which occur within the home and its environs are among children below six years of age; poisoning by ingestion being most common (Reid, 2010). Since 2001, pharmaceuticals have been among the top four (4) causative agents of childhood poisonings in
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