药理学基础练习题 (英文).docxVIP

UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMANFACULTY OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCESUMTA 3123 PHARMACOLOGYJAN TRIMESTER 2016BACHELOR OF CHINESE MEDICINE (HONS)ASSIGNMENT -1: BASIC PHARMACOLOGYLECTURER: DR THAW ZINNO.NAMEIDYEAR / TRIMESTER1EUNICE CHIN HUI QIAN1300710Y3T12HEW MONG CHENG1203827Y3T13HU KEE YIE1202008Y3T14LIAN KE ROU1300466Y3T15NG SIAW LING 1307324Y3T26ONG SHUN SENG1300670Y3T17TAN XIN NI1205541Y3T28TAN ZI YANN1307190Y3T29TEE JING XUAN1301191Y3T110TEE KIAN KAT1400203Y3T1Assignment -1: Basic Pharmacology1. Why does a health professional needs to know about the rational (proper) use of drugs?The selection of essential medicines is only one step towards the improvement of the quality of health care; selection needs to be followed by appropriate use. Each individual should receive the right medicine, in an adequate dose for an adequate duration, with appropriate information and follow-up treatment, and at an affordable cost. As a health care professional, accurate diagnosis and rational prescribing must be made properly in the first place to avoid poly-pharmacy and inappropriate self-medication of patients as a result of ineffective treatment given to them, leading to inappropriate patient demand, that can further cause reduced access and attendance rates due to medicine stock-outs and loss of patient confidence in the health system. Besides that, it is a doctor’s responsibility to educate the patients in rational use of drugs and about the disease to avoid their irrational over-use of medicines that can result in poor outcomes and adverse drug reactions. Practicing rational use of medicines is also an effort to prevent the development of resistance because the irrational use of drugs may lead to premature demise of highly efficacious and lifesaving new antimicrobial drug. Furthermore, over-use of antimicrobials can lead to increased antimicrobial resistance and non-sterile injections to the transmission of hepatitis, HIV/AIDS and other blood-borne diseases.Rational use of