Dear Health Care Professionals, Let us have a quick brush up of 10 basic principles of Rational Use of Drugs. 1.Use few drugs, whenever possible. 2.Use drug that you know well. 3.Do not change therapy from known drugs to unfamiliar one without good reasons. 4.Use text books and other reference material providing information on drug reactions and interactions.
5.Take extra care when you prescribe drugs known to exhibit a large variety of interactions and adverse reactions (anticoagulants, hypoglycemic, and drug affecting the CNS) with careful monitoring of patients with such reactions. 6.Beware of the interaction of drugs with certain food stuffs, alcohol and even with house hold chemicals. 7.Review all the drug used by your patients regularly, taking special notice with those bought without prescription .(Over the counter, herbal preparations). 8.Be particularly careful when prescribing…
