Description
Medicines are perhaps the greatest weapons of the mankind to fight diseases and death, but are double edged weapons. They help recovering from illness and restoring health if used properly; but can harm if not used appropriately, even causing life threatening situations including death. Inappropriate medicine use is unnecessary wastage of resources. Medicines have helped increasing life expectancy but in some situations they have harmed too. The antibiotics are becoming increasingly ineffective due resistance developed by random use. The book provides guidance on using medicines appropriately in a simple and easily understandable language.
The book intends to empower the readers with skill and knowledge to make informed decisions about how to use medicines (including when not to use them) and get the maximum benefit. It helps to understand the importance of medicines inindividual’s health. The second edition of the book is updated with the new information on medicines as available. Many new themes are introduced with value addition like cartoons.
It is a comprehensive medicine user guide for common public. A must for every one!
About the Authors:
Guru Prasad Mohanta, Former World Health Organization National Technical Officer, is a Professor of Pharmacy at Annamalai University. With his training and experience, he is passionate in educating the common man on appropriate use of medicines. He is the recipient of Best Researcher Award of Annamalai University in 2012 and IAPST Pharmaceutical Scientist of the Year 2015.
He has more than 30 years of teaching, research and professional experience at various levels with credit of more than 450 publications including newspaper columns and popular articles. He has travelled widely and visited countries like Switzerland, United Kingdom, Australia, Singapore, Kenya, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Malaysia, The Netherlands, Belgium, Japan and Italy. Besides, his regular teaching and research responsibility at Annamalai University, he participates as trainer on Rational Use of Medicines, Medicines Management and Pharmacoeconomics; and delivered more than 140 invited lectures. He is the author of several popular books.
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