ASM34 1.1 Legislation – The Medicines Act‚ Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) Regulations‚ The Health and Safety at Work Act‚ The Misuse of Drugs Act‚ The Misuse of Drugs (Safe Custody) Regulations‚ Health and Social Care Act The Medication Policy and procedure and Mars Handbook covers assessment of individuals’ needs‚ administering‚ storage‚ recording and disposal of medicines including their effects and potential side effects ASM34 2.1 Common Types of Medication‚ Effects‚ Potential
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can in turn change the psychological state of the mind such as for depression. Anticoagulants e.g. warfarin -Anticoagulants are used to prevent blood clotting. 2.2 Certain medications require other checks to be made both before and after their administration. Blood sugar levels should be checked before administering insulin. An individual’s pulse must also be taken before administering medication used for heart irregularities such as digoxin. Blood pressure must be checked after administering medication
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CARE HEALTH AND SOC TH AND SOCIAL CARE H SOCIAL CARE HEALTH A CARE HEALTH AND SOC AND SOCIAL CARE HEA RE QUALIFICATIONS HE ALTH AND SOCIAL CARE EXEMPLAR SOCIAL CARE HEALTH A CANDIDATE WORK CARE HEALTH AND SOC TH AND SOCIAL CARE H UNIT ASM 34 ADMINISTER MEDICATION TO INDIVIDUALS‚ AND MONITOR THE EFFECTS Unit ASM 34 2 Unit ASM 34 CONTENTS Introduction Page 4 Unit Purpose Page 5 Evidence for Learning Outcome 1 AC1.1 Commentary for Evidence for
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Objective: The Levodopa effervescent floating tablets were prepared using different low density polymers (POLYOX different grades) in various drug polymer ratios for prolongation of gastric residence time and to improve the patience compliance. Methods: The Levodopa effervescent floating tablets were prepared by direct compression method. The floating tablets were evaluated for friability‚ thickness‚ hardness‚ weight variation test‚ drug content‚in vitro release and floating properties. The drug
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The purpose of the study was to design a suitable Transdermal therapeutic system for Venlafaxine Hcl (VFH) with the objective to prolong the release to be used for controlled release drug delivery.Transdermal patches of VFH with a HPMC-drug reservoir were prepared by the solvent evaporation technique. In this investigation‚ theEudragit RSPO membrane in different concentrations was cast to achieve controlled release of the drug. The absence of physiochemical interactions between VFH and the polymers
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For most drugs used to produce systemic effect‚ the oral route still considers the preferred route of administration‚ because of its several advantages and good patient compliance compared to other routes(40). Hard gelatin capsules and Tablets make up a major portion of drug delivery systems that are now available. Nevertheless‚ many patient as the elderly‚ children and patients
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nose and paranasal sinus such as allergic and non-allergic rhinitis and sinusitis. The nose is considered an ideal administrative route for needle-free vaccination and systematic drug delivery. Continuous advances in technology in intranasal drug delivery products help achieve efficient treatment. Intranasal drug delivery systems provide an easy mode of administration for patients on long-term therapy‚ avoid risk of overdose‚ and enhance the bioavailability of the drug. Covered in this Report
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the following : Knowledge of relevant Trust Policies such as the Injectable Medicines Policy; Medicines Management Policy Knowledge of the therapeutic uses of a range of common medications Knowledge of the correct checking procedures for administration of IV medications and blood products Correct application of Standard Precautions and Aseptic Non Touch Technique Knowledge of the variety of IV Vascular Access Devices available for use and appropriate management of these Ability to accurately
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Our company name: Virtual Pharmaceutical Drug name: VPL874C (Market name = Betatrix) Possible indications = migraine prophylaxis‚ hypertension‚ coronary heart disease Problem – want oral dosage form. - but has short half life (3-4hr) Solution – oral dosage form with extended release which releases drug slowly so that the plasma concentrations are maintained at a therapeutic level for a prolonged period of time (usually between 8 and 12 hours). Recent extended release formulations
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Mrs. Smith I am Dr. Hercules I have been following Mr. Drakes case since he arrived. He came in whit very high fever and presented a state of confusion. At first it seemed like he had symptoms of the flu since we have been receiving many cases of it and deiced to run some test. We did a blood work‚ urine and also a chest radiograph and everything was normal on that end. Since the confusion was evident we also performed a magnetic resonance which gives us a pretty good image of the brain and discovered
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