Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) has advised patients and other drug users to seek pharmacists’ counsel at community, hospital, industrial or academic levels before using any drug.
President of PSN, Dr. Ahmed Yakasai, who made the call during the celebration of 2016 World Pharmacists Day, urged Nigerians to embrace the services of pharmacists even as he encouraged them to practice and maintain proper hygiene at all times.
“Your pharmacist is an invaluable source of information on all medicines. It is your right to tap this huge reserve and potential,” he said. According to Yakasai, proper distribution and efficient management of drugs are prerequisite to the improvement and growth of primary healthcare in the country and in other developing countries.
He noted that effective medicine and medical training can only be practiced where there is efficient drug management, saying inadequacies in the provision of primary healthcare are attributable to shortcomings within the drug distribution chain.
He said, “This is an axiom that applies with equal validity to both developed and developing countries. Indeed, effective medicine can be practiced only where there is efficient drug management.”
He said only when the pharmacist has been accepted as a vital member of the healthcare team can the necessary supporting services be organised with the professionalism that they demand.
By: Chidiebere Ejike
New Telegraph News
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