Intimation for weekly Common seminar - 06/02/2013

Presentation from: Dept of Dravyagunavijnan,
Govt. Ayurveda College , Thiruvananthapuram
Date and Time: 06/03/2013, 02:00 pm
Moderator: Dr. C S Kannadas, Professor, Dept. of Salakyatantra, Govt. Ayurveda College , Thiruvananthapuram

ABSTRACTS

HERBAL DRUGS-‘SOME SOUNDLESS ENTRAPS’

Vidhya unnikrishnan,Dept of Dravyaguna vijnan,Govt. Ayurveda College Thiruvananthapuram

Success of every health care system depends on the authenticity, purity and safety of suitable drugs. In nutshell we can say that every healthcare system will get paralyzed without having safe/ potent drugs. Success of treatment depends on the quality of pada chatushtaya ( four pillars of treatment). Here in this presentation we will focus on the quality aspects of medicine with respect to availability, purity, genuinity and safety with the help of four different studies done in the department of Dravyaguna vijnana.

1.       Evaluation of market samples of nalpamarapatta.

2.      Evaluation of heavy metal content in punarnava.

3.      Evaluation of market samples of jaggery.

4.       Evaluation of pramehaghna property of insulin plant.

PHARMACOVIGILANCE

Jayalakshmi.V,Dept of Dravyaguna vijnan,Govt. Ayurveda College Thiruvananthapuram

Key words: Pharmacovigilance, Adverse drug reaction(ADR), ADR reporting

Drugs are double edged weapons, they can act as life savings as well as life threatening. The harmful effect of a drug is known as Adverse Drug Reaction(ADR).  The Pharmacovigilance is a science in which there is a close and continuous attention for identifying new information about the hazards associated with medicine. This presentation  gives the awareness about the science, Pharmacovigilance and importance of drug safety monitoring. The goal of Pharmacovigilance programme is rational and safe use of medicine by developing an ADR reporting culture among the healthcare professionals. Pharmacovigilance has ability to prevent further ADR by interpretation of information received .So the awareness  about what we can do in Pharmacovigilance and the illustration of Pharmacovigilance in Ayurveda is also included in the topic.