Counseling on the Use of Over-the-counter and Limited-Free Medicines for recitation mothers in Cibungur Village, Tasikmalaya, Indonesia

Fahmi Sidiq

doi:10.46336/ijrcs.v2i4.224

Abstract

Over-the-counter medicines can be purchased without a doctor's prescription and can be purchased at pharmacies and licensed drugstores to treat non-specific minor illnesses. Limited over-the-counter drugs, also known as list W drugs (W: Waarschuwing = warning/alert) are strong drugs that can be purchased without a doctor's prescription, but their use must pay attention to the drug information on the packaging. The results of this counseling are the mothers of recitation in Cibungur village, Parungponteng sub-district, namely knowing about, how to use, get, store and dispose of good and correct medicines. The selection of over-the-counter and over-the-counter drugs is limited. As well as the characteristics of damaged drugs. people are becoming more careful in the use of drugs. Therefore, the University Pharmacy Study Program takes the initiative to provide community service by providing over-the-counter and limited-free drugs and ways to find out damaged drugs.

Highlights

Drugs are materials or combinations of materials, including biological products used to influence or investigate them, physiological systems or pathological conditions in the context of determining diagnosis, prevention, healing, recovery, health improvement and contraception for humans (Gardner et al, 2004)
Limited over-the-counter drugs, known as list W drugs (W: Waarschuwing = warning/alert) are strong drugs that can be purchased without a doctor's prescription, but their use must pay attention to the drug information on the packaging (Cranz, 1990)
The activities that we have carried out have received permission from the head of the Cibungur village and we have conveyed an outline of the activities that will be carried out for a full month starting from the observation program, education about over-the-counter drugs, limited over-the-counter drugs, damaged drugs and drugs that have been used. opened the package (See Figure 2)

Summary

Introduction

Drugs are materials or combinations of materials, including biological products used to influence or investigate them, physiological systems or pathological conditions in the context of determining diagnosis, prevention, healing, recovery, health improvement and contraception for humans (Gardner et al, 2004). Over-the-counter drugs are relatively the safest, may be used to treat mild symptomatic diseases that mostly suffer from the wider community whose treatment can be carried out by the patient himself or self-medication (self-administration or self-medication) (İlhan et al, 2009) This drug has been used in scientific (modern) medicine and has been shown to pose no alarming risk of harm. One of the responsibilities of pharmacists is to provide information on how to use drugs and the time limit for using drugs after the packaging is opened (providing information about the BUD or ED) so that the drugs used later have guaranteed drug stability both in terms of effectiveness and safety (Keram and Williams, 1988) This counseling aims to increase public knowledge about beyond use date on various types of drug preparations. It is hoped that the mothers of recitations in Cibungur Village, Taasikmalaya can use drugs correctly, both in use, as well as storage and expiration dates

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