E-drug: Drug Information for Patients
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Dear E -Druggers,
Dr. Malpani is making an important point.[31 May, No Free Lunch]
We have poeple's science movement in our state (Kerala State of India)
concerned amoung other things with the unethical practices of drug
companies. Being a highly literate state (98%) we can easily communicate
with the people through
print media. We have published a book titled "Banned , Bannable and
Essential Drug" listing all drug with brand names that are harmful. In
one year about 45,000 copies of the book were sold out!. This helped to
demystify the drug issue.
But while it is important to educate the people it is also equally
relevant to make available scientific and unbiased drug information to
doctors also. With the pressure from the science movements and concerned
doctors our state goverment has recently published the "Kerala State
Drug Formulary" modelled after the BNF.
Dr. B. Ekbal
ekbal@vsnl.com
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