What you need to know about drugs

DRUG is a material or substance derived from plants, animals, minerals or certain chemicals that can be used to reduce pain, slow down the disease process and or cure disease.

There are medicines that are traditional in nature such as herbs, herbal medicines and some that have gone through certain chemical or physical processes and have been tested for their efficacy. The latter is what is commonly known as medicine. Drugs must be according to the dosage so that we can get the therapeutic effect or efficacy.

All kinds of drugs

Over-the-counter drugs
are drugs that can be purchased without a doctor's prescription. On the packaging marked with a black circle, surrounding a green circle. The medicine is accompanied by a brochure containing the name of the drug, name and contents of the efficacious substance, indication, dosage and directions for use, batch number, registration number, name and address of the manufacturer and how to store it.

LIMITED FREE DRUGS
Namely drugs used to treat minor ailments that can be recognized by the sufferer himself. Limited over-the-counter drugs include hard drugs where each dose used is given a limit and marked on the packaging with a black circle around a blue circle and in accordance with Decree of the Indonesian Minister of Health No. 6355/Dirjen/SK/69 dated 5/11/1975 there is a warning sign P.No.1 to P.No.6 and must be marked with an etiquette or brochure that states the name of the drug in question, a list of efficacious ingredients and the amount used, batch number, expiration date, registration number, name and address of the manufacturer, instructions for use, indications, how to use, warnings and contraindications.

HARD DRUGS
Are drugs that can only be handed over with a doctor's prescription, where the outer packaging is marked with a circle with a black circle with a red base, inside which there is the letter "K" touching the black circle. This includes all drugs that are packaged in such a way that are used parenterally either by injection or by other means of use by tearing the tissue.

NARCOTICS & PSYCOTRIPICS

Narcotics are substances or drugs derived from plants or non-plants, both synthetic and semi-synthetic, which can cause a decrease or change in consciousness, loss of feeling, reduce to eliminate pain and can cause dependence, which are divided into groups.

Psychotropics are substances or drugs, both natural and synthetic, non-narcotics which have psychoactive properties through a selective effect on the central nervous system which causes specific changes in mental activity and behavior.

DRUG DOSAGE
Is a certain amount or dosage of a drug that has a certain effect on a disease or symptom of illness. If the dose is too low (under dose), the therapeutic effect will not be achieved. On the other hand, an overdose can cause toxic effects/poisoning and even death.

DRUG RECIPES Is a written request from a doctor to a pharmacist to give the desired drug to the patient. Therefore, patients are not required to understand prescription drug writing. However, it is the pharmacist who is required to understand the written prescription of the drug and provide the drug information needed by the patient. Starting from the name of the drug, dosage, rules for use, side effects to other matters related to the drug and the patient's disease. From this flow it is clear that patients get more information than just being able to read prescriptions. In this case, the activeness of the patient to ask/consult with the pharmacist when buying drugs at the pharmacy is very much needed.

MECHANISM OF WORK

Drug effects generally arise due to drug interactions with receptors on the cells of an organism. The interaction of the drug with its receptor triggers the biochemical and physiological changes that are the characteristic response to the drug.

DRUG RECEPTORS
Are functional macromolecular components that encompass 2 important concepts. The first is that drugs can change the speed of the body's physiological activities. The second is that drugs do not generate a new function, but only modulate existing functions. Although this does not apply to gene therapy, in general this concept is still valid today. Any functional macromolecular component can act as a drug receptor, but certain groups of drug receptors also act as receptors for endogenous ligands (hormones, neurotransmitters). Substances whose effects resemble endogenous compounds are called agonists. Conversely, a compound that has no intrinsic activity but competitively inhibits the effect of an agonist at the agonist binding site is called an antagonist.

Tips on buying and getting good medicine

In this era of advanced technology, we can get everything quickly. Especially with the internet, all activities can be done on the internet. Starting from sending emails, chatting, tele-conferences, and doing business. Likewise with drugs, to get drugs through the internet can already be done. All you have to do is type the word "drug" or "drugstore" or "drug information" on Google, then there are dozens of drugstores that provide online drug sales services. The problem is whether the drug we buy is in accordance with what is written or not. now we have to find out whether the drugs we buy are " AUTHENTIC OR FAKE ".

Buy drugs at pharmacies or drugstores that have a license
To be safe, you should buy medicine at the pharmacy. Medicines in pharmacies usually come from drug distributors who provide drugs produced by pharmaceutical companies. Moreover, pharmacies have official permits from the local health office and are under the supervision of a pharmacist, so we can guarantee the drugs we get from pharmacies. quality and authenticity. In addition to pharmacies, drugs can also be obtained through drugstores. However, it should be noted, with the proliferation of drugstores, it is necessary to be more selective in choosing a drugstore. Check first whether the drugstore has an establishment permit or not and ask the drugstore owner where the drug is supplied from. It is important to avoid getting drugs that are of poor quality or counterfeit drugs.