Pharmaceutical Ethics Notes

Pharmaceutical Ethics

LAWS AND ETHICS

❖ LAWS:-

➢  Set of rules and Regulation.

➢  Statutory bindings.

➢  Broken of laws: fine or imprisonment.

➢  Mandatory restrictions: Prevent one from causing injury to another.

❖ ETHICS:-

➢  Moral binding on the individuals: conduct, behavior, character.
➢  Not mandatory restriction.
➢  Moral principles: regulate working.

CODE OF PHARMACEUTICAL ETHICS

➢  Code of moral principles.
➢  Ethics are Moral binding: conduct, behavior and character.
➢  Ensures: services to public, develops new standards and status to the profession.

PHARMACIST IN RELATION TO HIS JOB

❖ PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES:-

➢  Efficient and comprehensive services.
➢  Supply common medicaments.

❖ PHARMACY:-

➢  Premises of pharmacy: reflect professional character.
➢  Precaution: errors during dispensing/supply.
➢  Prevent accidental contamination.
➢  Pharmacy: personal control of pharmacist.

❖ HANDLING PRESCRIPTIONS:-

➢  Discussion or comment: merits, demerits, therapeutic efficacy.
➢  Expression.
➢  Queries: answered cautiously.
➢  Permission of prescriber: add, omit or substitute.
➢  Correction: Prescription referred back to prescriber.
➢  Follow instructions of prescriber.

❖ HANDLING OF DRUGS:-

➢  Drug and medicines of standard quality.
➢  Supply of spurious, substandard preparations.
➢  Utmost care during dispensing.

❖ APPRENTICE PHARMACIST:-

➢  During training and learning provide full facilities.
➢  Certificate: unless they acquire sufficient skills and techniques.

PHARMACIST IN RELATION TO HIS TRADE

❖ PRICE STRUCTURE:-

➢  Fair price: quality, quantity, labor and skill required.
➢  Customer should not be undue taxed.
➢  Adequate payment: knowledge, skill, time consumed, responsibility.

❖ FAIR TRADE PRACTICE:-

➢  Use of fair means in trade for generating business.
➢  Not prefer to unfair means such as:
•   Attracts/Alluring customers.
•   Charging lower price.
•   Copying labels, trademarks, symbols.

❖ PURCHASE OF DRUGS:-

➢  Purchase from genuine and reputed sources.
➢  Should not aid or encourage directly or indirectly: manufacture, distribution or sale of spurious or substandard drugs.

❖ HAWKING OF DRUG AND SELF SERVICES:-

➢  Hawking of drugs and medicines.
➢  Self service: self medication and distribution.

❖ ADVERTISEMENT AND DISPLAY:-

➢  Display or advertisement on the premises, newspaper.
➢  Should not make such advertisement which contain:
•   Misleading statements or claims.
•   Guarantee of therapeutic efficacy.
•   Offer to refund.

PHARMACIST IN RELATION TO MEDICAL PROFESSION

❖ PROFESSIONAL LIMITATION:-

➢  Never make any secrete contracts and agreements.
➢  Neither diagnose disease nor prescribe medicines.
➢  First aid to victims of accident and in emergencies.
➢  Should not recommend medical practitioner.

❖ LINK WITH PUBLIC:-

➢  Link between medical profession and public.
➢  Constantly in touch with modern development.
➢  Expert in the field of pharmacy.
➢  By enlarging store of knowledge: educate the public.

PHARMACIST IN RELATION TO HIS PROFESSION

➢  Observe law and ethical principles.
➢  Extend help and co-operation to fellow pharmacists.
➢  Fair knowledge of laws.
Weed out undesirable corrupt or dishonest conduct of the member.
➢  Should have upto date knowledge.
➢  Associate with organizations.

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