Dear Dr.Rakesh and netrumians, Thanks for the informative post. Due to technical problem, my messages have come up so many times though I clicked just once. ...
Hello All S. Gopal has enlightened us with actual incidences from his own experience. Where the physician was unable to explain the patient about his malady...
Hi Kunda Madam, Thanks a lot for moderating the discussion on "Is patient the king in medicines". It was indeed valuable contribution for NetRUM. On behalf of...
Hi The next topic for discussion will be "Counterfeit medicines" which will run from 3rd Oct through 9th Oct 2007 and will be moderated by Dr Smita Sontakke. ...
Hello all, Please find the article as attachment. Reagrds DR. Narendra GMC, Nagpur ... Chat on a cool, new interface. No download required. Click here....
Hi Contractual, migrant, clinical trial participants are known to be recruited and relocated for paltry amount in developing economies. Hence I am not...
Hi On behalf of NetRUM I am very pleased to welcome Dr Smita Sontakke for moderating yet another hot topic "Counterfeit medicines" from 03 Oct through 09 Oct...
Dear all, I think this is very imp day for NetRum. Net Rum is all about awakening a Public opinion of issues related to Pharmacology. Mahatama has rightly...
Dear friends, Please go through the link provided below. It will take you to an article on counterfeit medicines. It is the link of PLoS which is one of the...
Dear friends, I have sent the following PDF files to naren for uploading on netrum database. he will soon upload them. please go through them too, COMBATING...
Thank you Sir for the invitation. Hello friends, Living in general is a risky endeavor. Certain risks are taken without much thought because of the apparent...
Hi Varun, Nice expression on the day which was celebrated as non-violence day, the world over. Finally the world recognised the great man who proved that ...
Thanks Smita for that nice introduction. Just to share a personal perspective I became aware of this problem (ashamed to say) only as an asst prof, medicine,...
Hi Even though Kiran has posted some backgrounder material, I am yet to go through the same due to paucity of time.I will go through the same later. ...
Hi NetRUMians, In the last few months, I have been coming across various articles related to "counterfiet medicines" on the Live Mint newspaper. So I thought...
Hello netrumians, I am forwarding the file, I recieved from Dr. Kiran Chaudhari, for this discussion. Please find the attachment. One more PDF file named...
Hi, What a nice day (Gandhi Jayanti) to begin the topic- 'Counterfeit medicines' The man who stood for truth and non-violence.Even those who award the Nobel...
*Counterfeits are the brands which are sold in the market by faking the name and label of established brands of drugs mostly prescribed by the physicians. * Is...
Dear Netrumians, HIFA is a forum similarly dedicated to providing rational usage of information as Netrum is a forum for rational usage of medicines. Dr ...
The extent of the problem of counterfeit medicines is unknown. Counterfeiting is difficult to detect, investigate, and quantify. So, it is hard to know or even...
Hi Rakesh, Counterfeits are not merely the brands which are sold in the market by faking the name and label of established brands of drugs. There is a problem...
Moderator may kindly excuse me from discussing another issue, other than the topic.But I strongly feel to vent out.- Vijay ... Hi Anupama, You have quoted that...
Well said and aptly true Vijay. I should not say or write this down here, but if and when we meet then I will let you guys know what was the saying, it starts...
Dear friends, This one is the latest article in Economic Times. What does it means....Real problem....created problem through competetion or what.....they are...
Hello friends, Here are some facts about counterfeit medicines... The problem is extensive in countries where the regulatory bodies , health care system is...
Yes Anupama, almost anything can be faked as you have said. But then you won’t be harmed if u wear a fake t-shirt or carry a fake handbag. That is not so...
Good Morning everybody! Madam Mira has given us some tips to identify counterfeits. They are certainly helpful and one should keep these in mind while...