Hello All, Attending Technical Briefing Seminar at Geneva was a dream coming true, for a person like me who has not traveled much within the country, leave...
Hi, Great start by a seasoned teacher. Kunda is attempting a new approach to E-discussion. The novelty with purpose and experimentation with dedication is sure...
Copied from HIFA as fair use. Vijay ... (hifa2015] Call for presentations: International Society for Telemedicine and eHealth and Med-e-Tel, Luxembourg, 16-18...
Hello All, The Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical classification and defined daily dose assignment (ATC/DDD) is a system wherein the medicines are divided into...
Hello all, This is really very interesting topic as ATC/DDD holds very important position for drug utilization researchers. The field of drug utilization...
Hi, The need exists for a uniform global classification for medicines so that international comparisons become relevant and meaningful.The quantum calculations...
Hi Sarang, Good work in helping the moderator Kunda in taking the topic ahead. Keep up. Vijay ... important position for drug utilization researchers. ... ...
Thanks Sarang for the details . I will be back with more relevant information. kunda --- On Wed, 2/1/08, sarang deshmukh <drsarang2000@...> wrote: From:...
Dear madam, The limitations could be finding ATC for newly marketed drugs, for off-label use of drugs, drugs with many indications... Our Netrum friends, I am...
Hi all members, It is obvious that DDD of any particular drug will vary according to severity of the disease condition, also DDD will be different for each...
Hi, Please go through a part of the article: Use of the World Health Organisation Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical/Defined Daily Dose Methodology in Canada*,...
Hello, Let us now talk about the uses ,misuses and disadvantages of ATC system. USE The ATC system is designed solely as a tool for drug consumption...
Hello madam, Step by step you are exploring the topic and making it more interesting. If the "attention" is taken into consideration, different strength and ...
Hello All , It was a good attempt by few ,at replying to my post, which showed that the posts are being read. Let us now focus our attention on Defined Daily...
Dear Anupama what you have indicated as limitations of assigning ATC codes is actually done by the WHO International Working Group for Drug Statistics...
Hello, Thank you madam for explaining the point again by quoting the example. It is now clear. With further posts we all get details of ATDC/DDD concept. ...
Hi Further to Kunda's comment on medicine pricing and affordability, yes in India medicines are low as compared to international prices but at the same time...
Hi, Can cost comparison be done in the form of ratio like- Drug price : Affordability (per capita income) ? Anupama Vijay <drvijaythawani@...> wrote:...
Hello all, Here are principles of DDD asignments.... Principles for DDD assignment DDDs for plain substances are normally based on monotherapy. Exceptions to...
Hello NetRUMians, Here are some important attachments- 1) WHO drug information (PDF File. page no. 27-31 are of ATC/DDD) 2) Refining Indicators of drug...
Hello Sarang based on these principles , you could try to reply to my problems posted earlier. so I understand that you have got the point. kunda --- On Sat,...
Hello Anupama, We did the exercise of cost verses affordability and we did find that the medicines were affordable in our country. But there were some aspects...
Hello Mangesh when you say different chemical form if you mean different salt of the same active ingredient, then they are not assigned different DDD.. There...
hello madam, According to me, Different ATC codes should be assigned to different formulations and strengths of same drug having seperate indications. regards ...
Hello all, Here is one PDF file " CHLORPROMAZINE EQUIVALENTS VERSUS DEFINED DAILY DOSES: HOW TO COMPARE ANTIPSYCHOTIC DRUG DOSES?" This will create more clear...
Dear Sarang, Please use standard font size.The smaller size makes it difficult to read. Thanks Vijay ... normally based on monotherapy. Exceptions to this rule...