Showing posts with label health. Show all posts
Showing posts with label health. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Conclusion


     Through this blog it was achieved the main objective of sharing articles and updates that relate in some way with pharmacology. The main purpose was to show the importance of this field and important applications that flow from it in our daily lives. This was achieved using technology as the primary medium, because without technology none of this would be possible. Today we live in a world where it is crucial to go in search of solutions to our illnesses and any other problems. We live in a society that keeps going and evolves through the changes that occur in all aspects, seeking to improve the quality of life of human beings.


     It is regrettable that many diseases remain today without treatment, with much pain and other severe effects that can cause death in many cases. As science has evolved looking to improve, scientists have committed errors which we regret today, like the emergence of new diseases as a result of malpractice. This is why we must focus on doing things right and handle any type of material we are using (drugs, chemicals, technology devices ...) with due caution and taking the required safety measures. This is essential for our life, being that a malpractice can put our lifes and others in danger. 

       I hope your navigation through my blog has served you as a news media to the uplift of some current developments and to reflect about the care that we must take when managing medication, whether we ingest them or work with them appropriately.

Friday, March 20, 2015

Multivitamins: Poorly Manufactured


     According to the database Cerner Multum, Inc., multivitamins are a combination of many different vitamins that are normally found in foods and other natural sources. The newspaper “El Nuevo Dia” reported an investigation about the Quality of Vitamin Products in Puerto Rico. It revealed that some multivitamins sold locally are not manufactured properly, which poses a risk to consumer health. Many multivitamins do not comply with federal regulations, neither with clinical studies with high value.

     Investigators found that some of the tested products did not have the vitamins that they said they contained. They did not meet the identity, purity and composition which was indicated on its label. Also they found the presence of metals which are dangerous to the brain and our organs: causing skin irritation, kidney damage, anemia, among others. Another situation was the finding of increased amounts of iron per liter: 13,000mg per liter, when the allowed quantity is only 18 mg per liter. It is expected an amendment by the government of Puerto Rico and the Federal Food and Drug Administration to regulate multivitamins in the same way that prescription drugs are regulated.

      This news is important because it alerts us, as consumers, to choose multivitamins or other specific "over the counter" drugs carefully. As responsible consumers we should research the different drug brands and how to choose the most reliable drugs, whether brand name drugs or generic. It is unfortunate that there is no such strict regulations for this type of medication, so it is up to us consumers to watch what we ingest, because it is our health what is at stake.


If you want to read more about this you can acces online to this notice: http://www.elnuevodia.com/noticias/locales/nota/vitaminasquesonunpeligro-2020176/
                     
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