The Impact of Computers on Medical and Pharmaceutical Drug Interactions

One of the main concerns of pharmacists and doctors in prescribing or selling medication to patients is the possibility of drug interaction. Briefly, drug interaction is the result of patients experiencing symptoms or side effects due to interactions between components of two or more drugs. Historically, pharmacists and physicians have kept a large number of patient personal records to prevent such accidents. But in a more modern era, the GP, and more specifically the pharmacist, relies on a computer to keep track of most of these drug interactions, simplifying its work.

The pharmaceutical industry discovers, develops, manufactures and sells drugs or drugs for use as pharmaceuticals for administration (or self-administration) to patients for treatment, vaccination or symptomatic relief. Pharmaceutical companies can handle generic or brand pharmaceuticals and medical devices. They are subject to various laws and regulations applicable to pharmaceutical patents, testing, safety, efficacy and sales. The roots of the modern pharmaceutical industry come from two sources. These first ones were local pharmacists who expanded from traditional roles to plant medicines such as morphine and quinine and wholesale production in the mid-nineteenth century. Rational drug discovery of plants began with German pharmacist assistant FriedrichSertürner who separates morphine, analgesics, and sleeping pills from opium.

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