Wednesday, February 3, 2010

SPIRULINA- A BOON FOR DIABETIC PATIENTS

Spirulina is blue green algae. It is simple, one celled form of algae that thrives in warm, alkaline fresh water bodies. The name spirulina is derived from the Latin word for helix or spiral; denoting the physical configuration of the organism when it forms swirling, Microscopic strands spirulina is being developed as the food of the future because of its amazing ability to synthesize high quality concentrated food more efficiently than any other algae. Most notably, Spirulina is 65 to 71 percent complete protein, with all essential amino acids in perfect balance. In addition, spirulina is one of the very few plant sources of Vit B12, usually found only in animal tissuesA teaspoon of spirulina supplies 21/2 times recommended daily allowance of vitamin B12 and contains more than twice the amount of this vitamin found in an equivalent serving of liver Spirulina also provides high concentrations of many other nutrients- amino acids, chelated minerals, pigment ions, rhamnose sugars (complex natural plant sugars), trace elements, enzymes in an easily assimilable form.Cardiovascular diseases are the major cause of death in diabetes. A risk factor for cardiovascular disease is dyslipidaemia. Both hypertension and lipid disorder should be actively sought and treated in patients with diabetes. It has been found by research that dietary hyperlipidemia caused by high fructose diet was improved by spirulina feeding, accompanied by significant increase in the lipoprotein lipase activity in post heparin plasma in rats. The control of blood glucose, lipids and body weight are the three major factors in diabetes management.Spirulina is a boon for diabetics. Spirulina on regular intake is found to reduce the incidence of diabetic retinopathy. It is also found that on regular intake of spirulina non insulin diabetes mellitus responds on a long term basis. Spirulina will be helpful in controlling the long term cardiovascular complications and retinopathy as revealed by research. It becomes therefore necessary for a diabetic patient to supplement his diet with spirulina. Taking into account the various advantages that spirulina offers to diabetic patients it becomes important for spirulina to be taken by all diabetic patients. Taking spirulina as tablets or capsules has a low compliance level among patients due to psychological reasons and so our product stands to provide an advantage over the other existing formulations.

NEEDS AND IMPORTANCE OF ONLINE EDUCATION IN PHARMACY AND ITS FUTURE PROSPECTS.

Needs and importance of online education in pharmacy and its future prospects.


Online pharmacy education is indeed a gift to the public and Pharma aspirants since it widens the horizons of knowledge in Pharma sector. There are various institutions in India and abroad giving pharmacy education from diploma to post graduate level. Many institutes offers correspondence courses in drug store management, Pharma marketing, Material management etc. Online education helps to bring all sectors of pharmacy under one roof to educate the public as a whole. Systems adopted by various countries with respect to medication, like methods of dispensing, clinical pharmacy services, drug information with respect to various products, side effects and adverse drug reactions of various medications, methods to take medicinal products (Internally) method of usage of medicinal products, patient counseling, OTC drugs, dosage of drugs and various other parameters related to medication can be correlated online. By this the public gets educated. Also it shows a way to live and enables them to face the challenges in Pharma sector. People in the pharmacy profession can interact with various portals online to get an effective solution of various medications that have been prescribed for patients. Various discussion and chat forums increases the spirit of enquiry and curiosity. Above all there is a feeling of freedom that normally lacks in class room teaching. New pharmacy courses for 30 to 40 hours can be started online and the certificate for the same can be issued. Population is doubling at logarithmic rate and the requirement/ demand of pharmacy professional are very high, but not able to provide the requirements. If we could make it in a capsule mode and deliver the same to the public, it will be more effective. Continuous pharmacy education is important since most of the people are not able to go to the institution for their further studies once they complete diploma or degrees, introducing new courses online will be a better option for many Pharma aspirants. The scope of online pharmacy education has come out as a brilliant option by which public will be more aware of the medication/ alternative systems of therapy available. Also it is a boon for certain category of students who are not satisfied with traditional institutions of knowledge. Online pharmacy education is the need of the hour and the future of online Pharma education is bright since people can surf at various
informations at their off times, the general awareness about various medications among the public gets markedly better, thus it helps to shape up the person in a better way. Indeed it s a great system to have since it widens the horizons of knowledge in Pharma sector.

Online pharmacy education will be a boon in general, since it gives awareness among the public about the different systems in Pharma sector. Tutorials in formulation methodology and other aspects related Pharma industry will be beneficial. Infact different perspective of pharmacy can be brought under one roof through online pharmacy education.