By Pharmacy Department Hospital Gua Musang SEPTEMBER 2013

‘KNOW YOUR

MEDICINE’ CAMPAIGN

KNOW YOUR

MEDICINE

THE STORY OF

COSMETICS

E-CIGARETTE

NEW FAMILY

MEMBERS

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ADVISOR

Pn. Rafidah Haryati Bt. Che Ismail

EDITOR

Ms Nor Akila Bt Mahmood

EDITOR

Ms Farhani Bt Nor Haslan

CHIEF EDITOR

Pn Aziani Bt Yacob

Know your medicine is the program

that was launched by Bahagian

Perkhidmatan Farmasi on 11 May 2012. This

program was run by the entire pharmacist

around Malaysia in order to spread the basic

knowledge of medicine among Malaysian.

This program consists of variable

activities such as talk and exhibition

depends on the creativity of the advertiser

as long as they emphasize on the 5R. 5R or 5

right is the important thing in know your

medicine program which represent right

drug, right dose, right route of

administration, right time and right person.

This is the simple and easy thing to

remember plus we use the hand figure to

help people remember it.

Besides, we also convey the

awareness of unregistered product

especially the supplement and cosmetics

product that can harm them in various way.

The storage of medicine is also included in

this program since it is very important to

ensure the quality use of medicine.

This program was held in various

places such as school, shopping mall,

hospital and clinic. Thus, we hope that this

program can reach all the Malaysian and

achieving the goal of developing the

community that knows about their

medicine.

CHIEF EDITOR

Pn. Aziani Bt. Yacob

EDITOR

Ms Farhani Bt Nor Haslan

KNOW YOUR MEDICINE Campaign by PHARMACY HOGUM 2013

Hospital staffs play the

games provided.

Colouring competition was held for

kids. Before the competition start, we

deliver a talk about know your

medicine to the kids.

Basic health check up also included in

Medication Safety Week runs by

Pharmacy Hospital Gua Musang.

KNOW YOUR MEDICINE Campaign by PHARMACY HOGUM 2013

“Know Your Medicine” talk was

done before exhibition and

games.

Students play games.

Winner gets the prize.

“O human beauty,

What a dream art thou,

That we should cast our life

And hopes away on thee”

poet Barry Cornwall

by Nor Akila Mahmood

The ASEAN Cosmetic Directives defines cosmetics as “any substance or preparation intended to be placed in contact with

various external parts of the human body (epidermis, hair system, nails, lips and external genital organs) or with teeth

and the mucous membranes of the oral cavity, with a view exclusively or mainly to cleaning them, perfuming them,

changing their appearance and/or correcting body odours and/or protecting them or keeping them in good

condition”

WHAT FALLS UNDER COSMETICS? 1. Creams, emulsions, lotions, gels & oils

for the skin 2. Face masks (except chemical peeling

products) 3. Tinted bases (liquids, pastes, powders) 4. Make-up powders, after-bath powders,

hygienic powders etc 5. Toilet soaps, deodorant soaps, etc 6. Perfumes, toilet waters and eau de

cologne 7. Bath and shower preparations (salts,

foams, oils, gels, etc) 8. Depilatories 9. Deodorants & antiperspirants 10. Hair care products

1. Hair tints & bleaches 2. Products for waving,

straightening & fixing 3. Setting products 4. Cleansing products (lotions,

powders, shampoos) 5. Conditioning products (lotions,

creams, oils) 6. Hairdressing products (lotions,

lacquers, brilliantines) 11. Shaving products (creams, foams,

lotions etc) 12. Products for making-up & removing

make-up from the face and eyes 13. Products intended dor application to

the lips 14. Products for care of the teeth & mouth 15. Products for nail care & make-up 16. Products for external intimate hygiene 17. Sunbathing products 18. Products for tanning without sun 19. Skin whitening products 20. Anti wrinkle products

REGULATION OF COSMETICS IN MALAYSIA 21. Falls under the Sale of Drugs Act 1952 (Revised 1989)

and the Control of Drugs and Cosmetics Regulations 1984 (amendment 2009)

22. “No person shall manufacture, sell, supply, import or possess any cosmetics unless the cosmetic is a notified cosmetics.”

23. Notified cosmetic means a cosmetic to which a notification note is issued by the Director of Pharmaceutical Services (DPS)

24. Notification holders are subject to the directives and guidelines issued under regulation 29 and any conditions imposed by the DPS.

25. The company or person placing the product in the market must also be responsible for ensuring the safety, quality and claimed benefit of the cosmetic product placed in the local market and to ensure that the product complies with all existing regulations

26. The DPS reserves the right the cancel the notification note of any cosmetic at any time and without assigning reason. Also, the DPS may amend any conditions to which the notification note is subjected to.

Safi Rania Gel Pembersih Wajah

NOT130201131K

Dove Beauty Nourishing Body Wash

NOT130303053K

Loreal Paris Re-Nutrition Nourishing Shampoo

NOT130200238K

Aveana Night Revival Cream

NOT110404581K

ContainsTRETINOIN

Blemished Skin Ampoules NOT110204305K

Contains AZELAIC ACID

Enter product name

A list of product that is notified will come up. Click

on the notification number of the desired product

to see the details

Cellnex Anti-Sensitive Essence Treatment

NOT120905219K Contains BETAMETHASONE

Unlike drugs & traditional medicines that require labelling to include registration number & meditag hologram, it is

not compulsory for manufacturers to display the notification note on the label. Instead, consumers can check the

notification status of a cosmetic product on the National Pharmaceutical Control Bureau website bpfk.gov.my

Go to portal.bpfk.gov.my; click on the QUEST

tab

Choose QUEST3 for cosmetic product search

References; 27. Malaysian Laws on Poisons And Sale of Drugs. 2011. International Law Book Services 28. FAQ’s on cosmetic.retrieved from portal.bpfk.gov.my/main_print.cfm?&menuid=58 on the 23rd of August 2013

Electronic cigarettes, seen by many as a healthy alternative to tobacco smoking, do cause damage to the lungs. An experiment has been carried out on 32 volunteer by scientists from the University of Athens, Greece; of whom 8 were lifetime non-smokers and 24 were current regular smokers. Some of them had healthy lungs, while others lived with asthma or COPD. They found that using an e-cigarette caused an instant increase in airway resistance that lasted for 10 minutes in the majority of the participants. Below are some of their findings:

Non-smokers - even among lifetimes non-smokers, using an e-cigarette for ten minutes raised their airway resistance to 206% from 182% (mean average); the researchers described this as a "significant increase".

Current regular smokers - among existing regular smokers, the spirometry tests revealed a significant rise in airway resistance to 220%, from 176% after using one e-cigarette for ten minutes.

COPD and Asthma patients experienced no significant increase in airway resistance from using one e-cigarette for ten minutes.

Another study conducted by the German Cancer Research Centre and the World Health Organization-Collaborating Centre for Tobacco Control1 showed that besides glycol, e-cigarette

emissions also contained, nicotine, flavours, tobacco-specific nitrosamines, volatile organic compounds, acetone, formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, silicate and various metal particles. They

found that:

The particle size is between 100 and 600 nanometres, which is comparable to the particle size found in tobacco smoke of

conventional cigarettes.

Sodium, iron, aluminium, and nickel were present at higher levels than with those known in cigarette smoke.

Five others, namely copper, magnesium, lead, chromium, manganese, were present in the

same amount, while potassium and zinc were present at lower levels.

The FDA noted that nickel and chromium are

carcinogenic or substances that might cause

cancer while lead are suspected to be

carcinogenic. In addition, there’s a

report in Florida USA recently

regarding a man who used e-

cigarette was severely injured since

the battery of the e-cigarette suddenly

explode.

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1. Ubat adalah ________ yang digunakan untuk mencegah serta merawat penyakit.

2. Ubat am dan ubat tradisional boleh dibeli di kedai farmasi kerana tidak memerlukan __________.

3. Cara _______ yang betul adalah salah satu komponen 5B dalam penggunaan ubat berkualiti.

4. Ubat yang berdaftar mestilah mempunyai hologram dan nombor _______.

5. _________ merupakan salah satu risiko penggunaan ubat tanpa kawalan.

6. Ubat ________ tidak perlu di simpan di dalam peti sejuk.

7. Nama ________ ubat diambil dari bahan aktif yang terdapat dalam ubat tersebut.

8. Dos adalah salah satu perkara yang mesti ada pada ____ ubat.

9. Hologram yang tulen boleh ditentukan dengan menggunakan decoder ______.

10. ______, cahaya, kelembapan dan keselamatan adalah perkara yang perlu dipertimbangkan dalam penyimpanan ubat.

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En Mohd Syihan Syakirin Mohd Ghazali

Penolong Pegawai Farmasi U29

Joined HOGUM on 27th of May 2013

Cik Farhani Nor Haslan

Pegawai Farmasi U41

Joined HOGUM on 20th January 2013

En Fuzi bin Mat

Penolong Pegawai Farmasi U32

Transferred to Klinik Kesihatan Bandar

Kuala Krai

Pn Noraishaheeda binti Hamidon

Penolong Pegawai Farmasi U29

Resigned

Cik Nurul Syahira Mustapha

Penolong Pegawai Farmasi U29

Joined HOGUM on 30th of July 2013

Cik Teo Xue Er

Pegawai Farmasi U41

Joined HOGUM on 3rd of August 2013

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