Herbal medicinal products and their safe application in self-medication

Abstract

Safe application of herbal medicinal products in self-medication is connected with the standardization and synchronization of different processes starting with development of the product, production of ingredients and final products, control, marketing authorization, distribution and sale to the consumers/ patients. Besides, the duty of pharmasist is to collect information about efficacy, adverse reaction and drug interaction of herbal products. This is a right way for the production and usage of safe (and effective) herbal products. Informations written at the outer and inner label as well as in the leaflet are very important for the pharmacists and for the consumer. These informations are important for pharmacists to compiled them with public advertising and to decide to have the particular product in their pharmacies and to recommend it to the consumer/patient or to other health professionals with a lot of confidence. Information about the safety and efficacy of herbal remedies are available now based at pharmacological and, sometimes, clinical trials („evidence-based herbal medicinal products"). During last decade consumer/patient has a much more active role in the self/medication and responsibility for own health. For the safe self-medication very good collaboration between health professionals (pharmacists, physicians) and patients has to be made as well as presence of high quality OTC drugs and herbal medicinal products at the market.

Bezbedna primenu biljnih lekova u samomedikaciji postiže se sinhronizovanim aktivnostima i kontrolom svih procesa počev od razvoja i formulacije, proizvodnje, stavljanja u promet, distribucije, izdavanja, pa sve do praćenja efekata primene. Na ovaj način postiže se krajnji cilj: da se posle sprovedenog postupka registracije u prometu nadu kvalitetni, sigurni i efikasni biljni proizvodi. Adekvatna oprema leka, dostupna, pravovremena i tačna informacija omogućuje dobru saradnju proizvođača, zdravstvenih radnika i pacijenata, u sve to doprinosi bezbednosti i efikasnosti lečenja. farmaceut treba da prati ponudu biljnih lekova koji se nalaze u prometu i da na osnovu svojih znanja i veština (stečenih tokom osnovnih studija i kasnijim edukacijama) formira asortiman ovih lekova u apoteci. Profesionalna dužnost farmaceuta je da obezbedi jasan i objektivan savet o samomedikaciji i biljnim proizvodima koji se mogu koristiti kroz ovaj vid terapije. Prisustvo registrovanih biljnih lekova na tržištu, čiji kvalitet. efikasnost i bezbednost su procenjeni od strane stručnjaka kroz postupak registracije, postojanje korektnih i dokumentovanih podataka u tekstu Uputstva biljnog leka, kao i marketinške aktivnosti proizvođača ili zastupnika (lično, preko pisanog materijala i odgovarajućih informativnih predavanja ili preko sredstava javnog informisanja), opredeljuju farmaceuta da nabavi određeni biljni lek i da ga preporuči pacijentu.