Drug Supply & Essential Medicines

1.List the criteria for inclusion of drugs as essential medicines

1.Factors encouraging counterfeiting of drugs

2.Actions against sub-standard drugs

1.The purpose of the National List of Essential Medicines is to

• 1) Guide safe and effective treatment of priority disease conditions of a population
• 2) Promote the rational use of medicines
• 3) Optimize the available health resources of a country
• 4) Identify the must know domain for the teaching and training of health care professionals
• a) 1 and 2 are correct
• b) 1,3 and 4 are correct
• c) 3 and 4 are correct
• d) 1, 2, 3 and 4 are correct

2.The types of formulations of essential medicine are

• 1) Immediate release tablets 2) Enteric coated tablets
• 3) Hard and soft gelatin capsules 4) Oral liquids/injectable/Topical forms
• a) 1, 3, 4 are correct
• b) 1, 2, 3 are correct
• c) 1, 2 are correct
• d) 1, 2, 3, 4 are correct