www.knowyourmedicine.gov.my

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Medicines are chemical substances that are used for treatment, prevention and diagnosing diseases. It 

is important to know what is your medicine is called and what it looks like.  Some medicine may look similar although they have different names and uses. Medicine can be prescribed by its brand name or chemical name. 

For futher explaination you can browse to this website www.knowyourmedicine.gov.my

 

This website will assist us to know more about our medicine. For example we can search the name of our medicine, the medicine is for what diseases, we can also make a search about common diseases like high blood pressure, diarrhea, constipation and etc.

"KNOW YOUR MEDICINE" is a campaign that have been organized by the Ministry Of Health (MOH) and the Consumer Association of Malaysia (Fomca). It was initiated in view of irrational use of medicines which is not only danger to public health but also has adverse impact on the economy. 

Moreover, we also can take a look for National Medicines Policy and the Liaison Officers all around the Malaysia. As a pharmacist student, this website is very useful for us because it help us to know more about medicine and medical field. 

As for the consumer, it is really helping because it help them to know more about their medicine. There is an animation on how to consume medicine correctly and the quality use of medicine. It also provide us the information on how to detect a genuine Meditag Hologram. There is also related search for products registered by Drug Control Authority (DCA) so consumer can check the healthy product that have been marketed is already registered or not. Consumers also can check their BMI using the "BMI Calculator" that have been provided in the website. There is lot of information in this website that can is really useful for consumer.