PPD's Better Pharmacy (BP)
Towards the Goal of Healthcare Counseling

Better Pharmacy (BP) is a compilation of health issues and drug information designed to be used by pharmacists in every drugstore. The future of pharmacy practice is geared towards a more patient-oriented service, providing patients with information on self-care awareness. Better Pharmacy is a must read tool by every pharmacist to help give pertinent and up-to-date information to patients and customers who will come to their drugstore for medicine and health information.
Features:

• Health Issues. This section provides information on common names, terminology, and even local names for certain health issues, their description and its symptoms and causes, home remedies, prevention, doctors or specialist to consult, commonly used medicines, and brand drug preparations available in the market.
• Generic and Brand Index. This contains alphabetically arranged generic and brand names and prescribing information. Drug information includes indication, dosage, contraindications, precautions, side effects, drug interactions, and dose forms.
• Well-Baby. This is a comprehensive guide to baby care. It provides information on milestones of development, baby nutrition, immunization, growth charts for boys & girls, how to keep the child safe, and common childhood illnesses.
• Reproductive Health. This offers information on the health and wellness of women and men, ranging from pregnancy and childbirth to common women's and men's diseases. It also provides a discussion on contraception or birth control.
• Pharmacy Practice. This is a review on the practice of Pharmacy that guides pharmacists in their daily practice. It consists of Glossary of Prescription Abbreviations, Prescription Interpretation, Generic Dispensing Guidelines, Medication Administration Techniques, Republic Acts, Dosage Calculations, and Guidelines on the Rational Use of Drugs.
• Healthcare Industry Directory. This contains the Directory of Philippine Medical Associations, Directory of Philippine Hospitals and the Manufacturers'/Distributors' Directory.
• Appendices. A collection of essential tools in the pharmacists’ daily practice and counceling. This includes Drug Administration and Food Intake, Drug Nutrients Interactions, Drug Interactions Chart, and Medication Administration Techniques.

New Section in this edition:
Help topics and useful concerns on

• Pre- and Post- Prandial Recommendations to help find out the right administration of a drug, if to be taken with food or without food.
• Over-the-Counter Medicines in Pregnancy to guide pregnant women on what medicines are safe to take during pregnancy.
• First Aid to help us deal with emergency situations.