CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTION

1.1 Issue Background

Medicine is an object or a substance that are used to treat diseases, release
symptom, or transmute the chemical proses inside the body. Therefore, medicine is
well needed. Sometimes medicine is not always good, medicine can also be
dangerous because certain doses from particular medicine can create certain effects
to some disease or symptom.

Prescription can be interpret as a written proposal from a doctor or

veterinarian for some medicine or medical devices to a pharmacist in drugstore.
Prescription is a written proposal from a doctor, dentist, or veterinarian that already
has a permit based on legislation in force to the pharmacist manager to provide and
submit the drugs for the patients.

1.2 Problem Identification

From the issue background above, we can conclude the problem identification as
follows:
1. What is the meaning, classification, and the advantage of the medicine in
health?
2. What are the meaning and the components in health?

1.3 Purpose
The purposes of the problem identification above is to know:
1. The meaning, classification and the advantage of the medicine in health.
2. The meaning and the components in health.

CHAPTER II

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 DISCUSSION

2.1 The Meaning, Classification and the Advantage of the Medicine in Health.
2.1.1 The Meaning of Medicine
In the Decree of the Minister of Health of Indonesia
No.193/Kab/B.VII/71, it says that medicine is an ingredients or combination
of ingredients that are used to decide the diagnoses, avoiding, minimizing,
relieving, curing diseases or symptom of diseases, injury or body and mental
disorder in human or animal and beautifying body or parts of human body
include traditional medicine. Batubara (2008), medicine is a chemical that
can effected the biological tissues. In WHO, medicine are defined as a
substance that can effected the physical activities or Psychological.

2.1.2 Medicine Classification

a. By its type
1) Free Medicine
Free medicine is a medicine that can be bought freely at the drugstore,
or even in a small shops without prescription from the doctor. Marked
by green circle with black margin.
2) Limited-Free Medicine
Limited-free medicine (called as list W = Waarchuwing = reminder),
are the medicines in certain quantity that can be bought at the
drugstore without doctors prescriptions. Marked by blue circle and
black margin.
3) Hard medicine
Hard medicine (called as list G = gevaarlijk = dangerous), are the
medicine that has a strong effect. In order to get this kind of medicine
we have to have doctors prescription. Marked by red circle with
black margin and the letter K in the middle.

4) Psychotropic and Narcotic

Psychotropic is a substance or medicine that are able to reduce brain
activities or stimulating the central nervous system and caused
habitual disorder. Narcotic is a substance or medicine that came from
plants or any synthetic and semisynthetic that can caused certain
effect for whom who are using it by inserting that substance into
human body. (Chaerunisaa, dkk 2009)

b. Based on the Action mechanism of the Medicine.

Medicine are classified into five kinds:
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 1) Medicine that are attacking the cause of the diseases, such as diseases
that are caused by bacteria or microbe. Example: antibiotic
2) Medicine that are working by preventing the pathologic situation
from the diseases, example: serum, vaccine.
3) Medicine that are relieving the symptom of disease = symptomatic,
for example the symptom of pain. Example: analgesic, antipyretic
4) Medicine that are working for substitute or adding function in
substances that are less. Example: vitamin, hormone.
5) Giving placebo is giving medicine that has no effected substance for
people that are having a psychological diseases. Example: aqua pro-
injection. Other than that, medicine can be differentiated by the
purposes of the usage. For example anti-hypertension, cardiac,
diuretic, hypnotic, sedative and so on. (Chaerunisaa, dkk 2009)
c. Based on the place or usage location.
Medicine are defined by two groups:
1) Inside medicine, for example oral medicine. Example: antibiotic,
acetaminophen.
2) Topical medicine, is use for outside body. Example; sulfur, antibiotic,
(Anief, 1994)
d. Based on the distribution
1) Oral, medicine that are given or inserted through our mouth.
Example: powder, capsule, tablet, syrup
2) Pa-rectal, medicine that are given of inserted through rectal. Example:
suppository, Laxative
3) Sublingual, from under the tongue, then through the mucous
membranes and into the blood vessel, the effect is faster. For people
with high blood pressure, Example: lozenges, hormone.
4) Parenteral, injectable drugs through the skin get into the blood. There
are administered intravenously, subcutaneously, intramuscularly,
intracardiac.
5) Directly into an organ, intracardiac example. Through the peritoneum,
intraperitoneal (Anief, 1994).
e. Based on its effects
1) Systemic into the circulatory system, administered orally
2) Local: in certain places that you want, for example on the skin, ears,
eyes (Anief, 1994).
f. Based on the naming of drugs
According to Widodo (2004), Naming is divided into three, namely:
1) Chemical name, which is the original name of the chemical
compound drug.

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 2) Unbranded name, which is the name that is more easily agreed as
drug name of a chemical name..
3) Trade or brand name, the name given by each manufacturer. Branded
drugs are also called patent medicines.

2.1.3 The Advantage of the Medicine in Health

As has been written in terms of the drug
above, the role of drugs in general are as follows:
1. Determination of diagnosis
2. For the prevention of disease
3. Treating
4. Restore (rehabilitation) health
5. Change the normal function of the body for a particular purpose
6. Improved health
7. Reduce pain
(Chaerunisaa, dkk, 2009)

2.2 The meaning and Parts of Prescription In Health Sector.

2.2.1 The meaning of prescription
Prescription is a written request to the Pharmacy Pharmacist business
(APA) to provide and submit the drug for patients of physicians, dentists, or
veterinarians who were given permission by the legislation. Generally
prescriptions were written in Latin. If it is unclear or incomplete, the
pharmacist must ask the prescribing doctor. Prescriptions written in Latin:
a. Universal language, dead language, the language of medical science
b. Keeping secrecy
c. The same perception (doctors and pharmacists)
The original recipe should not be given after the medicine taken by the
patient, can only be given a copy of a copy of the prescription or
prescriptions. The original recipe should be kept in the pharmacy and should
not be disclosed to others unless requested by:
a. The doctor who wrote it or carers.
b. Patients concerned.
c. Employees (police, judiciary, health) are assigned to investigate, as
well as
d. Foundations or other institutions menggung patient costs.
2.2.2 Part of prescription
Recipes must contain:
a. Inscriptio
It contains the identity of the prescribing doctor, SIP (Permit Practice)
doctors, physicians address, city, taggal prescription writing and
marked "R /"

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 b. Prescriptio
Contains recipes core consisting of: drug name, dosage form of the
drug, drug dosage, the amount of drug
c. Signature
Contains instructions on the use of drugs, patient name, patient's age,
weight (weight) of the patient, the patient's address
d. Subscription
Contains a doctor's signature or initials.

CHAPTER III
FINALITY
3.1. Conclusions
From the above discussion it can be concluded as follows:
In WHO, medicine are defined as a substance that can effected the physical
activities or Psychological. Medicine Classification by its type, Based on the Action
mechanism of the Medicine, Based on the place or usage location, Based on the
distribution, Based on its effects, Based on the naming of drugs, and Based on the
naming of drugs. The role of drugs in general are as follows: (1) Determination of
diagnosis, (2) For the prevention of disease, (3) Treating, (4) Restore (rehabilitation)

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 health, (5) Change the normal function of the body for a particular purpose, (6)
Improved health, and (7) Reduce pain.
Prescription is a written request to the Pharmacy Pharmacist business (APA) to
provide and submit the drug for patients of physicians, dentists, or veterinarians who
were given permission by the legislation. Recipes must contain: Inscriptio,
Prescriptio, Signature dan Subscription.

3.2. Suggestion
In writing this paper, the authors hope that the reader is able to know and be
able to improve the knowledge about medicines and prescription drugs as well as be
able to understand and be able to provide constructive criticism and suggestions so
that this paper can be better than before. Similarly, suggestions that can convey good
writer can bring benefits to all readers.

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