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Yes, Pharmacies keep and dispense poisons when prescribed for a patient by a recognized and an appropriate prescriber! In addition, Pharmacies have a “Poisons Register” where the “receiver” signs for the poisons he or she receives and the prescription sheets are kept back there for record purposes. Poisons are also known as controlled medicines. Poisons are drugs or therapeutic agents – commonly understood to include narcotics, with a potential for abuse or addiction, which is held under strict governmental control and laws. Typical examples of drugs you can find in the Poisons cupboards include Diazepam (Valium-5), Bromazepam (Lexotan), Carbamazepine (Tegretol), Flunitrazepam (Refunol); Tramadol and Codeine preparations are also included. Like alcohol, these drugs are known to have effects on the brain and affect behaviour. They often make frequent users develop some kind of dependence on them and as such find it hard to live normal lives without the use of these drugs. When users and...

Mary had just woken up from a sleep which she had gone into in order to relieve her head of all the troubles that had overwhelmed her that fateful eve of Easter. Now she has been woken up by a headache that seemed unbearable and although she prayed to sleep away yet this new headache, this time a physiological one in addition to the other emotional head-aches she had battled with earlier, she couldn’t find relief as it was midnight and sleep was far. Where do I get Paracetamol or Ibuprofen or Calms night? What do I do? What kind of a home is this? All that are left here are the syrups for children, does it mean that an adult cannot fall sick in the middle of the night, she thought aloud as she walked aimlessly around the house in search of a solution, feeling helpless and dejected. Suddenly, it seemed a divine thought just flew into her thinking faculty as she made her way to the refrigerator where the children’s medicines were kept. I will take four times the dose of Amaka’s Ibuprofe...