Piw

Dr. Sapna Sharma
President Association of Counsellors& Psychotherapist Spiritual Counselor, LIfe Reinvention Coach & Motivational speaker
(DON'T) TAKE IT EASY!!
April 13, 2016 • 456 Views • 26 Likes • 5 Comments

When parents strive to give their children the best of everything at an early age, they are sowing seeds for materially insatiable monsters that are prone to sloth, apathy, avarice and fear.

Don’t stand in self- defense as yet. I have proof. As I Sit in my counselor’s chair day after day I encounter an altogether new disorder that I have come to label as- Parent Induced Wastefulness (PIW).

Here are a few examples:

26-year-old Manas does not want to finish his Engineering degree because he does not ‘feel like’ studying. But he harasses his parents every day for his spending money. He tells me that whenever he did not feel like any doing particular activity his parents told him he can quit. They always said they did not want him to get ‘stressed’ like they had when growing up.
34-year-old Raghav is a qualified Engineer and is married for 2 years but his wife is not ready to live with him hence the counseling. He is qualified al right but refuses to stick to any job as it makes his feel stressed! Every two months he runs back home from work and wants his parents to solve his problem like they did every time he refused to go to school.
28 years old Anjali does not want to go back to her one-year-old marriage because it is too much for her to work in the office and then look after the household. She wants her mother to come and live with her and do the household work.
29-year-old Bhavesh showed me his horoscope (Which he carries everywhere). He says that when he was taken to one ‘reading’ since he could not clear some of his papers, the expert had told them that the horoscope showed a lot of negativity in whatever he did. “So” he says “What is the use of working when there would be nothing but negativity?”
There are many but all originating in overzealous parents wanting to protect their children from even the smallest discomfort in childhood. You love them alright, but when you shell them from the adversities of life, what you are doing is bringing them up in a sterile environment. The result- the moment they are exposed to the world their immunity buckles up and they stand threadbare wanting to run away from everything that is anything but comfortable.

They have to live in this very world and away from you. Do you really love them? Or do you love yourself more? If it is them, then you would ensure to make them future ready- let them face, talk to them, provide support, but let them face- housework, studies, bullying and adversities. Tell them money is limited and let them learn to hear a lot of ‘NO’- That’s what makes them- FUTURE READY

** Originally Published at ReportHer Magazine

Written by

Dr. Sapna Sharma
President Association of Counsellors& Psychotherapists

Snake and friendship

She Slept With Her Snake And Then The Vet Told Her Something Shocking.

This is a true story about a woman from India who lived in the Middle Ages and had a pet snake, python, which she loved so much. The snake was 4 meters long and looked healthy. However, one day her unusual pet just stopped eating.
This lack of appetite in the snake continued over a few weeks. The desperate woman tried everything she could and offered anything that a snake would like to strangle and eat. Nothing worked, and finally the woman took her loving pet to the veterinarian as a last resort.

The vet listened to the woman carefully and asked, “Does your snake sleep with you at night, wrap around you closely and spread out throughout its length?”
The woman was surprised and with a lot of hope she said, “Yes! Yes! It does it every day and it makes me so sad because I see something asking of me, and I cannot help it feel better.”
Then, the vet said something shocking and most unexpected. “Madam, your pet is not sick; it is just preparing to eat you.” Yes, the python wasn’t sick but it has been preparing to eat her instead!

“Every time, it is creeping and “hugging” you, wrapping around your body, it is checking size to weigh how a great meal you are and how it must be prepared before the attack. And yes, it does not eat, in order to have enough space to digest you more easily,” the vet said.

This story comes with a #moral – Even people close to you, whom you are very affectionate with, can, have mean intentions. You need to identify the snake around you and their true intent. Hugs and kisses are not always honest.
Don’t fear the enemy that attacks you, but the fake friend that hugs you.

Life at its Best

"The baby looks at things all day without winking; that is because his eyes are not focused on any particular object. He goes without knowing where he is going, and stops without knowing what he is doing. He merges himself within the surroundings and moves along with it. These are the principles of mental hygiene." - Zen

Confusion prevails amongst retailers over sale of banned FDCs as Delhi HC granted stay to several cos

Peethaambaran Kunnathoor, Chennai

Wednesday, April 13, 2016, 08:00 Hrs  [IST]

Even as the pharma traders all over the country are in a state of confusion over the sale of banned FDCs with the obtaining of stay by the Delhi High Court on petitions filed by a number of companies and by the Indian Drugs Manufacturers Association (IDMA), some leading distributors are of the view that they are free to sell the banned products till a final decision comes from the court.

"Now the case is going on in different courts, and a final judgement is yet to come. We have got a stay order against the ban order from the Delhi High Court. Thereby, we have saved our members. However, we have not insisted our members to sell the banned products,” said a senior level office-bearer of the Indian Drugs Manufacturers Association.

When asked whether the manufacturing companies have started the process of taking back the products from the traders, he said there was no need of taking back them at present as the case is in the court. “The drugs control officials can not take any action against the manufacturers now. We have protected our members from any legal action by approaching the court,” he added.

A leading distributor and managing director of the wholesale company, Suresh Pharma Pvt Ltd in Chennai, Suresh Ranka said, “There is a stay from Delhi High Court against the ban of many companies' products and also on the petition filed by IDMA. Communications from different companies suggest that we can sell the products as the notification has been stayed.”

Delhi High Court had on March 17 stayed the operation of the DCGI ban on FDC drugs of about 30 pharma companies after initially giving interim relief on March 14 to Pfizer's cough syrup, Corex. Pharma majors like Cipla, Abbot, Mcleods, Procter & Gamble, Lupin, Reckitt Benckiser, Piramal, Alembic Pharma and Glenmark are among the companies who have obtained stay for their products.

Suresh Ranka argues that since the court has stayed the ban order of FDCs issued on March 10 by the DCGI, the traders are free to sell the products till the court pronounces a decision at the end of the case. He says that media is creating confusion over the matter and there is no need of any kind of confusion.

He further said the statement by the president of Tamil Nadu Chemists and Druggists Association (TNCDA) that drugs worth Rs. 40 crores (banned FDCs) have been returned to the manufacturers is wrong as no company has asked for return of goods so far.

FDCs of cos with no data submitted to DCGI to prove safety, efficacy banned

Shardul Nautiyal, Mumbai
Saturday, April 09, 2016, 08:00 Hrs  [IST]

Even as interim stay has been granted to 20 odd pharma companies including Abbott, Pfizer and Macleods, the Union health ministry may ban another 739 drugs based on the Kokate committee report. The Kokate committee reviewed 6214 drugs, out of which 1083 were found irrational and 344 FDCs were recently banned which comprised of over 1600 brands. 

The health ministry, had, in a notification on March 12, banned nearly 344 FDCs following recommendations of an expert committee formed to examine the efficacy of these drug combinations.

Even as the Union health ministry's ban on 344 fixed dose combination (FDC) drugs including painkillers, anti-diabetic, respiratory and gastro-intestinal medicines has made a sales impact of over Rs.10,000 crore, category of FDCs most impacted includes antibiotics, antihistaminic, caffeine and codeine combinations and NSAID.

According to a panel member of Kokate committee findings, many drugs were found rational out of the 6214 examined. The companies were supposed to register and submit documentary evidence in the specified format to prove the efficacy of the drugs.

The irrationality of the FDC was assessed based on a blind process which could determine that the ingredients used in the FDC proved efficacious and safe for the patients. The FDCs were banned taking into consideration the health prospects of the common man with focus on antibiotic resistance.

FDC medicines combine two or more drugs in a single pill. When multiple drugs from the same therapeutic group, for example antibiotics, are clubbed together, it may lead to resistance, according to experts. In India, many pharma companies obtain licence from a state to make FDCs, and sell them without the consent of the Central government.

The Kokate committee has reviewed about 6,214 FDCs so far and classified them under four categories — irrational, require further deliberations, rational and require additional data generation. 

A member of the expert committee formed to assess the rationality of over 6,000 FDCs which culminated into banning of 344 medicines clarified that many of the FDCs did not face a similar fate and were cleared based on the scientific documentary evidences. Actions from the DCGI office was taken on companies who did not register their FDCs with the DCGI and did not show up with the requisite documentary evidence to claim the safety and efficacy of the respective FDC in question.

The DCGI, as directed by the health ministry under 33-P had called for submitting efficacy and safety data for all combination State Licensing Authority (SLA)-approved products prior to October 1, 2012. Further the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) stipulated that such applications must be made in Form 44, as there was no format specifically available for applications of SLA-approved and already marketed FDCs.

The DCGI had earlier agreed to allow all pre-1988 FDCs licensed by SLAs provided proof of pre-1988 license is submitted. FDCs of vitamins, minerals, other nutrients; probiotics/prebiotics/synbiotics, antacids/enzyme formulations, cough and cold permutation combination products, topicals, and such simple FDCs should be cleared as rational in view of these being unlikely to have any concern with respect to safety concerns and being used on day-to-day basis as household products.

“The SLAs had given permission to manufacture and market FDCs, whose ingredients were already in use and being prescribed regularly by the medical professionals – may be even for 20 to 30 years. Today, FDCs contribute 40 per cent of the Indian pharmaceutical market and in case these FDCs are discontinued abruptly, the Indian patients will be deprived of these affordable medicines and the manufacturers, retailers etc. i.e. the distribution chain, will be left with depleted stocks resulting in substantial loss, especially to the small scale sector. India is the world leader in FDCs and today, even regulated markets are seeing introduction of more combination products progressively. Hence the bias against FDCs, if any, would be a retrograde step and negate the great achievements made by the Indian pharma manufacturers,” an IDMA submission concluded.

Government has banned common household medicines Crocin Cold and Flu, D-Cold Total, Sumo, Oflox, Gastrogyl, Chericof, Nimulid, Kofnil, Dolo Cold, Decoff, O2, paediatric syrup T-98 and TedyKoff, as part of its decision to stop the manufacture and sale of FDCs.

Market estimates reveal that the ban impacts over 2700 medicine brands. While Abbott Healthcare will be worst hit, with an annual loss of Rs.485 crore, other companies including Lupin, Sun Pharma, Glenmark, Wockhardt, Aristo and Intas would also bear the brunt.

 

RACE

Race for yourself

I was jogging this morning and I noticed a person about 1/2 a kilometre ahead. I could tell he was running a little slower than me and I thought, good, I shall try to catch him. I had about a kilometre before I needed to turn off. So I started running faster and faster.

Every block, I was gaining on him just a little bit. After just a few minutes I was only about 100 metres behind him, so I really picked up the pace and pushed myself. You would have thought I was running in the last leg of an Olympic competition. I was determined to catch him.

Finally, I did it! I caught and passed him. On the inside, I felt so good. "I beat him" Of course, he didn't even know we were racing. After I passed him, I realized I had been so focused on competing against him that I had missed my turn. I had gone nearly six blocks past my turn and I had to turn and go back.

Isn't that what happens in life when we focus on competing with co-workers, neighbours, friends, family, trying to outdo them or trying to prove that we are more successful or more important?

We spend our time and energy running after them and we miss out on our own paths to our given destinies. The problem with unhealthy competition is that it's a never ending cycle.

There will always be somebody ahead of you, someone with a better job, nicer car, more money in the bank, more education, a prettier wife, a more handsome husband, better behaved children, etc. But realize that "You can be the best that you can be, when you are not competing with anyone."

Some people are insecure because they pay too much attention to what others are, where others are going, wearing and driving. Take whatever you have, the height, weight and personality. Dress well and wear it proudly, you'll be blessed by it. Stay focused and live a healthy life. There is no competition in Destiny.

Run your own race and wish others wel

Challenge is To Silence the Mind

Once there was a Farmer who discovered that he had lost his Watch in the Farm. It was not an ordinary Watch
because it had
Dentimental Value for him.
After searching the hay for a long while, he gave up
and call the help of a Group of Children playing outside the Barn.
He promised them that, the Person who found it, would
be Rewarded.
Hearing this, the Children hurried inside the Barn,
went through and around the hay but still could not find the
Watch. Just when the Farmer was about to give up looking for his Watch, a little Boy went up to him and
asked to be given another chance.
The Farmer looked
at him and thought, “Why not? After all, this Kid looks
sincere enough”
So the Farmer sent the little Boy back in the Barn. After
a while the little Boy came out with the Watch in his hand.
The Farmer was Happy and Surprised and so he asked
the Boy how he succeeded where the rest had Failed.
The Boy replied,
“I did nothing but Sit on the Ground
and Listen. In the Silence, I heard the ticking of the
Watch and just looked for it in that Direction”

MESSAGE : A Peaceful Mind can Think Better than a
Worked up Mind. Allow a few minutes of Silence to Your
Mind every day, and see, How Sharply it helps You to set
Your Life the way You Expect it to be.

MORAL : The Soul always knows What To Do To Heal
Itself...
The Challenge is To Silence the Mind…😊