Drugs Verification and Management System

Abstract

This research is based on the order for consumers to make effective decisions when using drugs, there is the need to make certain information available. The use of drug verification system to provide information on registered pharmaceutical drugs will be of immense help to the country and the world. With the help of this system, the user can search if a prescribed drug is registered. This system is a web-based application developed using Hypertext Pre-processor (PHP) and MYSQL database, the methodology used in the implementation of the system is Vshaped model of System Development Life Cycle (SDLC). This system integrates with registered drugs and their respective details from National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and the software developed for the implementation of this research can be used by any drug enforcement agency other than NAFDAC. It also provides solution to help in the fight against counterfeit drugs and majorly unregistered drugs by allowing users to verify the authenticity of the drugs and to report otherwise.