{"id":1424,"date":"2009-08-17T22:54:07","date_gmt":"2009-08-18T05:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/?p=1424"},"modified":"2014-10-07T11:33:29","modified_gmt":"2014-10-07T16:33:29","slug":"poka-yoke-pharmaceuticals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/poka-yoke-pharmaceuticals\/1424\/","title":{"rendered":"Everyday Poka-Yoke: Medicine that Prevents Abuse"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"a296a24fa2fc69ef5487857f02f111e8\" data-index=\"9\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Single Post readerboard -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:728px;height:90px\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8207522353004717\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1144967431\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-8602\" style=\"margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;\" title=\"shmula-embeda\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/shmula-embeda.jpg\" alt=\"poka yoke pharmaceuticals\" width=\"272\" height=\"106\" \/>King Pharmaceutical (NYSE: KG) recently had a drug approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).\u00a0 Their drug, Embeda, has an interesting property: If you take the medication as prescribed, it works fine; if you abuse the medication, it ceases to work.\u00a0 This is <a title=\"example of poka yoke at a hospital\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/everyday-poka-yoke-preventing-theft\/1993\/\">Poka-Yoke<\/a> (<strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"ja\" xml:lang=\"ja\">\u00e3\u0192\u009d\u00e3\u201a\u00ab\u00e3\u0192\u00a8\u00e3\u201a\u00b1<\/span><\/span><\/strong>) for Pharmaceutical drugs.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\r\n<table border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"5\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"2\"><strong>Other Poka-Yoke Examples and Articles<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li><a title=\"reduce what you eat with this nifty trick from facebook cafeteria\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/poka-yoke-overeating-overweight-lose-weight\/10207\/\">Limit Food Consumption Poka Yoke<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li><a title=\"coffee cup has serious problems bro\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/a-coffee-cup-taught-me-about-poka-yoke-human-errors\/12986\/\">Why This Coffee Cup has Issues<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li><a title=\"how to prevent errors through public humiliation\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/poka-yoke-examples-prevent-error-embarrasment\/9511\/\">How to Prevent Errors Through Humiliation<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li><a title=\"can't skateboard on this park bench\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/no-skateboarding-sign-a-poka-yoke-approach\/9448\/\">No Skateboarding Here<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li><a title=\"how to make sure the toilet seat cover is always down\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/carnival-cruise-reviews-toilet-poka-yoke\/9398\/\">Toilet Seat Poka Yoke<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li><a title=\"atm machine creates problems\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/to-err-is-human-atm-machine-poka-yoke\/9320\/\">This ATM Sucks and Causes Problems<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li><a title=\"method for checking for errors\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/how-to-check-for-errors\/9292\/\">How to Check for Errors<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li><a title=\"error proof dyslexia through this font\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/dyslexia-treatment-poka-yoke-innovation-standard-work\/9251\/\">How to Error Proof Dyslexia<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li><a title=\"error proof your baby stroller\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/poka-yoke-baby-stroller-fail\/7242\/\">Why this Baby Stroller Will Hurt Your Child<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li><a title=\"door knob safety poka yoke\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/everyday-poka-yoke-door-knob-safety\/2512\/\">Can Your Child Open the Door Knob?<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li><a title=\"prevent theft through this simple poka yoke\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/everyday-poka-yoke-preventing-theft\/1993\/\">Prevent Theft Poka Yoke<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li><a title=\"how to prevent prescription drug abuse - one company's approach\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/poka-yoke-pharmaceuticals\/1424\/\">Prescription Drug Abuse Error Proofing<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li><a title=\"zero defects via poka yoke\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/cost-of-poor-quality-poka-yoke\/451\/\">Can Poka Yoke Help us Reach Zero Defects?<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li><a title=\"eye protection during war poka yoke\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/root-cause-genchi-genbutsu-design-thinking\/439\/\">Poka Yoke Example of Eye Protection During War<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li><a title=\"system design poka yoke\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/poka-yoke-system-design-how-to-mistake-proof-your-processes\/9131\/\">Poka Yoke System Design Ideas<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li><a title=\"be careful with that forklift\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/forklift-and-conveyor-safety\/8484\/\">Conveyor Safety via Poka Yoke<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<BR>\n<p>Poka-Yoke (<strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"ja\" xml:lang=\"ja\">\u00e3\u0192\u009d\u00e3\u201a\u00ab\u00e3\u0192\u00a8\u00e3\u201a\u00b1<\/span><\/span><\/strong>), translated, means mistake-proof, or fail-proof.\u00a0 In it&#8217;s simplest form, it is a method that prevents failures.\u00a0 Poka-Yoke is a critical piece in Lean Thinking, pioneered by Shigeo Shingo.\u00a0 Examples of Poka-Yoke might include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"shmula, clocky\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/people-remember-experiences-not-features-or-attributes\/487\/\">Clocky<\/a>, a clock that prevents you from sleeping-in<\/li>\n<li>A Key can enter a keyhole in only one way<\/li>\n<li>Needle cap, to prevent needle pin pricks<\/li>\n<li>A Microwave stops working, when the door is opened<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"shmula, aza raskin, humane interface, poka-yoke\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/aza-raskin-on-poka-yoke-humane-interfaces\/419\/\">Aza Raskin explains Poka-Yoke for Humane Interfaces<\/a> (Aza is a friend of shmula &amp; his dad invented the Macintosh &#8211; Jef Raskin)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In their FDA approval press release:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>We are focused on developing medicines that use novel technologies designed to reduce drug liking and make it more difficult to extract the active ingredient.\u00a0 We anticipate a September 2009 launch for EMBEDA (TM).<\/p>\n<p>Utilizing King&#8217;s proprietary technology, EMBEDA(TM) contains extended-release morphine pellets, each with an inner core of naltrexone hydrochloride, an opioid receptor antagonist. If taken as directed, the morphine relieves pain while the sequestered naltrexone hydrochloride passes through the body with no intended clinical effect. If EMBEDA(TM) is crushed or chewed, the naltrexone is released and absorbed with the morphine, reversing the morphine&#8217;s subjective and analgesic effects.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p>At the heart of Poka-Yoke is Prevention and an awareness of Human Frailty: we want to stop problems before they occur.\u00a0 Indeed, preventing abuse, addiction, medication dependence, tragedy to the individual and families, or death, is a novel and innovative use for Poka-Yoke.<\/p>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>King Pharmaceutical (NYSE: KG) recently had a drug approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).\u00a0 Their drug, Embeda, has an interesting property: If you take the medication as prescribed, it works fine; if you abuse the medication, it ceases to work.\u00a0 This is Poka-Yoke (\u00e3\u0192\u009d\u00e3\u201a\u00ab\u00e3\u0192\u00a8\u00e3\u201a\u00b1) for Pharmaceutical drugs. 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