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Pharmacy practice is the
discipline of
pharmacy which involves
developing the professional roles
of
pharmacists.
Areas of pharmacy practice
include:
- Disease-state management
- Clinical interventions
(refusal to dispense a drug,
recommandation to change and/or
add a drug to a patient's
pharmacotherapy, dosage
adjusments, etc.)
- Professional development
- Pharmaceutical Care
-
Communication skills
- Health
psychology
- Patient care
- Prevent drug abuse
- Prevent drug-drug
interactions or drug-food
interactions
- Prevent (or minimize)
adverse events
- Incompatibility
- Drug discovery and
evaluation
- Detect
pharmacotherapy-related
problems, such as:
- The patient is taking a
drug that he doesn't need.
- The patient is taking a
drug - for a specific disease
- but not the right one.
- The patient is taking a
drug underdosed.
- The patient is taking a
drug overdosed.
- The patient is having an
adverse effect to a specific
drug.
- The patient is suffering
from a drug interaction.
- The patient needs a drug
for a specific disease, but is
not receiving it.
