Survey of Drug-Related Problems Identified by Community Pharmacies

Abstract

Pharmacists in the community pharmacy setting are well suited to identify and resolve DRPs. Ensuring the proper use of both prescription and OTC drugs is one of the basic responsibilities of pharmacists. This specific role of pharmacists within the healthcare system needs to be more fully recognized.

Starz-Drp: A Tool for Pharmacy Triage Services

“…Assessing for more information about the customers' medical and medication profile can help CPs to promote appropriate medication use, like our trained CPs do. Another example, a relevant study which conducted in Germany reveals a potential of CPs to document DRPs among customers who decide to self-medicate, utilizing a standard documentation form [36]. Among identified DRPs were self-medication was inappropriate, requested product was inappropriate, wrong dosage, contraindication, wrong use of drug, duplication of drug therapy, drug-drug interaction, and adverse drug reaction, exactly like the outcome of our study.…”

Pharmaceutical compounding: Recent advances, lessons learned and future perspectives

“…Drug-related problems and adverse drug reactions are usually identified and reported by community pharmacies [9]. For example, the identification, resolution, and documentation of drug related problems are central to community pharmacy practice in Sweden and a national drug related database, patient medication profiles, and a new national register of medicines dispensed to patients provide opportunities for growth in pharmaceutical care practice and research in this country [10].…”

Elektronisch unterstützte Kooperation ambulant tätiger Ärzte und Apotheker zur Verbesserung der Arzneimitteltherapiesicherheit

“…Potenzielle AM-Interaktionen sind die in pharmazeutischen AMTS-Prüfungen mit am häufigsten beobachteten ABP [50,51]. Ein Fall einer schwerwiegenden Interaktion wurde bei einer ARMIN-Patientin durch die Krankenkassendaten und die im Brown-Bag-Review erfassten AMDaten aufgedeckt.…”