Pharmaceutical Care Lecture

Question 1

Define Pharmaceutical care

Answer 1

Responsible provision of drug therapy for the purpose of achieving definite outcomes that improve patients’ quality of life

Question 2

How does a pharmacist play a part in pharmaceutical care?

Answer 2

IDing potential and actual medication related problems (MRP)
Resolving MRPs
Preventing potential MRPs

Question 3

What is the pharmacist’s appropriate pharmaceutical care plan?

Answer 3

Assess: interview the patient
Triage: is it self-treatable?
Advise: proper course of action and possible outcomes of action

Question 4

What are the four optimal outcomes of pharmaceutical care?

Answer 4

Cure disease
Elimination or reduction of a patient’s symptoms
Arresting or slowing disease process
Preventing disease or symptoms

Question 5

What are the five causes of suboptimal outcomes?

Answer 5

Inappropriate drug/product selection, delivery, patient behavior, or monitoring
Patient idiosyncrasy

Question 6

What are MRPs?

Answer 6

Medication related problems
Untreated indications
improper med selection
Dose too high or too low
Failure to receive meds
Adverse med event
Drug interactions