Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Clinical pharmacy is a pharmacy profession in which clinical pharmacists provide direct patient care to maximise medication use while also improving health, wellbeing, and disease prevention. Clinical pharmacists work in many settings, including hospitals, clinics, long-term care facilities, and community pharmacies. Clinical pharmacists work directly with patients in a variety of ways. They utilise their understanding of pharmaceuticals (including dose, drug interactions, side effects, cost-effectiveness, and so on) to assess if a medication plan is appropriate for their patients. Patient education and counselling on effective pharmaceutical usage are critical components of pharmacists' increasingly important duties. Pharmacists can detect and address any drug-related issues during counselling, as well as offer information that enhances patients' treatment compliance and raises the standard of care. Pharmacists have a critical role in detecting, identifying, preventing, and managing adverse drug reactions. Pharmacists play a crucial role in reporting adverse drug reactions (ADRs), which can lead to product withdrawal or label modifications. Clinical pharmacist can improve medication review, identify drug-related issues, provide treatment suggestions, and promote medication compliance. Pharmacists can also help enhance drug safety by working with other healthcare providers to create patient-centered medication management regimens. In this position, chemists can analyse prescription histories, identify potential drug-related issues, and provide recommendations to optimise medication management.
Authors: Zeenath Unnissa, Mohammed Mudassir, Syed Eshaan Ali, Muznah Muzaffar Hussain
Language: English
Subfield: Pharmacology
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4411592941