Lecture Notes in Pharmacy Practice
1 Historical perspectives 3
2 Pharmacy practice and the healthcare system 9
3 Medicine presentation and administration 13
4 Medicine safety 20
5 Community pharmacy practice 29
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Lecture Notes in Pharmacy Practice
1 Historical perspectives 3
2 Pharmacy practice and the healthcare system 9
3 Medicine presentation and administration 13
4 Medicine safety 20
5 Community pharmacy practice 29
6 Dispensing prescriptions 33
7 Health promotion 36
8 Communication skills and patient counselling 39
9 Compliance, adherence and concordance 44
10 Mathematical principles of drug therapy 47
11 Point-of-care testing 54vi | Contents
Part 2 Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacotherapeutics
63
12 Pharmaceutical care plans 65
13 Medicine action 70
14 Clinical pharmacokinetics 76
15 Constipation and diarrhoea 80
16 Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease and peptic ulcer disease 86
17 Inflammatory bowel disease and other chronic bowel disorders 92
18 Emesis 97
19 Cardiovascular disorders 101
20 Hypertension 107
21 Ischaemic heart disease 121
22 Congestive heart failure 127
23 Hyperlipidaemia 132
24 Thrombosis 138
25 Allergic rhinitis, asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 143
26 Schizophrenia 150
27 Mood disorders 157
28 Anxiety disorders 165
29 Sleep disorders 171
30 Eating disorders 178
31 Pain management and fever 184
32 Dementia and Alzheimer’s disease 194
33 Parkinson’s disease 198
34 Anti-infective agents 203Contents | vii
35 Human immunodeficiency virus infection 216
36 Viral hepatitis 221
37 Thyroid disorders 225
38 Diabetes mellitus 230
39 The menopause and hormone replacement therapy 238
40 Menstrual cycle disorders and contraception 243
41 Genito-urinary disorders 251
42 Cancer chemotherapy and palliative care 256
43 Anaemia and drug-induced blood dyscrasias 264
44 Rheumatoid arthritis 269
45 Osteoarthritis and gout 276
46 Bone disorders 281
47 Skin disorders 287
48 Wound management 295
49 Drug therapy in geriatric patients 299
50 Drug therapy in paediatric patients 304
51 Drugs used in pregnancy and during lactation 311
52 Critical care therapeutics 317
53 Recent advances in pharmacotherapy 321
Part 3 Responding to Symptoms in Community Pharmacy
325
54 Colds and influenza 327
55 The eyes 333
56 Oral and dental problems 340
57 The feet 345viii | Contents
58 Ear problems 350
59 Musculoskeletal disorders 355
60 Abdominal pain, and perianal and perivulval pruritus 360
61 Travel medicine 367
Part 4 Pharmacy Information and Research
373
62 Pharmacy literature and medical information 375
63 Medical writing 379
64 Research methodology 383
Part 5 Pharmacy Systems
391
65 Primary care health services 393
66 Community pharmacy management 396
67 Hospital pharmacy services 401
68 Formulary systems 406
69 Medicines regulatory affairs 410
70 Quality standards in community pharmacy practice 415
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