A Clinical Pharmacist-led Approach on Reducing Drug Related Problems Among Patients with Neurological Disorders: An Interventional Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Neurological disorders are common in the general population and the majority of patients have other chronic diseases, necessitating the use of multiple medications, which increases the incidence of drug-related problems (DRPs). Studies from different countries discovered an average of 0.29-1.45 DRPs per patient admitted into the neurology unit.

Objectives

To identify common DRPs and to evaluate the impact of clinical pharmacist's interventions in resolving the identified DRPs in patients with neurological disorders.

Methods

A prospective interventional study was conducted in the Department of Neurology in a tertiary care teaching hospital in Southern India, for a period of six months. Patients aged ≥18 years and had been hospitalized for >24 h, were intensi

SUBMITTER: Jimmy N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10393785 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature