Pharmacists' knowledge of drug food administration and their appropriate patient counseling a cross-sectional study from Palestine.

ABSTRACT: Pharmacists have a responsibility in the treatment of patients. Interactions between food and drugs may lead to a loss of therapeutic effectiveness or drug toxicity. Our study's objectives were to assess pharmacists' knowledge of patient counseling with regard to informing the patient about taking the drug in relation to food, as well as community pharmacists' knowledge of any pharmaceutical instructions that must be given to patients when delivering the drug. The pharmacists were assessed using an interview questionnaire. The results showed a variation in the pharmacist's knowledge about the administration of the drug with food. The chief pharmacists had better knowledge of the proper food administration counseling than that of assistant pharmacists; the percentage of those who did not gi

SUBMITTER: Abualhasan M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10500721 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature