Initiation of the pharmacist-delivered antidiabetic medication therapy management services in a tertiary care hospital in Nepal.

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Abstract

The medication therapy management (MTM) pharmacists follow the philosophy of pharmaceutical care to address individualistic medication therapy requirements in their practice settings.The present study aimed to introduce the pharmacist-delivered MTM services among type 2 diabetes mellitus patients at a tertiary care hospital in Nepal.Cross-sectional study was conducted at Patan Hospital, Lalitpur, Nepal, among 200 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus from July to December 2019. The intervention included maintenance of medication profile for individual patients, and then MTM service was proposed based on 5 core elements of MTM services proposed by the American Pharmacists Association. Both antidiabetic and non-antidiabetic medicines were coded as per the anatomic, therapeu

SUBMITTER: Sapkota B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9276257 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature