A randomised,controlled study to quantify the benefits of community pharmacist interventions on the prescribing of cardiovascular drugs in general practice |
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Authors: | A Fish E Antonazzo J P Reid C M Bond T H Porteous Tony Scott |
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Abstract: | □ The impact of a one‐off medication review by a specially trained community pharmacist, with recommendations to the patient's general practitioner was studied □ No differences were observed in any of the physiological or biochemical monitoring indicators □ There was greater improvement post‐intervention in some key quality prescribing indicators (eg, prescribing of antiplatelet and beta blocker or ACE inhibitor post‐MI); others showed equal improvement in both groups (diabetic patients on ACE inhibitor) □ A single review of medication records by a practice‐based pharmacist, with a dependence on the general practitioner to implement change may have limited benefit. |
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