A Textbook of Pharmacy Practice

The term ‘Pharmacy Practice’ denotes both Community Pharmacy Practice and Hospital Pharmacy practice and hence all the matters relevant to both these Practices are covered in detail to help the budding pharmacists to choose and practice the carrier of their choice. As the pharmacy practice now is more patient-oriented than product Oriented, a new branch of Clinical Pharmacy Practice is included in Hospital Pharmacy Practice and that is dealt elaborately in this book so that students of Pharm.D can also find this book useful. The book has 21 chapters in all with model questions at the end of each chapter. Sub-headings of each chapter’s content are given in the contents pages so that the readers can easily locate the topic they want to read. Contents: 1. Hospital and its Organization 2. Hospital Pharmacy and its Organization 3. Adverse Drug Reactions 4. Community Pharmacy 5. Drugs Distribution System in a Hospital 6. Hospital Formulary 7. Therapeutic Drug Monitoring 8. Medication Adherence 9. Patient Medication History Interview 10. Community Pharmacy Management 11. Pharmacy and Therapuetics Committee 12. Drug Information Services and Poison Information Centre 13. Patient Counseling 14. Education and Training Program in the Hospital 15. Prescribed Medication Order and Communication Skills 16. Budget Preparation and Implementation 17. Clinical Pharmacy 18. Over the Counter (OTC) Sales 19. Drug Store Management and Inventory Control 20. Investigational use of Drugs 21. Interpretation of Clinical Laboratory Tests About the Author: S. Balasubramanian is one of the senior-most Pharmacy teachers of TamilNadu having more than 43 years of experience in may branches of the Pharmacy Profession. He did his diploma, degree, and post-graduation in pharmacy in the Prestigious Madurai medical college and took the first rank in his batch. He has about 10 years of experience as a manufacturing Chemist in the Pharmaceutical industry, nearly 10 years of experience as a Community pharmacist in the Sultanate of Oman and 23 years of experience as a Pharmacy teacher. Thus with hands-on, first-hand practical knowledge as a pharmacy practitioner, he has written this book, which is bestowed to very few by the almighty and makes him unique among the authors of pharmacy textbooks. As he is an orator, writer, poet and dedicated sincere pharmacist, he was elected unopposed many times as President or Secretary of professional association in Madurai. He has about 50 scientific publications and an equal number of general articles published in reputed journals and the present one is his third Textbook for pharmacy students.