A Textbook of Pharmacy Practice

<div><!--block-->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.<br><strong>Contents:<br>1.</strong> Hospital and its Organization<br><strong>2.</strong> Hospital Pharmacy and its Organization<br><strong>3.</strong> Adverse Drug Reactions<br><strong>4.</strong> Community Pharmacy<br><strong>5.</strong> Drugs Distribution System in a Hospital<br><strong>6.</strong> Hospital Formulary<br><strong>7.</strong> Therapeutic Drug Monitoring<br><strong>8.</strong> Medication Adherence<br><strong>9.</strong> Patient Medication History Interview<br><strong>10.</strong> Community Pharmacy Management<br><strong>11.</strong> Pharmacy and Therapuetics Committee<br><strong>12.</strong> Drug Information Services and Poison Information Centre<br><strong>13.</strong> Patient Counseling<br><strong>14.</strong> Education and Training Program in the Hospital<br><strong>15.</strong> Prescribed Medication Order and Communication Skills<br><strong>16.</strong> Budget Preparation and Implementation<br><strong>17.</strong> Clinical Pharmacy<br><strong>18.</strong> Over the Counter (OTC) Sales<br><strong>19.</strong> Drug Store Management and Inventory Control<br><strong>20.</strong> Investigational use of Drugs<br><strong>21.</strong> Interpretation of Clinical Laboratory Tests<br><br><strong>About the Author:<br>S. Balasubramanian</strong> 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.</div>