CVS/pharmacy

In the United States there are approximately 7000 deaths per year related to adverse drug events (ADEs); furthermore, it is estimated that a hospitalized patient is subject to at least one medication administration error per day (Koppel, Wetterneck, & Telles, 2008; Richardson, Bromirski, & Hayden, 2012). Medications errors usually end up extending patient stays by 1.74 days and cost the health care system billions of dollars each year (Koppel et al., 2008; Van Onzenoort et al., 2008). Most ADEs…

It’s Christmas break of 2005, and my family was taking our annual road trip to California. Things were going as planned until my father felt this incessant itch on his hands. So, after the trip, he decided to get blood work done to make sure it wasn’t the poison ivy he was suspecting. Turns out, it was something far worse. In November, 2005, my father was diagnosed with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia. Since then, his fight for cancer was a constant uphill battle. Every day, it seemed to get more and…

Ambitions, dreams and why I think pharmacy is the best career for me. Pharmacy is an interesting, highly trusted and ever changing profession that plays a vital part in the health care system. The main purpose of this profession is to improve an individual 's quality of life. In order to prepare for such a lifelong commitment to society, I need to have a degree as a doctor of pharmacy. During my undergraduate studies my main goal was to succeed in my course work and eventually transfer into…

Introduction Pharmaceutical sales representatives, also known as drug representatives or pharmaceutical salespeople, provide drug information and product samples to physicians. A pharmaceutical representative typically represents a particular drug or group of drugs from their company and meet with physicians who specialize in that specific medical field. In comparison to pharmaceutical sales, agricultural sales representatives sell equipment used for growing food and raising animals on farms…

I am writing to express my strong interest in the PGY1 pharmacy practice residency program at the University of North Carolina Medical Center (UNCMC). I have had the pleasure to meet you, Dr. Rao, and some of the current PGY1 residents at the ASHP Mid-Year Clinical Meeting; where we went through a very informative overview of the PGY1 residency program at UNCMC and I have had a great discussion with the PGY1 residents. As you may know, I am a fourth-year student at the University of Illinois at…

India’s drug industry has changed dramatically over the past thirty years. Their drug industry was almost nonexistent in the 1970’s. Today India is a top provider of pharmaceuticals to the world and India’s industry provides over 90% of their country’s drug needs. Globally the Indian industry is fourth overall in volume, and ranks thirteenth in value. Combined these ranks put the Indian market very near the top. This success is due to India’s government implementing new rules for the industry,…

Three hundred sixty five days after November 19th, 2000, a fully grown, peaceful, knowledgeable women, who I love to call my mother, laid out multiple objects on the cold, clean marble floor for me to choose from. The objects laid out on the thick and hard flooring include: a used notebook, a dead battery, a calculator, a stethoscope and a wooden twelve-inch ruler. Out of these objects, I, still just an infant, picked up the stethoscope without realizing. Although my memories of this event are…

Chapter-1 Introduction to Indian Pharmaceutical Industry 1.1 Introduction The Indian pharmaceutical industry holding the top most position among all science based technology spread with wide ranging of technicalities in the complex field of drug manufacturing and drug innovations. The Indian pharmaceutical industry stands fourth in terms of volume and attained the fourteen in terms of value. Export of Indian pharmaceutical industry works as a fuel for the growth of the industry. The Indian…

Farida Ize Abdulkadir 15903066 Role of pharmacists in improving medication adherence Content I. Definition of Adherence II. Types of adherence III. What is non-adherence IV. Types of non-adherence V. Reasons for non-adherence VI. Methods used to detect adherence or non-adherence towards medication VII. Definition of medication adherence VIII. Importance of medication adherence IX. Role of pharmacist in improving medication adherence X. Conclusion. Definition Adherence to medication can be…

Pharmaceutical synthesis involves various methods and techniques. These techniques are crucial and require profound knowledge and understanding of the chemistry and handling of drug compounds. A pharmaceutical drug (also referred to as a pharmaceutical, pharmaceutical preparation, pharmaceutical product, medicinal product, medicine, medication, medicament, or simply a drug) is a drug used to diagnose, cure, treat, or prevent disease.[1] Most drugs are natural: collected from sources such as…