Late Entry 11/14/2015, CM did a visual to locate client. Client was located and CM requested for the client to come to the social service office. CM completed Initial ILP Review. Client appeared her stated age. She was dressed in black sweat pants and T-shirt. Her hair was disarray. In the meeting she appears to be quiet, cooperative and friendly. She made eye contact appropriately. Client described her mood, “aggravated and angry.” Her affect was angry. CM inquires how client came to the…
suspicious fishy odor of the pills quickly caught my attention. I asked the pharmacist why the medicine had such characteristics and what metformin does to the body. He said it is used to treat Type 2 Diabetes, and continued to explain the effects of the drug. Although I do not frequently interact with the patient, gaining this knowledge helped me to better understand the patient. This allowed me to understand the approaches the pharmacist made to ensure the best medication for the patient,…
Introduction Drenches is a liquid formulation for oral administration that is used to kill internal and external parasites especially in sheep. It is used in the worm control on any farms. Drenches is also known as anthelmintics as they contain active ingredients that kill the helminths in the stomach. Basically, there are three major types of drenches which are the suspensions, solutions and emulsions. (P.Junquera, 2015) Drenches can be a “broad spectrum” when they treat an extensive range of…
biochemical parameters. 8.1 Introduction The objective of drug discovery and drug delivery system is to treat infections and particularly pain and suffering during the ailments and thereby maintaining a healthy human population. Any development in medical field is evaluated using a variety of clinical procedures prior introducing to humans. In pharmacological research, animal usage has become a major part in evaluating the developed drug or the technique. Various animals ranging from zebra fish…
CC Sara is a 41-year-old female here today complaining of right wrist pain. HPI The patient had prior trauma to her wrist, resulting in a right radial fracture, treated with surgery by Dr. Eberhart in February of 2014. Since then, she tells me, once she recovered from that, she had been doing reasonably well. About a week and a half ago, she says she fell on her wrist. She tripped. She immediately felt pain, as well as there was swelling in the right wrist as well. She went to an urgent…
some cases, plants contain some components and extracts that helps the body to maintain and to quicken the recovery process. Medicinal plants are said that they are generally safer than modern prescription drugs and surgeries and a lot affordable for people doesn’t have a huge amount of money for drug prescription and surgery for their ailment. Herbal medicines helps to strengthen the immune system’s functioning for prevention of getting some diseases. Background of Psidium Guajava Guava is the…
1) Anila K N and Emmanuel J (2013 A) conducted a study on Impact of a clinical pharmacist in improving knowledge on cardiology out patients about anticoagulants, in AIMS health care campus, Kerala. In this study the interventional group received an additional care by the clinical pharmacist and was compared with a controlled group which received only the usual care of the physician. At the end of the study it was found that the patient’s awareness of the INR values is correlated with improved…
I am writing this week’s reaction on the video featuring Allen Frances on the DSM-5. After watching the video clip and also reading an article he wrote that was posted on the website Psychology Today, I see why he is concerned about the new DSM-5. Frances states that it should be used a “a guide, not bible” when considering the new information and changes in the book. Dr. Frances claims that there are some misguidance or misinformation contained in the book and that there are some changes that…
prescription drug advertising. Direct to Consumer (DTC) prescription drug ads can encourage consumers to demand that their doctors give them an advertised drug. A doctor can and will give their patient what they ask for because some doctors receive incentives for prescribing certain products. Prescription drugs should not be advertised because drug ads can be misleading, drug ads should inform consumers about the product in full detail. Per the U.S. Food and Drug Administration website, “A…
partners and seeing how the competition was represented in the marketplace. The differences between drug stores, grocery stores, and mass merchandizers was rather notable. Number of brands sold, shelf space, and pricing were just a few items from our gathered data that deferred when comparing the different types of retail distributors. The depth of and breadth of products that were carried in the drug store we visited fell in the middle between grocery stores and mass merchandizers. The…