Question

You have been hired by a local pharmacy to provide health education/promotion services to customers and employees. Shortly after you begin work, however you discover that much of you job is marketing nutritional supplements and nonpharmaceutical health-related services provided by the pharmacy and not the health education/promotion you have envisioned. How might this apparent conflict of interest been avoided?

Answer 1

The pharmacist has a good attitude on implementing pharmaceutical care practice. pharmacists provide services and interventions to reduce the risk of potential adverse drug effects and they improve health outcomes. pharmacist should verify legally, safety and appropriateness of prescription orders, monitoring utilization of drugs like practice research project, analysis of adverse drug reaction, providing information about drug history, solving patient doubt, engage in good manufacturing and distribution practice guidelines, verifying symptoms indicated with medical practitioners, self-limiting minor ailments, nonprescription medication symptoms management. pharmacist involvement in health promotion and concern on health problems and education to local community groups in health promotion, disease prevention, expanded program on immunization can improve health promotion to customers.