PHARMACEUTICALS ETHICAL ASPECTS IN GEORGIA
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https://doi.org/10.52340/jecm.2023.04.38Keywords:
Pharmaceuticals, ethical aspects, GeorgiaAbstract
Community pharmacy traditionally had a drug product focus wherein the primary business emphasis has been on drug distribution. In recent years, this emphasis has evolved, resulting in pharmacy becoming a more patient centered profession which emphasizes a shared responsibility between the patient and pharmacist for optimal drug therapy outcomes. This section explores the ethical issues involved in modern community pharmacy practice and discusses the related ethical dilemmas.
Ethical dispensing of drugs, medicinal devices and other products presents part of the requirement for rational drug therapy. Dispensing is not merely giving away drugs just like a vending machine based on prescription issued by doctors. Pharmacists need to dispense a drug professionally where this practice will include giving information of drugs in use or new drugs, information on side effects, drug interactions with other drugs or with food, recommendations on drug administration for unique situation, information regarding appropriate drug dosage based on various factors, information on national drug registration, information on administration of drugs, warnings, precautions and contraindications, storage conditions and stability of drugs.
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