Pharmacy practice is the discipline of pharmacy which involves developing the professional roles of pharmacists. Areas of practice Areas of pharmacy practice include: *Disease-state management *Treatment of uncomplicated diseases by OTC drugs *Clinical interventions (refusal to dispense a drug, recommendation to change and/or add a drug to a patient's pharmacotherapy, dosage adjustments, etc.) *Professional development. *Pharmaceutical care *Extemporaneous pharmaceutical compounding. *Communication skills *Health psychology *Patient care *Drug abuse prevention *Prevention of drug interactions, including drug-drug interactions or drug-food interactions *Prevention (or minimization) of adverse events *Incompatibility *Drug discovery and evaluation *Community Pharmacy *Detect pharmacotherapy-related problems, such as: **The patient is taking a drug which he/she does not need. **The patient is taking a drug for a specific disease, other than one afflicting the patient. **The patient needs a drug for a specific disease, but is not receiving it. **The patient is taking a drug underdose. **The patient is taking a drug overdose **The patient is having an adverse effect to a specific drug. **The patient is suffering from a drug-drug interaction, drug-food interaction, drug-ethanol interaction, or any other interaction.
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