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Author Gowan, Jennifer Ann, 1946-

Title Practical disease state management for pharmacists / Jenny Gowan, Louis Roller
Published Balmain, N.S.W. : Australian Pharmaceutical Pub., [2004]
©2004

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Description v, 249 pages ; 30 cm
Contents Section 1. Central nervous system. Case 1.1 Migraine; Case 1.2. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD); Case 1.3. Tinnitus and depression; Case 1.4. Cancer and the role of the community pharmacist; Case 1.5. Treating sleep disorders; Case 1.6. Pain management and home medicines reviews; Case 1.7. Depression: antidepressant switch table; Case 1.8. Mental illness and quality use of medicines; Case 1.9. Bipolar disorder: pregnancy and breastfeeding -- Section 2. Cardiovascular. Case 2.1. Hypertension and heart failure; Case 2.2. Hypertension and cardiovascular disease; Case 2.3. Cardiovascular disease: a home medicines review; Case 2.4. Obesity; Case 2.5. Literature update on cardiovascular therapies -- Section 3. Endocrine. Case 3.1. Erectile dysfunction; Case 3.2. Women's health: continence and medication reviews; Case 3.3. Diabetes and home medicines reviews; Case 3.4. Men's health: benign prostate hypertrophy and erectile dysfunction
Section 4. Gastrointestinal. Case 4.1. Dyspepsia and depression; Case 4.2. Irritable bowel syndrome and home medicines reviews -- Section 5. Infection. Case 5.1. Sexually transmitted diseases; Case 5.2. Measles and comprehensive pharmaceutical care; Case 5.3. Vulvovaginitis: fungal or not?; Case 5.4. Influenza and the older patient; Case 5.5. Adverse drug reactions and hypersensitivity -- Section 6. Musculoskeletal. Case 6.1. Rheumatoid arthritis; Case 6.2. Arthritis and home medicines review; Case 6.3. Home medicines reviews: monitoring tests for arthritis; Case 6.4. Chronic disease self-management and home medicines reviews -- Section 7. Over the counter. Case 7.1. Herbal medications and interactions; Case 7.2. Non-prescription products and home medicines reviews -- Section 8. Respiratory. Case 8.1. Allergic rhinitis and asthma: a home medicines review; Case 8.2. Asthma and multiple disease states; Case 8.3. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and smoking
Section 9. Behavioural. Case 9.1. Adherence and the pharmacist; Case 9.2. Illness behaviour and the pharmacist -- Section 10. Miscellaneous. Case 10.1. Psoriasis; Case 10.2. The older patient; Case 10.3. Drug interactions, minimising adverse effects and home medicines reviews; Case 10.4. Disease state management: risk management; Case 10.5. Women's health: exercise and home medicines reviews; Case 10.6. Drug interactions and adverse reactions; Case 10.7. Women's health and quality use of medicines -- Questions and answers to self-assessment questions
Summary These 43 articles and accompanying case studies have been written with a view to assist pharmacy students, pre-registrants and practising pharmacists to deal with everyday situations in community and hospital pharmacies, residential aged care facilities and in the individual's home when conducting home medicines reviews
Analysis Pharmacy (Australia)
Notes "Case studies on medication and disease state management selected and updated from the Australian journal of pharmacy counselling casebook"--Cover
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Audience For pharmacy practicioners and students
Subject Pharmacy -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Medicine -- Australia -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions -- Case studies.
Pharmacy -- Australia -- Case studies.
Pharmacist and patient -- Australia.
Drugs -- Prescribing -- Australia -- Case studies.
Drugs -- Prescribing -- Case studies.
Medicine -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions -- Case studies.
Chemotherapy.
Clinical pharmacology.
Genre/Form Handbooks and manuals.
Case studies.
Author Roller, Louis.
ISBN 0958066418 paperback