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The term Pharmaceutical Care

"The process through which a pharmacist co-operates with a patient and other
professionals in designing, implementing and monitoring a therapeutics plan that will
produce specific therapeutic outcomes for the patient".

Heppler and Strand (1990) in the USA

FIP definition of Pharmaceutical Care…

"The responsible provision of drug therapy for the purpose of achieving definite outcomes
that improve or maintain a patient's quality of life"

Medication therapy management

MTM has been defined by the pharmacy profession as "a distinct service or group of services that
optimize therapeutic outcomes for individual patients [that] are independent of, but can occur in
conjunction with, the provision of a drug product."

Relationship of MTM to disease management, patient
counseling, and pharmaceutical care: A framework for all
pharmacy practice

Prescription vs Non-prescription Drugs

Prescription only (Rx only) Non-prescription: OTC

Prescribed by a doctor BTC (behind the counter) - A more
Bought at a pharmacy restricted class of OTC drugs. These
Prescribed for and intended to be used by products, while considered OTC, are kept
one person behind the pharmacy counter and are
Regulated by FDA dispensed by a pharmacist

Pharmacist only no prescription (e.g.,
pseudoephedrine)

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