Pharmacist being the expert of medicine is expected to communicate with patient on matters relating to the medication uses . A pharmacist should appropriately educate patients on the following when dispensing prescription and non-prescription drugs, when patient counseling on discharge medications or when providing recommendations about management of specific drug related problem name and class of the drug (e.g. antibiotic, pain reliever) · 1-directions for use including education about drug device 2-special storage requirements · 3-common or important drug-drug or drug-food interactions · 4 - the reason for the drug and the intended therapeutic response and associated time frames. · 5-common or important side effects and associated time frames · 6- what the patient should do to monitor his/her therapeutic response or development of side effects · 7- actions the patient should take if the intended therap
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