The New Pharmacy Practice: Can Pharmaceutical Intervention Improve Therapeutical Effkiency?

Abstract

Background: The pharmaceutical activity has experienced over the last 50 years an important evolution in terms of concepts and contents affecting not only pharmacists but the whole health professionals. The subject of this study were the characteristics and implications of that change. Methods: We review the main conditions leading to this change and characteristics of the new pharmaceutical activity focused mainly on the filtrate and alert about drug related problems and the professional intervention facing a proper resolution. Results and Conclusions: Some preliminary results from an investigation about the mentioned conditions are presented supporting the idea that this new proposed pharmaceutical intervention model can actually improve benefits on therapeutical effectiveness and save resources.