Ten clinical pharmacological interventions in routine care to ensure better treatment outcomes.

Abstract

Clinical Pharmacologists play a major role in facilitating the rational use of medicines.[1] The World Health Organization insists on integrating the Clinical Pharmacology discipline with the health service system[2]; however, there is procrastination in materializing this.[3] We describe ten instances wherein Clinical Pharmacological interventions improved prescribing and patient outcomes (Table 1). ... ... Clinical Pharmacologists and clinical pharmacists promote the safer and effective use of medicines.[13] Their consultations should be encouraged to improve treatment outcomes. No funding was obtained for this work. The authors have no relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose. The idea for drafting this article was conceptualised by SD, SSS, and SKT. The patients described in this article were treated and consulted by SD, SSS, S. Sarkar, S. Sen, S. Selvarajan, SKT, JP, NC, and SRJ. The literature search was performed by SD and SM. Expert inputs were provided by AP, CSL, S. Selvarajan, and SKT. All authors contributed to the writing and proofreading of the final manuscript. The final manuscript was discussed and approved by all authors.