Consumer’s Perspective on Community Pharmacy Care

Author(s): P. Praveen Kumar* and K. Srivithya

Abstract: The pharmaceutical industry is a chief cause for medical innovation. The foremost significance on the subject of pharmaceutical industry is the safety and worth of drugs. The preponderance of the populace is spending on healthcare costs; therefore, it is indispensable to have an opposite guiding system. This can be ensured with the assistance of the pharmaceutical care. Consequently, the pharmaceutical industry must focus on patient-oriented drugs rather than profit-oriented drugs. They ought to be responsible for enhancing the patient’s life quality. The pharmaceutical care is accomplished by the pharmacists through presuming the roles such as advisor, caretaker, communicator, researcher, counsellor, etc. This study identifies the consumer’s perception about pharmacy care. The pharmacists initially are required to analyse the need for medication followed by appropriate discharge of medicines. The trust in the minds of patients should be reminiscent for the pharmacists while performing their job. The patients must be enlightened with the genuine information regarding the medications. Results indicate that there is a good relationship between pharmacists and doctors.

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