| Abstrakt: |
pharmacists can be a valuable source of information for people, who prefer self-medication. In this case people can ask for advice without having to make an appointment and this advice is free of charge. pharmacists should ensure that patients are informed about effective, safe and correct usage of medicines. pharmacists should control the self-medication process, should give advices to the patient about medicine use and other means of treatment (diet, bed regimen, etc.). The pharmacist must distinguish hazardous complaints and, in case of necessity, direct the patient to appropriate doctor. The role of pharmaceutical care grows in the development of self-medication concept when the pharmacist becomes the principal advisor of the patient. The development of self-medication concept, the constant increase of medicine quantity in over-thecounter medicine list, when more and more patients apply to the pharmacy, excluding the physician, the primary task of the pharmacist is to provide advice on medicines and their rational use, based on the symptoms of the disease and the patient's pathological condition, provide proper and high-quality pharmaceutical care for each patient. Despite the high use of over-the-counter cough and cold medicines, little is known about armenian population's cough and cold medicines information needs. The results of the study revealed some problems of patient care and self-medication control in case of common cold and cough, as well as in providing information on the medicine side effects, in differentiation of the necessity of patient direction to physician in case of cold and cough, as well as in revealing of patient's information. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
