Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical Research and Health Care

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Pharmaceutical Care (PC) represents a frontier in disease state management. It is a departure from the traditional drug dispensing of the past to comprehensive and holistic focus on patient disease management and outcomes of pharmacotherapy while systematically and actively identifying potential and actual problems in pharmacotherapy. This narrative review assessed the benefits of pharmaceutical care in promoting patient care and disease management. The study utilized synthesis of materials obtained retrospectively from officially reorganized databases. Some of the articles were obtained from officially reorganized documents. PC is patient oriented and empowers patients to actively participate in their treatment process. Pharmacist's device means of monitoring pharmacotherapy outcomes and systematically track problems of pharmacotherapy while taking responsibility for their actions. PC improves patients' outcomes, reduce cost, and promote patients quality of life.

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Patient Care, Pharmacist, Pharmaceutical Care, Pharmacotherapy
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