In order to better focus the role of the pharmacist on patient need and patient outcome, a means of categorizing drug-related problems (DRPs) is presented. A DRP exists when a patient experiences or is likely to experience either a disease or symptom having an actual or suspected relationship...
Adjusted factors: Drug-related problems (DRPs) identified in chronic disease patient in Table 3, except Abnormalities due to the ineffectiveness of the drug, The patient did not receive the drug, and Received drugs that interact with drugs, food, or supplements. Discussion In this study, the ...
Table 1 Key definitions of drug-related problems (DRPs), adverse drug events (ADEs), adverse drug reactions (ADRs), and medication errors (MEs) as used in this study Full size table Fig. 1 The relationship between the definitions of drug-related problems, adverse drug events, and medication...
Drug-related crime refers to criminal activities such as burglary, arson, child molestation, violence, street crime, and identity theft that are committed by individuals under the influence of drugs or for the purpose of obtaining drugs.
Pre-employment drug screening test or random, work-related drug testing to identify on-the-job drug abuse. College or professional athletic drug testing. Post-accident drug testing: a vehicular or on-the-job accident which may have involved human error and resulted in casualties or property ...
Recurrent drug use despite significant resulting drug-related problems in the person's life (for example, in situations that may be physically dangerous, cause recurrent legal problems as a result of drug use; repeated social or relationship problems as a result of or worsened by the drug's eff...
Addiction is a primary, chronic disease of brain reward, motivation, memory, and related circuitry (Csiernik, R. 2016). Addiction is like a trap you go there to escape from your problems or harmful effect in your life. We treat addicts differently because of their dependency. It is like ...
The treatment of prescription drug abuse is more mental and emotional methods than physical methods as the use of other drugs to treat it can cause more health problems. Counselling, community outreach and prevention are effective methods to combat the problem. Did you like this sample? Abuse,...
In medicine criteria for addiction are set out in, for example, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition (DSM-5) (American Psychiatric Association, 2013) and the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (World Health Organization, 19...