PHARMACEUTICAL CARE WHILE DISPENSING STANDARDIZED HERBAL MEDICINES FOR PATIENTS WITH COUGH

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11603/2312-0967.2021.4.12634

Keywords:

cough, pharmaceutical care, responsible self-medication, symptomatic therapy, technology of phytoneering, evidence-based medicine

Abstract

The aim of the work. Optimization and improvement of pharmaceutical care in providing rational herbal medicine of patients at symptomatic treatment of cough with the use of herbal medicines produced by the original phytoneering technology.

Materials and Methods. The research methodology is based on the principles of objectivity and consistency. In the work a complex of general scientific and special methods:  theoretical, method of generalization, systematization of data, comparison, methods of studying literary sources and analysis, etc. have been used.

Results and Discussion. The article highlights the basic principles of pharmaceutical care for patients with cough. The role of herbal medicine in the symptomatic treatment of cough is actualized and the rational choice of the optimal drug from the standpoint of evidence-based medicine is substantiated. The algorithm of pharmaceutical care of patients at symptomatic treatment of cough as one of the characteristic symptoms of inflammatory diseases of the respiratory tract and the algorithm of pharmaceutical care while choosing and dispensing the standardized herbal medicines in the dosage form of syrup for the symptomatic treatment of cough in children are presented.

Conclusions. During the pharmaceutical care of patients with cough, the pharmacist's primary recommendation of standardized herbal medicines is based on strong evidence-based data on their effectiveness and safety, as well as acceptability for use by different categories of consumers, including children.

Author Biographies

K. O. Zupanets, National University of Pharmacy of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine

DSc (Pharmacy), Professor, Head of the Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacy

T. S. Sakharova, National University of Pharmacy of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine

DSc (Pharmacy), Professor of the Clinical Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacy Department

N. P. Bezugla, National University of Pharmacy of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine

PhD (Pharmacy), Associate Professor of the Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacy

I. A. Otrishko, National University of Pharmacy of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine

PhD (Pharmacy), Associate Professor of the Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacy

S. K. Shebeko, National University of Pharmacy of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine

DSc (Pharmacy), Professor of the Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacy

K. L. Ratushna, National University of Pharmacy of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine

PhD (Pharmacy), Associate Professor of the Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacy

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Published

2022-02-17

How to Cite

Zupanets, K. O., Sakharova, T. S., Bezugla, N. P., Otrishko, I. A., Shebeko, S. K., & Ratushna, K. L. (2022). PHARMACEUTICAL CARE WHILE DISPENSING STANDARDIZED HERBAL MEDICINES FOR PATIENTS WITH COUGH. Pharmaceutical Review Farmacevtičnij časopis, (4), 63–72. https://doi.org/10.11603/2312-0967.2021.4.12634

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Section

Pharmaceutical care