More research on pharmacist-led programmes to improve COPD medication adherence still needed

The article by Abdulsalim et al. on medication adherence in COPD patients was quite interesting.1 The authors demonstrated that a clinical pharmacist-led, counseling-based intervention among COPD patients improved their medication adherence, which was sustainable over time. These findings have important public health implications. as they show that paramedical workers including pharmacists could successfully drive major interventions for improving medication adherence in resource constrained settings with heavy patient load and poor doctor patient ratio.

Source: Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy - December 8, 2017 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Saurav Basu Source Type: research