Ahmed abdel Magied, Ahmed Algawal, Azza Hassan, Salma Faisal Abdalla 2012. Assessment of the awareness of community of pharmacists about contradicted drugs for asthmatic patients.

Magied, Ahmed abdel ; Algawal, Ahmed ; Hassan, Azza 等

Ahmed abdel Magied, Ahmed Algawal, Azza Hassan, Salma Faisal Abdalla 2012. Assessment of the awareness of community of pharmacists about contradicted drugs for asthmatic patients

This study aimed at assessment of the awareness and knowledge of the Sudanese community pharmacists about contraindicated drugs for asthmatic patients. The area of the study was Khartoum North and Omdurman at the Khartoum State. The target group included 152 pharmacists who were randomly selected and divided as follows: 80 pharmacists from Omdurman, and 72 pharmacists from Khartoum North. The primary data was collected through two prescriptions one for each area and both prescriptions included contraindicated drug for asthmatic patients

The secondary data was collected from books, journals as well as internet sources.

Findings included: For prescription one, none of the pharmacists referred the patient back to the doctor and only 12 out of 80 pharmacists refused to dispense the prescription. Also 7 out of 80 pharmacists asked if the patient had asthma and still dispensed the medicines.

In prescription two one of the pharmacists referred the patient back to the doctor and 9 out of 72 pharmacists inquired if the patient had asthma and still dispensed the medicine.

Accordingly, it was concluded that the Sudanese pharmacists' awareness about contraindicated drugs for asthmatic patients seems very poor. A grayer situation is when the pharmacists asked the patient about his/her disease and still dispensed the medicines. Moreover, it is very obvious that they have poor knowledge in communication skills. It is therefore, recommended that the curricula of pharmacy schools and faculties in the Sudan should include pharmaceutical care and communication skills courses. Pharmacists should be exposed to frequent training programs to update their pharmaceutical knowledge of contraindicated drugs in general, especially for asthmatic patients.