This CPD activity is sponsored by Reckitt. All content is the true, accurate and independent opinion of the speakers and the views expressed are entirely their own.[/caption]
Sources: Australasian College of Pharmacy. Management of reflux: a guideline for pharmacists. Queensland Health. Queensland Community Pharmacy Gastro-oesophageal Reflux and Gastro-oesophageal Reflux Disease – Clinical Practice Guideline. NSW Health. NSW Pharmacist Practice Standards for gastro-oesophageal reflux and gastro-oesophageal reflux disease.[/caption]
Dr Ming S Soh PhD, BPharm (Hons)[/caption]
DR Amy Page (she/her) PhD, MClinPharm, GradDipBiostat, GCertHProfEd, GAICD, GStat, FSHPA, FPS is a consultant pharmacist, biostatistician, and the director of the Centre for Optimisation of Medicines at UWA’s School of Allied Health.[/caption]
Hui Wen Quek (she/her) BPharm(Hons), GradCertAppPharmPrac is a pharmacist and PhD candidate at the University of Western Australia (UWA).[/caption]
Case scenario
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Darrel, a 67-year-old male, presents to your pharmacy with his regular prescription for allopurinol 300 mg/day, which he has taken for more than 2 years.
Darrel has a history of gout but no tophi and is frustrated that he continues to experience gout flares despite taking the allopurinol regularly. To treat his frequent gout flares, he usually takes ibuprofen. You look at the Therapeutic Guidelines and note that the dose of allopurinol should be titrated until target urate levels are achieved. You ask Darrel, and he does not recall having his urate levels measured, at least not recently.
Learning objectivesAfter reading this article, pharmacists should be able to:
Competency standards (2016) addressed: 1.1, 1.4, 1.5, 2.2, 3.1, 3.5. 3.6 |
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