All About Drug Therapy Problem (DTP) In Pharmaceutical Care (PC)
A drug therapy problem (DTP) is any undesirable event experienced by a patient which involves, or is suspected to involve, drug therapy, and that interferes with the desired goals of therapy. Drug therapy problems are not medical problems. They are problems caused by the use or misuse of drugs. Drug therapy problem Drug-related problems include medication errors (involving an error in the process of prescribing, dispensing, or administering a drug, whether there are adverse consequences or not) and adverse drug reactions (any response to a drug which is noxious and unintended, and which occurs at doses normally used in humans for prophylaxis, diagnosis or therapy of disease, or for the modification of physiological function). Furthermore, adverse drug events can be defined as an injury--whether or not causally-related to the use of a drug. Types Of Drug Therapy Problem A drug therapy problem may be potential (likely to occur) or actual (patient is already experiencing it). Read Also :...
