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Atención farmacéutica
Farmacéutico
Farmacia
Farmacia clínica
Farmacia comunitaria
Farmacia de hospital
Fármaco
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Definition
Pharmaceutical care
Direct involvement of the pharmacist in the design, implementation, and
monitoring of a therapeutic drug plan to produce specific therapeutic
outcomes.
Pharmacist
A healthcare professional expert on drug therapy, who optimizes
medication use to provide patients with positive health outcomes.
Pharmacy
It is a health science that aims to ensure the safe and effective use of
pharmaceutical drugs.
Clinical pharmacy
Pharmacy practice philosophy that has shifted the focus of pharmacists
from drug products themselves to the safe and optimally effective use of
drug products in patients.
Community
pharmacy
A community based pharmacy where the pharmacist does
compounding, dispensing and documentation of prescriptions, in
addition to patient counseling and sometimes consultations with doctors.
Hospital pharmacy
The department of the hospital to manage the procurement, storage,
preservation, compounding, preparation, distribution or dispensing of
medicines in the hospital.
Drug
A substance used in the diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of a
disease, as a component of a medication; medicine.
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Farmacéutico
Medicamento
Medicamento huérfano
Medicamento sin
receta
Prescripción
Técnico de farmacia
Pharmaceutical
company
A commercial business whose focus is to research, develop, market and
distribute drugs; drug company.
Medication
A drug or other form of medicine that is used to treat or prevent disease;
medicament.
Orphan drug
A drug developed to specifically treat a rare medical condition.
Over-the-counter
medication
A medicine sold directly to a consumer that does not require a
prescription. Over-the-counter drugs are generally recognized as safe
and effective. They are often used for self-medication; non-prescription
drug.
Prescription
A physician's order for the preparation and administration of a drug or
device for a patient.
Pharmacy technician
An individual who has been adequately trained to prepare and dispense
pharmaceuticals under the direct supervision of a licensed pharmacist.
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