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What is Pharmacotherapy

·         Pharmacotherapy is the application of knowledge in making therapeutic decisions that are most likely to have a maximum positive benefit for a specific patient.
 
·         Pharmacotherapy specialist:  is an individual who is specialized in administering and prescribing medication, and requires extensive academic knowledge in pharmacotherapy.
o   Pharmaceutical personnel are experts in pharmacotherapy and are responsible for ensuring the safe, appropriate, and economical use of pharmaceutical drugs.
 
·         Pathophysiology is the physiology of abnormal states; specifically: the functional changes that accompany a particular syndrome or disease.
o   Also is the study of changes in the way the body works that result from disease or injury
 
·         Pharmaceutical care involves the process through which a pharmacist/ other pharmaceutical personnel cooperates with a patient and other professionals in designing, implementing, and monitoring a therapeutic plan that will produce specific therapeutic outcomes for the patient.


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References
           
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