recap of the week

A week & i feel like a community pharmacist except coverage lebih luas.. I dont diagnose(memang tak minat pun diagnose), yet, while dispense, usually the patients open up their stories naturally.. An indirect way to learn about patients' condition & at the same time, assessing their compliance.. & agak menyedihkan bila majoriti tak compliance atau bila ok, cara ambik pulak salah.. Since there's maternal child health, it's a new field that i had to venture & that means, i dont dispense typical cold/flu/cough medicines.. Clinic nowadays dah agak terkedepan berbanding 3-4years ago...The medicines maybe tak canggih sangat, tapi walaupun tak canggih, the good thing is klinik tak kedekut untuk beli 2in1 medicines/combination ie glucovance/obimin.. And, jika yang basic pun compliance/awareness ke laut, what's the point bagi ubat canggih-canggih tapi at the end, patient admitted to ward, perhaps due to hypertensive crisis/heart attack/MI/diabetic ketoacidosis/severe asthmatic attack? Tackling a common disease tapi konsep prevention is better than cure apply! So far, apart from cold/flu/cough/DM/asthma/hypertension/IHD, i meet patient yang foreign animal masuk dalam mata tapi xleh dikeluarkan, mild accident cases & pregnant ladies yang alami dermatitis hanya time pregnant.. So, life tak boring..