Consi

derwhatyouhavelearnedabouttheADME
pr
ocesses,
anduseaddit
ionalrefer
encesifnecessar
y,t
o
answert
hefol
lowingquesti
on:

1-Doy
out
hinki
tisi
mpor
tant
f
orphar
maci
stst
ohav
eaccess
t
ospeci
fi
cpat
ienti
nfor
mat
ion
whenr
evi
ewi
ngpr
escr
ipt
ionsf
or
appr
opr
iat
enessoft
hedr
uganddose

2-
Whatki
ndofi
nfor
mat
ion
shoul
dthepat
ientpr
ofi
l
e
cont
ain

ADMEi sanabbr evi

ationin
pharmacokineticsandphar macology
f
or"absor pti
on,dist
ri
bution,
metaboli
sm, andexcreti
on",and
descr
ibest hedisposit
ionofa
pharmaceuticalcompoundwi thi
nan
organi
sm.
 Doy out hi
nkitisimportantfor
pharmaci sttohaveaccesst o
specificpatienti
nformati
onwhen
reviewingprescri
pti
onf or
appropriatenessofdruganddose.

Yesiti
simpor tant
, because
forproperdoseand
ef
fecti
venessofdr ugiti
s
i
mpor t
anttohav eaccesst o
specifi
cpat i
entinformat i
on.
Foll
owingar ethefact or
sthat
makeitimpor tant.

 Age:
Iti
sanecessaryfact
orassomemedicat
ions
ar
egivenaccordingtot
heagesoaccesst
opat i
ent
pr
ofi
l
ei snecessaryt
oconfi
rm age.
 Al
l
ergi
ctosomemedi
cat
ions:
As manypat i
ent
s are al
l
ergi
ct o di
ff
erent
medicati
ons so t
o check t
hese medici
nes i
ti s
necessar
ytohavespeci
fi
cpati
entinf
ormati
on.
 Adv
ersedr
ugr
eact
ions:
Asfew drugscausesseri
ousADRst omany
pat
ientssoitisnecessar
ytoreview t
hatmedi
cine
i
nolderprescr
ipt
ionstoavoi
dthem i
nfutur
e.
  Cont
rai
ndi
cat
eddr
ugs:
As some dr ugs ar e
teratogeni
csobyr evi
ewingthe
patientprofi
l
etheri
skfrom f
ew
drugscanbeav oi
ded.
 Medi
cal
condi
ti
ons:
Some dr ugs ar e not
recommended i
n sever
al
Cardiovascul
ardiseases so by
revi
ewingpatientpr
ofil
eonecan
avoidthosedrugs.
To r emov ethedr ugsfr
om t he
prescript
ion whi ch ar e not
effecti
vei nthepasti nspecifi
c
patient so f or t hi
s purpose
access t o pat
ient profi
l
e i s
necessary .

2-Whatki
ndofinfor
mation
shoul
dthepat
ientpr
ofi
lecont
ain

Apatientpr
ofi
leisar eportonthe
progr
essofapat ient’
sconditi
on,
incl
udingtheinformationand
reasoningbehi
nddi agnosisand
managementdeci sions.
Si
gni
fi
canceofpat
ientdat
a
Thepur poseofpat i
entdat ais
to pr ovide t he pat ient’
s
previous medi cati
on hi story,
i
ncludi ngt hespeci fi
cityoft he
medi cation, adv er
se dr ug
reactions, al l
ergies, and hi s
currentmedi cationrecor ds,so
that practi
tioner
s and
pharmaci sts can moni tort he
pati
ent ’smedi cationstatus
Par
toft
hepat
ientdat
a
 Pat
ientdet
ail
s:
The pati
ent prof
il
e usual
l
y begi ns wi
th a br
ief
descri
pti
on of the pat
ient.The pat
ient detai
l
sincl
ude t
he
fol
lowi
nginfor
mat i
on.
 Name
 Age
 Sex
 RaceOccupat
ion
 Addr
ess
 Wei
ght
 Medi
calRecor
d
 Number
 War
d
 D.
O.A(
Dat
eofAdmi
ssi
on)
  The hist
ory of cur
rent
il
lness:
I
t should be
wri
tt
en in the pati
ent’
s own
l
anguageinparagr
aphform.Do
notaskguidi
ngquest
ions.Keep
qui
etandlett
hepati
entspeak
 Pastmedi
cal
hist
ory
:
I
tincl
udes;
 Chil
dhood hi stor
y Bi r
th
hi
story, namely nor mal ,
premature del
ivery,
precoci
ous puberty,
chil
dhoodill
ness.

 Completeorincompl
ete
i
mmuni
zat
ionhi
story.
 Adol escence hi
stor
y
f
rom chi
ldhoodtoadul
tany
medi
calprobl
ems
 Medi calhistoryofadul
t
hood acci dent, t r
auma,
di
sease.Useov er-t
he-
count
er
drugs t o pr event drug
i
nteract
ions.
 Any sur ger
y perf
ormed
i
n t he past, such as
appendect
omy.
  Medi
cat
ionhi
stor
y:
I
tincl
udes
 Cur
rentmedi
cat
ion
 sel
fmedi
cat
ion
 or
alcont
racept
ives
 Adv
erseef
fect
s
 Al
l
ergi
es:
Anyki
ndofdr
ugorf
oodal
l
ergi
es
 CheckO/
EI:
Itcan be sy st
emic orgener
al
check,suchasbodytemperat
ure,
pulse r at
e, blood pressure,
breat
hingrate.