Laboratory Exercises in Clinical Pharmacy

Actiivity 1
Drug Information

OBJECTIVES:

At the end of this experiment, the student should be able:

1. To provide drug information as part of their patient care activities;

2. To learn what resources available to provide drug information services;
3. To list down valid and relevant resources in answering drug information questions.

Please complete the following tables:

Questions on Adverse Drug Reaction
Question type: How much time do you have?
Minutes to Hours Hours to Days
Has this ADR been previously
associated with this drug?

How do you prevent or

manage this ADR?

Is this reaction associated

with any of the medications
the patient is taking?
 Questions on Dosing or Administration
Question type: How much time do you have?
Minutes to Hours Hours to Days
What is the dose of drug X?

How do I adjust the dose for a

patient with organ
dysfunction?

What is the dose for a patient

in this special population? e.g.
pediatrics, geriatrics, obesity?

How do I administer this

parenteral drug?

Questions on Drug Interactions

Question type: How much time do you have?
Minutes to Hours Hours to Days
Do these drugs interact?

Does this drug interact with

foods my patient is taking?

Does this drug affect

laboratory values?
 Questions on Indication for Therapeutic Use
Question type: How much time do you have?
Minutes to Hours Hours to Days

Why was this drug • Drug Information

prescribed? Handbook
• Handbook of Clinical
Drug Data
• Reactions Weekly
• Cochrane Database of
Systematic Reviews

What can be used for • Physicians’Desk

prophylaxis or treatment of X? Reference
• Martindale: The
Complete Drug
Reference
• National Library of
Medicine - Medical
Subject Heading
(MeSH terms)
• Cochrane Database of
Systematic Reviews

Is the use of drug X for this • www.fda.gov.ph

purpose FDA approved? Off • www.tripleiconsulting.
label use? Etc com/fda-product-
registration

Questions on Safety in Pregnancy and Lactation

Question type: How much time do you have?
Minutes to Hours Hours to Days
What is the risk to the fetus • Drugs in Pregnancy
when exposed to this drug? and Lactation
• Medications and
Mother’s Milk: A
Manual of Lactational
Pharmacology
 • National Library of
Medicine - Medical
Subject Heading
(MeSH terms)
• Reactions Weekly
•
What is the risk or potential • Drugs in Pregnancy
risk to the breastfeeding and Lactation
infant when exposed to this • Medications and
drug (taken by the mother)? Mother’s Milk: A
Manual of Lactational
Pharmacology
• National Library of
Medicine - Medical
Subject Heading
(MeSH terms)
• Reactions Weekly

1. Provide useful sources of drug information : Resource in Print and Resource on Internet.
Minimum of 2 resources.