HMRs for kids with asthma
May 31, 2010
THE Pharmacy Guild says Home
Medicine Reviews can be of benefit
for patients of all ages, with
children and adolescents with
asthma identified as being “ideal
candidates” for an HMR referral.
In a statement issued on Friday
the Guild said there is “increasing
evidence demonstrating the
benefits that medication reviews
can have” in reducing the up to
200,000 hospital admissions due to
medication mismanagement a year.
It’s estimated that only 50% of
paediatric patients adhere to their
medication regimen, with asthma
one of the most common illnesses
among Australian children aged
under 14, and also the major
reason for unplanned
hospitalisations in this age group.
“Paediatric asthma patients who
received counselling on their
medicines and how to use inhaler
devices and nebulisers from
pharmacists, however, were found
to improve their asthma
management and experienced
fewer asthma attacks,” the Guild said.
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