Clinical pharmacy is a new and yet unexplored discipline of pharmacy in India that has proven itself into a very promising part of patient care and service in many other countries abroad .A clinical pharmacist can make himself invaluable in the health care team by obtaining medication histories, counsel patients, review treatment regimens, monitor drug therapy, supply drug information, report ADRs, conduct drug-use evaluations, prepare monographs, formulary consideration and provide poison control services. The neglected state of clinical pharmacy in India has started undergoing promising changes in the recent past .A hand full of hospitals in India has even started recognizing the necessity of clinical pharmacy in the hospital set up and started initiatives to provide a full fletched patient service program in their hospitals. This branch of pharmacy is gaining new importance in patient follow up and drug reactions monitoring and a variety of other added patient services and support to increase patient satisfaction and to obtain the maximum efficiency in drug therapy.
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