{"id":4699,"date":"2023-07-30T12:17:51","date_gmt":"2023-07-30T12:17:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wapcpharm.org\/journal\/?p=4699"},"modified":"2023-07-31T12:23:58","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T12:23:58","slug":"west-african-journal-of-pharmacy-2016-27-2-16-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wapcpharm.org\/journal\/west-african-journal-of-pharmacy-2016-27-2-16-25\/","title":{"rendered":"West African Journal of Pharmacy (2016) 27 (2) 16-25"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Assessment of pharmacist’s knowledge on use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in hypertensive\u00a0<\/b>patients with co-morbid arthritis and pharmaceutical services rendered in Ibadan, Nigeria.<\/b><\/p>

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Aduke Ipingbemi and Paul-Miki Ibekwe<\/p>

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1Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Administration Pharmacy, Faculty Pharmacy, University of Ibadan, Nigeria.<\/span><\/p>

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2Department of Pharmacy, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, Nigeria<\/span><\/p>

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Corresponding author: Aduke Ipingbemi<\/p>

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Background:<\/b> hypertension and arthritis are two co-morbid diseases that require pharmaceutical care (PC)\u00a0services. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are commonly used for treatment of arthritis.<\/span><\/p>

Objectives:<\/b> The study evaluated the knowledge of pharmacist on the use of NSAIDs in this set of patients and\u00a0the PC services rendered to them.<\/span><\/p>

Methods:<\/b> structured tested questionnaires were distributed to pharmacists working in public hospitals and\u00a0community pharmacies in Ibadan metropolis. The questionnaire elicited information on the demographics of\u00a0<\/span>respondents, identification of drug related problems and ways of resolving them, knowledge on\u00a0<\/span>pharmacotherapy of arthritis and hypertension. Data was analysed with descriptive analysis using statistical\u00a0<\/span>package for the social sciences (SPSS) version 16 for windows.<\/span><\/p>

Results:<\/b> a total of 165 questionnaires were distributed with 124 properly filled and returned giving a response\u00a0rate of 75.2%. Majority (64.5%) were females, the mean year of graduation of the respondents was 9.12years\u00a0<\/span>and 50.8% practice as Community pharmacists. Common PC activities include; counseling (84.4%),\u00a0<\/span>monitoring of patients B.P (53.3%), blood glucose measurement (53.3%), monitoring patient’s using available\u00a0<\/span>laboratory results (44.3%). Majority (85.5%) resolved side effects complaint from patients by reassuring the\u00a0<\/span>patients that side effect will subside as therapy continues while 77.4% took full medication history and 65.3%\u00a0<\/span>consulted physician for a change of medication. Majority (88.7%) agreed that they encountered prescriptions\u00a0<\/span>containing NSAIDs for arthritis in their practice. Good numbers of the respondents had no idea of what\u00a0<\/span>measure to take when a patient diagnosed of arthritis and hypertension was prescribed NSAIDs if the blood\u00a0<\/span>pressure was control or when it was uncontrolled. Few 16.9% and 8.9% indicated they monitored B.P of such\u00a0<\/span>patients with controlled or uncontrolled B.P, while more than half (55.6%) of the respondent indicated that\u00a0<\/span>COX2 inhibitor are safer in hypertension as compared to COX1 and that NSAIDs effects on hypertension is\u00a0<\/span>dose dependent. Most (77.4%) of them indicated that NASIDs can exacerbate hypertension while 55.6%\u00a0<\/span>indicated that NSAIDs can induce hypertension.<\/span><\/p>

Conclusion:<\/b> Respondents’ knowledge of the pharmacotherapy with antihypertensives and NSAIDs use in\u00a0patients with hypertension co-morbid arthritis need to be improved. Good and well established pharmacist-<\/span>physician relationship, refresher courses and remuneration of pharmacist for the PC services will also\u00a0<\/span>improve services provided by the pharmacist.<\/span><\/p>

Key words:<\/b> Pharmacist, hypertension, arthritis, pharmaceutical care<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Assessment of pharmacist’s knowledge on use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in hypertensive\u00a0patients with co-morbid arthritis and pharmaceutical services rendered in Ibadan, Nigeria. \u00a0 Aduke Ipingbemi and Paul-Miki Ibekwe \u00a0 1Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Administration Pharmacy, Faculty Pharmacy, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. \u00a0 2Department of Pharmacy, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, Nigeria \u00a0 Corresponding […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[225],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wapcpharm.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4699"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wapcpharm.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wapcpharm.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wapcpharm.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wapcpharm.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4699"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/wapcpharm.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4699\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4705,"href":"https:\/\/wapcpharm.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4699\/revisions\/4705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wapcpharm.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wapcpharm.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wapcpharm.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}