Impacts of a multipurpose outpatient hospital pharmacy in the framework of 3P medicine.

Challenge In The Framework Of Predictive Preventive And Personalised Medicine: In recent years, we have been witnessing a change in the performance of hospital pharmacists, aimed at increasing their participation in the pharmacotherapeutic process of patients. The drug cycle, characterised as multidisciplinary, is very complex. It is essential for the multidisciplinary team to have a broad vision of the medication system in order to guarantee safety and quality.

Use of plasma exchange as therapeutic tool in clinical practice.

Objective: To descrive the use of therapeutic plasma exchange in several pathologies and its adjustment to international reference guides.

Method: Observational, descriptive, retrospective study, of all the patients that  received plasmapheresis between January 2014-December 2015. We analized  the appropriate indication according to the bibliography consulted, and the  therapeutic outcome.

Adherence and safety study in patients on treatment with capecitabine.

Background: The introduction of oral antineoplastic agents in therapeutics has caused a change in the treatment strategy against cancer. The objective of this study was to analyze the adherence in patients to treatment with capecitabine, their adverse events, and the overall health status of patients, as well as the relationship of these factors with adherence.

Method: An observational, prospective study at 7 months, in a cohort of patients on capecitabine treatment, including treatment initiations and continuations, regardless of diagnosis or indication.

Hypersensitivity to paroxetine.

The increasingly extensive use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors will probably increase the number of cases of cutaneous reactions due to these drugs. This report describes a case of generalized exanthema due to paroxetine. Positive results to patch tests indicated delayed hypersensitivity.