Pharmacists' barriers and facilitators on implementing a post-discharge home visit.

Background: Introducing a post-discharge community pharmacist home visit can secure continuity of care and prevent drug-related problems. Currently, this type of pharmaceutical care is not standard practice and implementation is challenging. Mapping the factors influencing the implementation of this new form of care is crucial to ensure successful embedding.

[Ethnicity in pharmacogenetics].

Individuals originating from different ethnic groups can respond differently to certain medicines. In this article, we differentiated persons with a European, African and Asian origin into three main groups. The combination of a fixed dose of isosorbide dinitrate and hydralazine (known as BiDil) was marketed specifically in the US for Afro-Americans with heart failure, as patients from this group respond less well to ACE inhibitors.