Article: How some pharmacists are managing asthma patients

If you have a knowledgeable person spending time with an asthma patient, evaluating the drug regimen, and educating the patient about the disease, that person can have a significant impact on the quality of life of the patient." So said Roy A. Pleasants, Pharm.D., clinical associate professor at the University of North Carolina School of Pharmacy and specialist in pulmonary medicine at Duke Health Systems. Pleasants said pharmacists are a natural to fill that role in asthma patients' lives because they may have insights other providers don't have, due to their drug knowledge.

Pleasants continued, "Study after study has shown the impact of pharmacists on patient outcomes, whether in a ...

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