Pharmaceutical Care in Malaria Management

Abstract

        Malaria patients should receive urgent and appropriate treatment, as the inappropriate treatment can cause complications and drug resistance. Therefore, the pharmaceutical care by pharmacist was provided in order to increase the effectiveness of treatment. The process starts from the following: getting a patient’s medical history, participating in the assessment of disease severity for medication selection, counseling the physician about the appropriate medicine, and giving patient counselling for the proper use of medication. The pharmacist should learn and understand the principles of medication use in malaria, signs and symptoms, surveillance laboratory results used to monitor therapeutic outcomes and adverse drug reaction, and the use of medications in special patient groups.