Professional Provision of Medicines Information

The quality and quantity of prescription medicines information available in daily practice to health professional defines the excellence of pharmaceutical services provided to patients in order to select the most effective and cost effective therapies that cure or alleviate their ailments.Medicines information is defined as “Independent, accurate, up-to-date, reliable and relevant information about medicines and all aspects of their selection and usage in clinical practice.Professional provision of medicines information is a crucial task of clinical pharmacists that aims at meeting the medicine information requirements of patients, healthcare professionals and various strata of the society.Professional provision of medicines information is useful in all settings were medicines are selected and used; however, it can be particularly helpful in specific situations that are highlighted below.In this article, the topic of medicines information will be explored and introduced to the journal readers.