Jerry Fahrni

The Business Journal: “The UCSF School of Pharmacy has launched a new service in Fresno to address the urgent need among Central Valley residents and their health care providers for assistance in managing their prescriptions. The service will start scheduling appointments this week and will officially open for in-person patient consultations on Sept. 1. Through the program, patients will meet one-on-one with an experienced clinical pharmacist to evaluate the prescriptions they currently use, ensure the medications are safe and effective for them, and help them manage their daily drug regimens.” – This is a great service and people should take advantage of it. I’ve reviewed the medication regimens of several members of my own family and you would be shocked to learn what I’ve discovered. My review of family medication regimens have revealed a duplicate therapy, a significant drug interactions, one medication causing side effects that were being treated as a medical condition, a medication being used for the wrong condition and one medication that was never prescribed; it was accidentally added to the patient’s profile by mistake in the pharmacy. I recommend that all pharmacists review the medication regimens for all their family members. If you find something weird, I’d love to hear about it.