why pharmacy is important for patients involved in kidney transplants
With the many medications kidney transplant recipients require pre- and post-transplant, pharmacists are in an ideal position to act as an educator and as an accessible support for medication management.
Kidney transplant recipients present a unique challenge to pharmacists:
- Large number of medications
- Potential for many drug interactions
- Immunosuppressive medications
- Multiple comorbidities
- Multiple prescribers
- Dose-adjusting renally cleared medications
- Access to medications
- Social and psychological complexities
- Many more!
This website provides resources to better position pharmacists to understand and support the needs of their kidney transplant patients, with a focus on recipients of kidneys from living donors. Information regarding the health implications of potential donors and potential recipients is also provided.
Please feel free to look through my presentation seen above. I am happy to answer any questions via email (neseymou(at)uwaterloo.ca)
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Kidney transplant recipients present a unique challenge to pharmacists:
- Large number of medications
- Potential for many drug interactions
- Immunosuppressive medications
- Multiple comorbidities
- Multiple prescribers
- Dose-adjusting renally cleared medications
- Access to medications
- Social and psychological complexities
- Many more!
This website provides resources to better position pharmacists to understand and support the needs of their kidney transplant patients, with a focus on recipients of kidneys from living donors. Information regarding the health implications of potential donors and potential recipients is also provided.
Please feel free to look through my presentation seen above. I am happy to answer any questions via email (neseymou(at)uwaterloo.ca)
*replace (at) with @