Mediterranean Journal Of Pharmacy And Pharmaceutical Sciences

Prescribing of antibiotics and anticoagulants for patients with covid-19 in libya

• Authors Details :  
• Safa O. Walli

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In addition to the ordinary pharmacists’ role in dispensing and ensuring safety and efficacy of drugs, pharmacy profession is also concerning with clinical services towards community through multidisciplinary approach. In this regard, the clinical pharmacy is an area of pharmacy that concerned with the science and practice of rational drug use in which clinical pharmacist provides patient care that optimizes medication therapy and promotes health, wellness and prevention of diseases. During the recent crises of COVID-19 pandemic, the health systems appeared to be weak worldwide. Health care professionals seem to have nothing to present to their COVID-19 infected patients as no effective medications are approved by the World Health Organization (WHO) yet. Moreover, physicians are worried about the secondary infection for COVID-19 patients, therefore, treatment protocols were designed and mostly applied for critical COVID-19 patients who have been hospitalized in Libya. WHO does not recommend antibiotic therapy or prophylaxis for patients with mild COVID-19 unless symptoms of a bacterial infection exist. This monograph will highlight the widespread use of antibiotics and anticoagulants for COVID-19 patients at Maetiga Hopital in Tripoli, Libya

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DOI : https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5171099

Article Subject Details

• Covid 19
• Pharmaceutical sciences
• Pharmacology
• Pharmacy
• Pharmacy practice

Article Keywords Details

• anticoagulants
• coronavirus
• COVID-19
• Libya
• patients
• Antibiotics

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