The analysis of extemporaneously compounded prescriptions in the pharmacy of the Hospital České Budějovice

The analysis of extemporaneously compounded prescriptions in the pharmacy of the Hospital České Budějovice Author: Václav Předota Hospital České Budějovice Tutor: Jan Kostřiba Department of Social and Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové, Charles University Introduction: However the preparation of extemporaneously compounded medicines is no longer the main activity in the pharmacy, it is still an inseparable part of thepharmaceutical proffesion. The preparation is constantly evolving, therefore it is essential to monitor its status to predict its future evolvement. Objectives: The objective of the thesis was to review a status of prescription of extemporaneously compounded medicines from different points of view. Primarily to verify an assumption, that number of these prescriptions is decreasing, to define specializations of prescribing physicians, to define different dosage forms and their proportion of prescribtions and to define the influence of stoppage of drugs manufactured in factories on the preparation of extemporaneously compounded medicines. Methods: The evaluated file was formed by prescriptions gathered in the pharmacy of the Hospital České Budějovice between years 2015 and 2016. The prescriptions were separated to several groups according to the origin of the..