Spiteri Maria, Attard Everaldo, Serracino-Inglott Anthony, Azzopardi Lilian M
Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Malta, Msida, Malta.
J Young Pharm. 2013 Mar;5(1):22-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jyp.2013.01.003. Epub 2013 Mar 7.
Today, the use of herbal medicine for primary healthcare has increased considerably. Since local pharmacists graduate with little knowledge on herbal medicine, the majority are ill-equipped to provide pharmaceutical advice.
To develop and evaluate a herbal medicine formulary to aid healthcare professionals (HCPs) in the prescribing, dispensing and counselling responsibilities.
Community pharmacies.
Monographs on all herbal substances available locally were compiled into a formulary. The formulary was then distributed to all, 216, local pharmacies. Subsequently, a questionnaire was distributed to 55 pharmacists and 10 general practitioners (GPs).
Descriptive statistical analysis.
A total of 177 herbal monographs have been compiled and 612 herbal products listed. Thirty HCPs participated in the questionnaire. The formulary was found to be useful by all participants with 19 claiming to use it frequently and 7 quite frequently. Participants (n = 30) agree that the information contained within the formulary was found to be useful (26), the formulary helped them learn which HMPs are present in the local market (29), the formulary is user friendly (27), information included is up-to-date and well referenced (29) and that there is the need for a formulary of this kind in Malta (28).
The formulary was found to be a useful tool for HCPs leading to high quality, evidence-based prescribing together with enhanced monitoring and improved patient care.
如今，草药在初级医疗保健中的使用显著增加。由于当地药剂师毕业时对草药知识了解甚少，大多数人缺乏提供药学建议的能力。
制定并评估一份草药配方集，以协助医疗保健专业人员（HCPs）履行处方、配药和咨询职责。
社区药房。
将当地所有可用草药的专论汇编成一本配方集。然后将该配方集分发给当地所有216家药房。随后，向55名药剂师和10名全科医生（GPs）发放了问卷。
描述性统计分析。
共汇编了177篇草药专论，列出了612种草药产品。30名HCPs参与了问卷调查。所有参与者都认为该配方集很有用，其中19人声称经常使用，7人相当频繁地使用。30名参与者一致认为，配方集中包含的信息很有用（26人），配方集帮助他们了解当地市场上有哪些草药产品（29人），配方集用户友好（27人），所包含的信息是最新的且有充分参考依据（29人），并且马耳他需要这样一本配方集（28人）。
该配方集被发现是医疗保健专业人员的有用工具，有助于实现高质量、循证处方，同时加强监测并改善患者护理。
