Medication Review with Follow-up Service provided by the Community Pharmacy as a care practice for the optimization of pharmacotherapy in patient with urticaria and pruritus

A 66-year-old woman, ex-smoker, diagnosed with hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, asthma, anxiety and migraine, who presented pruritus and urticaria, was given Medication Review with Follow-Up Service (MRF). She was taking 5 medications.

After the review of the pharmacotherapy and conducting an in-depth interview, the presence of pruritus and urticaria was determined as a Negative Outcomes Releated to Medicines (NOM) and a Drug Related Problem (DRP) derived from the use of Rosuvastatin/Ezetimibe, and a possible DRPs of probability of adverse effects and prescription error.

It was proposed to the patient to suspend the treatment and a referral was made to the Primary Care Physician (PCP) by means of a referral report that was submitted by the patient at the medical appointment to assess a pharmacological alternative to treat hypercholesterolemia.

The proposal was accepted by the PCP. A follow-up of the case was carried out, which allowed verifying the resolution of the DRPs and NOMs detected, achieving an improvement in the patient’s health and favoring adherence to treatment.