What do pharmacists do?

What is the role of clinical pharmacists in chemotherapy ?

• i heard that clinical pharmacists who work in hospitals have a role in chemotherapy do they have contact with patients? are they the ones who give the chemotherapy sessions? and if u have extra details i would be glad to hear thanks for your help

• Answer:

  While I was on chemo, I saw a Clinical Pharmacist to manage the Coumadin I was taking. Coumadin is a blood thinner. I was taking 1mg a day just to make sure my port didn't clog up. Then, I had a PE and I had to go on higher doses of Coumadin and had to maintain a certain PT/INR. That was managed by a Clinical Pharmacist. The oncologist wrote out all the scripts for chemo, and the chemo itself was mixed by a Pharmacy Tech who was under the supervision of a Clinical Pharmacist. That's only my experience. Hope that helps.