LEGAL BASIS FOR INFORMING PATIENTS ABOUT THE RULES FOR THE USE OF MEDICINES
Pharmaceutical specialists play the leading role providing informations and recommendations how to use drugs. In national regulatory instruments have requirements to implement pharmaceutical information and counseling. Besides pharmacists, patients can get advice of medical specialists who prescrib drug therapy. So, a patient is informed on the rational using medicine by 2 specialists. In such a situation, is important to division the areas of responsibility in the explaining the rules of use of drugs. The Purpose of the Study. Analysis of the legal framework in the field of consulting the patient during medicines sales. A readiness pharmaceutical specialist to provide informations prescribed medicines in accordance with the law has been assessed. Material and methods. An assessment of the regulatory framework for pharmaceutical information and counseling services was given. Questionnaire face-to-face survey of 154 pharmaceutical workers of the Novgorod region was carried out and the readiness was analyzed their readiness to provide information and counseling services in case of saling a prescribed drug according to the legislation. Results. Almost 30,0 % of pharmacy workers indicated that it is not always necessary to explain a doses of medicine, as this information is communicated to a patient by a doctor. 13.63% of respondents, releasing a drug prescribed by a doctor, always report information on the conditions of its storage place, the rest is given only in case if a buyer requires or if it is necessary to observe a special temperature for drug storage. At the same time, 22,73% of pharmaceutical chemists always inform patients about possible drug interactions. Conclusion. During the study, problems were identified in the implementation of the labor function to provide information services by pharmacy workers.