OBJECTIVE:To explore the ways and methods for pharmacists to participate in community pharmaceutical care, and to provide reference for guaranteeing safe use of drugs in the elderly. METHODS:Questionnaire survey about medication situa-tions and pharmaceutical care demands was conducted among the elderly randomly selected from some communities of Guangzhou Yuexiu District and Liwan District. The investigation data was analyzed statistically. RESULTS:Totally 300 questionnaires were sent out,and 283 were recycled with effective recovery rate of 94.33%. Among respondents,64.66% geriatric people had a high school education or above and 87.99% elderly people enjoyed medical insurance for urban residents;the major health problems of the elderly were chronic diseases like hypertension,osteoporosis,hyperlipidemia,diabetes. 55.48% interviewees preferred to pur-chasing drugs from governmental hospitals and 40.28% interviewees used to purchase drugs from community hospitals;in terms of understanding of drug information,72.08% interviewees tended to consult doctors about drug use but only 12.72% intervieweestended to consult hospital pharmacists about drug use. Interviewees often took various kinds of drugs,there were 72.44%interview-ees taking drugs according to the doctor's advice. 44.88%interviewees accustomed to storing drugs at discretion. 68.20%interview-ees deemed that the responsibilities of the pharmacists were drug dispensing,but only 28.27% interviewees thought that pharma-cists could provide medication guidance and consultation;in terms of community pharmaceutical care,interviewee had much great-er demands to daily care and rational drug use of lectures. CONCLUSION:Geriatric people take many different drugs to treat their diseases in those communities,there are many problems that are not conducive to safe drug use. Those reflected urgent need for community pharmaceutical care,and then higher requirements are put forward for the professional quality of pharmacists.

OBJECTIVE:To establish the quality standard of Mageng phlegm - eliminating oral liquid.METHODS:Herba Ephedrae,Platycodon grandiflorum and Ophiopogon japonicus in Mageng phlegm - eliminating oral liquid were identified qualitatively by TLC,and the content of baicalin was determined by HPLC.RESULTS:Herba Ephedrae,Platycodon grandiflorum and Ophiopogon japonicus had been successfully detected by TLC.The linear range of baicalin was 0.102～1.734?g (r = 0.9996) with an average recovery of 97.19%(RSD = 1.20%,n = 6).CONCLUSION:The established quality standard is applicable for the quality control of Mageng phlegm -eliminating oral liquid.

Objective:To study the prevalence and distribution of adult thyroid diseases in urban and rural areas of Hebei Province.Methods:A multi-stage stratified cluster sampling method was used to select Renqiu City and Licun Town, Luquan City of Hebei Province as the urban and rural survey sites, respectively. Questionnaire survey, physical examination and thyroid B ultrasound examination were conducted on local permanent residents (≥ 5 years of residencies) over 18 years old. The fasting venous blood sample was collected to determine the serum thyroid function indicaters.Results:A total of 2 650 adults were surveyed, including 1 393 urban residents and 1 257 rural residents (1 357 males and 1 293 females). A total of 435 patients with thyroid diseases were diagnosed, the detection rate was 16.42%. There were seven thyroid diseases, including subclinical hypothyroidism (60.92%, 265/435), Hashimoto's thyroiditis (34.02%, 148/435), hypothyroidism (4.83%, 21/435), simple goiter (3.22%, 14/435), hyperthyroidism (2.53%, 11/435), subclinical hyperthyroidism (2.53%, 11/435), and thyroid cancer (1.84%, 8/435). The detection rates of thyroid diseases in urban and rural areas were 21.18% (295/1 393) and 11.14% (140/1 257), respectively. The detection rates of thyroid diseases in males and females were 11.42% (155/1 357) and 21.66% (280/1 293), respectively. The detection rates of thyroid diseases in 18-< 30, 30-< 40, 40-< 50, 50-< 60 and ≥60 years old were 13.46% (91/676), 14.81% (81/547), 15.42% (89/577), 20.94% (85/406) and 20.05% (89/444), respectively. There were statistically significant differences between different areas, gender and age groups (χ 2 = 48.54, 50.53, 14.68, P < 0.05). Conclusions:The detection rate of subclinical hypothyroidism in adults in urban and rural areas of Hebei Province is relatively high, followed by Hashimoto's thyroiditis. Attention should be paid to the screening, evaluation, and intervention of thyroid function among urban female populations.