OBJECTIVE: To comprehend the general situation of pharmaceutical services in hospitals in China.METHOD: The general situation of pharmaceutical services was investigated by questionnaire survey through mailing among a total of 600 hospitals including third-level grade A and B and second-level grade A and B hospitals and 42 pilot sites hospitals of clinical pharmacist work system selected by stratified random sampling.And the results were given a statistical analysis.RESULTS & CONCLUSIONS: A total of 281 questionnaires(46.8%) were sent back from sample hospitals and 29(69.0%) from pilot hospitals.37.1% of the hospitals developed the service of mixed dispensing for intravenous drugs,61.7% set up drug information consultation department,32.9% had monitoring software or system for rational drug use,indicating a great evolvement has been achieved in Chinese hospital pharmaceutical services.But there is still great difference in pharmaceutical care between different level and grade of hospitals.

OBJECTIVE: To probe into the status quo of the practice of clinical pharmacy in hospitals of China.METHODS: A mailed questionnaire survey was conducted among 600 sample hospitals and 42 clinical pharmacist work system pilot hospitals based on stratified sampling regarding the status quo of the clinical pharmacy practice in China.And the results were subjected to statistical analysis.RESULTS & CONCLUSIONS: A total of 310 questionnaires were sent back,which revealed that the proportions of developing clinical pharmaceutical services including prescription evaluation,ADR monitoring,drug information consultation in hospitals at different level were high,but the proportions of developing such pharmaceutical services as medication orders' writing and drug-food interaction monitoring were low.The pilot hospitals had better clinical pharmacy services as compared with common hospitals,much as in drug therapy monitoring and individualized medication therapy.The clinical pharmacists were characterized by low quality and scanty numbers.The financial support to clinical pharmacy and the role of the clinical pharmacists remain to be intensified.

Objective To study comprehensive methods for senile hypertension and compared with conven-tional western medicine treatment,and provide reference to guide clinical hypertension treatment for the future. Methods 162 cases with senile hypertension were selected in our hospital,according to the order of treatment and the principle of informed consent,they were randomly divided into observation group and control group.The control group was given conventional western medicine treatment,the Nifedipine sustained release tablets joint irbesartan tab-lets.Based on the thinkings of health management,we established health records for observation group firstly,then as-sessed cardiovascular risk among patients.The patients with low,moderate risk were conducted the continuous monito-ring of blood pressure,health education,the key intervention in their way of life,established a good mentality.If the blood pressure was still unstable and out of control,we began to consider the use of drug.For patients with high risk or very high risk,besides the treatment considered,they needed immediate medical treatment supplemented by traditional Chinese medicine.Observation group was followed up for 1 time,and lasting for 6 months,then their blood pressure was measured again,the treatment effect and adverse reactions were evaluated.Results The total effective rate of ob-servation group was 96.7% (89 /92),which was significantly higher than that of control group 82.8% (58 /70),χ2 =9.12,P <0.01,the difference was statistically significant.After following up for 6 months,the systolic blood pressure of observation group fell to (126.1 ±21.5 )mmHg,t =7.548,P <0.01;diastolic blood pressure fell to (79.5 ±9.5)mmHg,t =10.703,P <0.01,the change was significantly different than before.The systolic blood pres-sure of control group fell to (145.3 ±26.7)mmHg,t =1.979,P <0.05,there was markedly reduced,diastolic blood pressure decreased too,but there was no statistical difference (P >0.05).So the effect of observation group was better than control group.Meanwhile,some adverse reaction occurred in both groups,but there was no significant difference. Conclusion With the thinking of health management for aged patients with hypertension,offer full -course treatment for them in order to increase the awareness of hypertension and establish healthy lifestyle,guide scientific and rational drug use.The integrated use of these methods can effectively improve the effect of the treatment of senile hyperten-sion,which is worthy of popularization and application.

OBJECTIVE: To supply reference for the implementation and popularization of clinical pharmacist system as well as the establishment of the quality standards and assessment system for the pharmaceutical care in China.METHODS: By literature reviewing method,the pertinent literature about quality standards and assessment system of pharmaceutical care at home and abroad since 1990s were retrieved systematically,sorted and analyzed.RESULTS & CONCLUSIONS: The quality assessment of the pharmaceutical care can help enhance the level of pharmaceutical care,demonstrate the value of clinical pharmaceutical care,and facilitate the establishment and evolvement of the clinical pharmacist system.When drawing useful experiences from such countries like American and Britain,China should attach great importance to the cooperation between schools of higher learning and practitioners and the application of scientific methods and taking into consideration of the practical situation of the hospitals in carrying out clinical quality assessment for pharmaceutical care.

OBJECTIVE: To probe into the situation of drug risk communication home and abroad and to provide reference systematic construction of risk communication in China. METHODS: Content analysis of document study was used to study foreign risk communication method in drug risk management. Related situations in China were compared one another. RESULTS & CONCLUSIONS: Completive drug risk communication systems and methods had been set up in America,Canada and Australia and they had successful experiences in risk information collection, establishment of risk communication platform and risk communication decision, etc. It is urgent to establish the drug risk communication systems based on China’s actual conditions by building up risk communication platform, enforcing the duty consciousness of drug manufacturers, guiding the public realization and strengthening international cooperation, etc.

OBJECTIVE: To provide references for the evolvement of the administration of drug labels and package inserts in China. METHODS: By content analysis in non-contact research, 23 law documents relevant to American drug labels and package inserts were collected from FDA website, of which, 7 were acts, 1 federal regulation and 15 guiding principles RESULTS: The drug labels and package inserts of the prescription drugs and the over-the-counter drugs in US were administrated in classification with an emphasis on the contents and formats. CONCLUSIONS: A set of comprehensive lawful system for drug labels and package inserts has been established in American, from which China should draw experience to ensure the comprehensiveness, objectiveness and accuracy of drug information and guarantee safety and efficacy of drugs.

OBJECTIVE:To provide suggestions for the improvement of curriculum system of Pharmacy Administration(Ph.A).METHODS:The basic information was collected by searching official website and the websites of universities and colleges,and the detailed data were collected through questionnaire survey.RESULTS:In the 111 universities and colleges investigated,a total of 51 curriculums(or 399 courses) related to Ph.A were set up.The main curriculums are pharmacy administration(210 courses),pharmaceutical marketing(61 courses),pharmacy laws and regulations(26 courses).In different universities and colleges,the credit hours,semester and property of Ph.A curriculums are different.CONCLUSIONS:The system of Ph.A curriculums has become more and more comprehensive,and the setup of each course suits the need of social needs.But the setup of curriculums of Ph.A in each university or college was far from systematical,and its structure remained to be optimized,and the structure of the teaching materials of Ph.A should be strengthened.

OBJECTIVE: To provide suggestion for the construction of teaching staff and the improvement of the discipline of Pharmacy Administration(Ph.A).METHODS: The basic information was collected by searching official website and the websites of universities and colleges etc,and a questionnaire survey was conducted among pharmacy univeristies or colleges by means of telephone interview or on-the-spot interview etc.RESULTS: A total of 108 pharmacy univeristies or colleges sent back the effective questionnaires.There were a total of 276 Ph.A teachers,including 142 male and 134 female;145 were full-time Ph.A and 131 were part-time teachers.There were only part-time teachers in 63 universities / colleges,of whom,91 were from other teaching or research department of the discipline of pharmacy,24 from party or government administration of school,9 from hospitals,4 from pharmaceutical manufacturing enterprises,and 3 from drug administration department.CONCLUSION: The resources of Ph.A teachers are various,and the access qualification is quite low.It isadvisable to strengthen the building of Ph.A faculty and improve the whole level of Ph.A teachers.

OBJECTIVE:To provide references for the establishment of performance indicator system for evaluating National essential medicines system in China. METHODS:To analyze the theory and approach of policy evaluation and WHO indicators for evaluating national drug policies. A literature study on relevant information was conducted. RESULTS & CONCLUSION:China may refer to WHO framework for the evaluation index system,according to the target of various stages of essential drugs system,in the implementation of our system of essential medicines on the basis of a full investigation,combined with our medical and health background and status,build essential drugs system of performance appraisal system and performance indicators.

The systematic approaches of metabonomics are similar to the essential attribution in concept of the wholism for traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) theories. The metabonomics had been progressively utilized to study the TCM theories, such as "ZHENG" (synelromes), or the systematic mechanism of Chinese materia medica (CMM) and its formulae by animal models, and toxicology in recent years. These studies almost focused on the responeses of endogenous metabonome to biological stimuli or genetic manipulation (pharmacodynamics and toxicology) by TCM theory of "ZHENG", while less involved the precess of formulae itself and its dynamic changes (pharmacokinetics) by TCM theory of "FANG". The "treatment by differentiating syndrome" and "Correspondence of FANG-ZHANG" is the quintessence of TCM theories. Consequently, in this idea, the application of PK-PD methods based on metabonomics and "FANG-ZHENG correspondence" to investigating the compatibility of the formulae in TCM theory is discussed in this paper.