Farmàcia Progrés

• We want our patients to take their medicines correctly.
• We want them to complete the treatment as prescribed.
• It is our goal to make sure there are no mistakes in doses.
• We avoid problems with medicine handling.
• Everything is clear to patients and confusions are avoided.
• Patients have better control over the process.

Progrés staff are committed to promoting rational and sensible medicine use.
 

It is a bubble pack with pre-formed sockets where pills go.

It is disposable.

It is standardised and certified by the manufacturer.

It includes personalised labelling:

• patient´s personal date
• pharmacy´s data
• contents i.e. medicines along with their dosage.

The process of preparing is closely supervised by a pharmacist, complying with the security and quality protocol.

• People who have problems with medicine organisation and identification.
• Elderly people who live on their own.
• Patients with polypharmacy i.e. those who take 4-5 different medicines a day.
• Patients with chronic and memory affecting diseases.
• People with reduced autonomy.
• Patients who live in nursing homes.
• Carers or family members of patients with polypharmacy. PDS is a great help for them since they don´t have to worry about daily medicine preparation anymore.

• It makes it much easier to go through the treatment.
• It reduces significantly any potential mistakes during the treatment.
• Thanks to PDS, storage and handling problems are avoided.
• It reduces the risk of involuntary intoxication or confusion.
• It is a great help to carers and patients´ families.
• Pharmacists look over the whole medication and in case of any discrepancies they consult patient´s doctor.

1. Visit Progrés pharmacy.
2. Explain to us your medical history.
3. If you decide to use our service, you should provide us with all your medicines which will be under our custody.
4. It would be necessary to provide us with a written consent signed by the patient and/or family members.
5. Then, we review all the medication prescribed with the patient´s doctor.
6. After that, we prepare your labelled weekly medication in one pack (or fortnightly in two packs).
7. Finally, before returning ready medication to the patient, quality control test is carried out by a pharmacist.

Because at Progrés pharmacy we are committed to your treatment compliance. It is a part of our professional mission to supervise the treatment prescribed by doctors and to make sure it is safe and efficient.

We review the following aspects:

• Potential interactions between perscribed medicines.
• Side effects.
• Potential incompatibilities between chronic diseases.
• Patient´s knowledge of medication and its purpose.
• Medicines that are not appropriate at certain ages.
• Medicine duplicity.