OBJECTIVE: To assess the feasibility of providing a pharmacist-led pharmaceutical care service to @entity1 with @entity378 and @entity6 . SETTING: The study was conducted at a tertiary hospital in the northern region of Peninsular Malaysia. Methods Action research methodology was used. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: Pharmaceutical care issues. RESULTS: The prevalence of @entity6 among newly diagnosed @entity378 @entity1 was 15% (53/352). Out of 53 @entity1 identified, 35 participated in the study. @entity1 ' ages ranged between 29 and 73 years (mean of 52    10 years). The male: female ratio was 1.7:1. Pharmaceutical care issues identified by pharmacists were nonadherence, uncontrolled @entity6 , @entity137 and individual @entity1 's medication related problems. Pharmacists were able to intervene and resolve some of the pharmaceutical care issues. CONCLUSION: Pharmacists played an important role in integrating the provision of care for @entity378 and @entity6 by providing individualised pharmaceutical care management. There still remains a need to address logistic barriers that impinged on the ability to conduct the pharmaceutical care service to its full potential.

Convergence of XXXX and @entity6 : time to individualise pharmaceutical care.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['Patients', 'patients', 'patient'] @entity378 :: ('MESH:D014376', 'Disease') :: ['tuberculosis'] @entity137 :: ('MESH:D064420', 'Disease') :: ['adverse drug reactions'] @entity6 :: ('MESH:D003920', 'Disease') :: ['diabetes mellitus']
@entity378 :: (MESH:D014376,Disease) :: ['tuberculosis']
