What is the point of seeing the yellow book in community?

[ramroum]

Hi,

In community pharmacy, what is the point of seeing the yellow book in patients on warfarin, please? What do you record on the computer system and why? Do you confirm with the patient the warfarin dose he is currently on?

Thanks.

[Rafael]

theoretically pharmacists are supposed to check the warfarin yellow book whenever dispensing warfarin. the yellow book tells you their latest INR measurement and when was it taken.
assume you get a script with a different dose than what was regularly prescribed, before dispensing you either have to check their INR measurement or ring the GP to check if they are being monitered before and during this change.
you do not want them to bleed if they were prescribed an overdose!

[Jen the 3rd]

Nearly every Rx I see says "as directed"

[jaymags]

On Proscript we have to type in WAR as a direction after the original dose. This will then print out to also direct the patient to consult their yellow book before taking the tablets.

[Jeff]

Leeds doesn't have yellow books.

Isn't life fun ;-)


Jeff

[jaymags]

[QUOTE=Jeff;19789]Leeds doesn't have yellow books.

What do you have then?

[Jeff]

[QUOTE=jaymags;19843]

Leeds doesn't have yellow books.

What do you have then?

A computer printout

Jeff

[Tony Schofield]

Nearly every Rx I see says "as directed"

It does indeed as dosages change it prevents the need to issue a new prescription newly labelled each time. However, you need to know that a patient has been recently monitored and you can see that in the Yellow book before dispensing the prescription.

[Asterix]

It does indeed as dosages change it prevents the need to issue a new prescription newly labelled each time. However, you need to know that a patient has been recently monitored and you can see that in the Yellow book before dispensing the prescription.

So for the label, would you write 'take as directed' or 'take as directed according to your yellow book'. Does the yellow book actually contain the actual dose required?

[Lazy Nite]

‘Take as directed’…..no need to refer to the yellow book on the dispensing label…..

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I’ve read somewhere that eating one litre of ice cream can interact with warfarin and raise the INR!!!!