Pharmacy and the CF pharmacopoeia

Medicines are an integral part of CF care and are prescribed and administered with the intention of improving health and quality of life. Many factors are taken into account when choosing a medicine to prescribe for a patient. Once prescribed, medicines require monitoring for effectiveness and side effects, the CF specialist pharmacist is well placed to do this. The CF Pharmacopoeia details important characteristics of these medicines. Allergies to medicines can pose a challenge, but desensitising individuals with allergies to antibiotics offers an opportunity to use choices that would otherwise be contraindicated.