Pikeville Medical Center’s oncology satellite pharmacy staff prepares chemotherapy for patients visiting the Lawson Cancer Center. Pharmacists work in close conjunction with oncologist physicians to formulate chemotherapy regimens appropriate for the needs of each individual patient. Decisions regarding doses and specific regimens of chemotherapy are made based on a variety of factors including: type of cancer, stage of cancer, cardiac function, kidney function, and blood cell counts. Pharmacists are regularly consulted to aid physicians in searching for drug information that will better serve our patients.
Pikeville Medical Center (PMC) has opened the region’s only specialty pharmacy. It is located inside PMC’s Outpatient Pharmacy Building. The PMC Specialty Pharmacy is a unique and much-needed service for patients who have rare or complex health problems including cancer, Crohn’s disease, hepatitis C, HIV, multiple sclerosis, osteoporosis, psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis, and more. “PMC offers
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Pikeville Medical Center’s (PMC) Outpatient Pharmacy has played a vital role in making improvements to service the growing needs of patients. PMC’s pharmacy is serving a more significant number of patients than ever before. The volume of prescriptions processed has increased considerably. Recently, several procedures were implemented to efficiently provide quality service to patients. “Our
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