Pharmacists are getting very involved with using lab tests to monitor drug theapy
June 1997
Some pharmacists are getting very involved with using lab tests to monitor drug therapy. And doing the tests in the pharmacy.
There's a new machine that's small...affordable...accurate... and fast. It's called Cholestech LDX.
It gives total cholesterol...HDL...LDL...and triglycerides. Also blood glucose. In the future, it might also measure glycosylated hemoglobin A1c...PSA for prostate cancer...and osteoporosis markers.
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