Kavita Joshi*
Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Manipal/p>
Received: 01-Mar-2025, Manuscript No. jhcp-25-169368; Editor assigned: 4-Mar-2025, Pre-QC No. jhcp-25-169368 (PQ); Reviewed: 20-Mar-2025, QC No jhcp-25-169368; Revised: 26-Mar-2025, Manuscript No. jhcp-25-169368 (R); Published: 30-Mar-2025, DOI: 10.4172/2320- 7949.11.005
Citation: Kavita Joshi, Clinical Pharmacists in Geriatric Medication Management. RRJ Hosp Clin Pharm. 2025.11.005.
Copyright: © 2025 Kavita Joshi, this is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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