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Medical Forum / General / Pharmacy / September 2005What do Pharamacists do?
Hi, I'm new to this field. I just joined in UG programee in Pharmacy in India. What really pharmacists do? > Hi, > I'm new to this field. I just joined in UG programee in Pharmacy in > India. What really pharmacists do? famacist check patient symtom and invent a drug Thank u spemmy said: famacist check patient symtom and invent a drug No, that would be A: A doctor, and B: a pharmacological researchist. Pharmacists just fill the prescription, amongst other things, but they certainly don't invent drugs. There are still a few pharmacists left that do compounding, that is, combinding different meds to make a final product, but they don't invent drugs, with maybe very few exceptions. > spemmy said: famacist check patient symtom and invent a drug > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > that do compounding, that is, combinding different meds to make a final > product, but they don't invent drugs, with maybe very few exceptions. they do invent drugs. In Croatia, after you finish a college to be a pharmacist, you can work in a pharmacy shop where you sell drugs, check for interactions, advice your patients about Rx and OTC drugs etc. But you can also work in industry where you invent a new drug and make an old one. Or you can work in hospital, with a physician, and considering the diagnose that a physician make you, as a clinical pharmacist, decide which medication will that patient use. BBye -- www.coner.hr What a pharmacist does can vary from country to country. In the United States, there are a number of things that can be done with a pharmacy degree. There is no simple answer, but there are some web sites that can help you. You may want to take a look at pharmweb for starters. There are also some pharmacy organizations on line and there web sites would be informative. >From what I understand, they fill RX's, check patient histories for allergies, interactions, that sort of thing, counsel patients if they have any questions regarding the medication, and of course, run the pharmacy. Also, they are, I believe in charge of maintaining current DEA licenses and keeping inventory of all drugs, esp. controlled drugs. All of this without sampling the goods... > >From what I understand, they fill RX's, check patient histories for > allergies, interactions, that sort of thing, counsel patients if they > have any questions regarding the medication, and of course, run the > pharmacy. Also, they are, I believe in charge of maintaining current > DEA licenses pharmacists in the US do not have DEA licenses...and they have nothing to do with the maintenance of those that do....they MAY have a computer link that they can check for status of DEA licenses in OTHERS again...pharmacists do NOT have a DEA number and keeping inventory of all drugs, esp. controlled drugs. > All of this without sampling the goods... |
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