Pharmacist Career Research Paper

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Pharmacy is the science and skill of preparing and dispensing drugs. Pharmacy is a health profession that links chemical sciences with health sciences and aims to ensure the safe and effective use of pharmaceutical drugs. Pharmacy practice includes a lot of roles including compounding and dispensing medications, and it also includes more modern services related to health care, including clinical services, reviewing medications for safety and efficacy, and providing drug information. Pharmacists, can also be called as experts on drug therapy and are the professionals that optimize use of medication for the benefit of the patients (3).
Pharmacists are healthcare professionals with qualified training and knowledge who perform many roles to make …show more content…

They are responsible to promote health awareness and contributing to the betterment of the community. They prepare or supervise the dispensing of medicines, tablets and ointments. They also advice patients on how their medicines are to be taken or used in the most effective and safest way in the treatment of common ailments. They also select and give advice on and supply non-prescription medicine, sickroom supplies and other products. They are responsible to develop legally recognised standards, and advice on government controls and regulations concerning the manufacture and supply of medicines. They will advise the members of the public and other health professionals about medicines, including appropriate selection, dosage and drug interactions, potential side effects and therapeutic effects. They should be involved in the management of pharmaceutical companies. They are responsible for the quality of medicines supplied to patients and ensuring that the supply of medicines is within the law. They are responsible to ensure that the medicines prescribed to patients are suitable. They are responsible to advise patients about medicines, including how to take them, what reactions may occur and answering patient’s questions. They also respond to patients’ symptoms and advice on medicines for sale in pharmacies. Pharmacy does not only sell drugs but they also sell supplements such as vitamins and minerals. Cosmetic products are …show more content…

Before the creation of MPS there were 2 Pharmaceutical Associations that are existed to look after the interests of the pharmacists. In the beginning of 1990’s, there was the Penang Pharmaceutical Association. Most of the pharmacists are in Penang, therefore the association is based in Penang although there are a few in Perak, Kelantan and even fever in Kuala Lumpur. After that, there is an association where it is based in Singapore. The association based in Singapore is called Straits Pharmaceutical Association. The members of Straits Pharmaceutical Association origin from the Colony of Singapore, the southern part of the Federation of Malaya especially Johor and some members from

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