In: Biology
1) pharmacy is defined as the study of Medical Science along with the knowledge of chemistry. It deals with the synthesis , administration of drug , side effect of drugs, toxicity of the drugs and mechanism of action of the particular drug. It also deals with the half Life off the drugs.
William Procter is known as father of pharmacy.
Pharmacist is defined as the person that is qualified for the synthesis , maintainence of the dosage of the drugs , research of a particular drug , toxicity and side effect of the drug . Pharmacist are the healthcare professionals involved in the formation and dispersion of medicines in the form of drugs. The pharmacist are also known as druggist or chemist .
There are various duties of a pharmacist :-
1) The pharmacist are involved in the duties as a community pharmacist , Herabal pharmacist , Hospital pharmacist , industrial pharmacist , Academic pharamcist , Research pharmacist .
2) The pharmacist are involved in the monitoring of the patients.
3) The pharmacist are involved in providing the the information about the side effect of a particular drug to the doctors
4) The pharmacist should know the mechanism of action of a particular drug in the body .
5) The pharmacist should know the property description , prescription , dosage of a particular drug , interaction of the drug in the body , toxicity and side effect of a particular drug.
6) The pharmacist should involved in the reasearch of the new drugs and modification of the old drugs .
7) Distribution of the medicine and ensuring proper availability of a particular drug in a locality.
Thanking you
Have a beautiful day
Regards
Good luck ✨
please Hit the thumbs up ??