Question

What information would you like other healthcare professionals to know about the pharmacy profession? Provide a detailed response.

Answer 1

Pharmacists have a important role at each step of healthcare system. So good thing about Pharmacy is that a person after getting license can work independently or work in a hospital or in any pharmaceutical company He can work in development of drug in pharmaceutical industry or in marketing of newly developed drugs . Many pharmacist can start their medical store . Most of the people first ask to pharmacist if they are having any problem and he will refer the patient to physician

Pharmacy include study of subjects- Pharmacology, anatomy, physiology, biochemistry. So he has enough knowledge regarding mechanism of drug action, side effects of each drug ,newly formed drugs advantages. Based on these things he can decide the amount of dose which can be given to patient so that minimum side effects seen in patient.

Pharmacists can also work in Government organization like FDA ,to approve those drugs which show benefits and are really beneficial to patient and useless, toxic drugs are banned by FDA

Pharmacists can also help patient who is not financially stable by providing him cheaper drugs.Patients who are suffeing from Chronic disorders need healthcare advises ,so they can easily approach a Pharmacist

Kidney failure or Liver failure patient needs proper drug monitoring which is done by Pharmacists

Pharmacists can also vaccinate/ immunize a patient.They can take part in Vaccination programs

So Pharmacy is a good profession if anybody complete his pharmacy he has huge opportunities in his life