Pharmacist: Facilities and Professional Responsibilities in Dhule District of Maharashtra State
Author(s):
Praneta Desale
Abstract:
Pharmacists serve patients and the community by providing information and advice on health, providing medications and associated services, and by referring patients to other sources of help and care, such as physicians, when necessary. Likewise, advances in the use of computers in pharmacy practice now allow pharmacists to spend more time educating patients and maintaining and monitoring patient records. As a result, patients have come to depend on the pharmacist as a health care and information resource of the highest caliber. Pharmacist, in and out of the community pharmacy, is specialists in the science and clinical use of medications. They must be knowledgeable about the composition of drugs, their chemical and physical properties, and their manufacture and uses, as well as how products are tested for purity and strength. Additionally, a pharmacist needs to understand the activity of a drug and how it will work within the body. More and more prescribers rely on pharmacists for information about various drugs, their availability, and their activity, just as patrons do when they ask about nonprescription medications.
How to cite this article:
Praneta Desale. Pharmacist: Facilities and Professional Responsibilities in Dhule District of Maharashtra State. Pharma Innovation 2013;1(12):102-104.