PHARMACEUTICS
PHYSICAL
PHARMACY
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Pharmacy Orientation
Dr. Fozia Israr
COURSE OUTLINES
• Introduction
• Orientation of Pharmacy
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INTRODUCTION
Pharmacy as a profession and as a
health care discipline has gone
through phenomenal changes and
development during the last few
decades, at global as well as regional
levels.
INTRODUCTION
In the past, Pharmacists were known by
names like alchemists, apothecaries and
compounders.
Modern pharmacists are professionally qualified,
scientifically trained and technically competent
health care professionals knowing the secrets
and facts of drugs and medicines.
DEFINITION
The word pharmacy is
derived from its root word
pharma used since the
15th–17th centuries.
the original
Greek roots
from
poison .
pharmakos
PHARMACY
Science of Medicines
Manufacuring, Distribution of Medicines for Mankind
Treatment and Prevention of Diseases
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DEFINITION
PHARMACY
• The science or practice of the preparation
and dispensing of medicinal drugs.
OR
• The science and art concerned with the
preparation and standardization of drugs.
OR
• The branch of the health sciences dealing
with the preparation, dispensing, and proper
utilization of drugs.
MEDICINES
Allopathy medicines Ayurvedic medicines
Biotechnology medicines
Homeopathy medicines Unani Medicines
Injections Capsule Tablet
COSMETICS
OTC
(Over The Counter)
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Pharmacy involves:
Interpretation
Selection
Reviewing of drug utilization
Patient monitoring and
intervention, Cognitive services
Compounding, Labeling
and Dispending
Pharmacy involves:
A Knowledge system that
render appropriate health
Services by concerning
itself understanding the
drugs and their effects.
Therefore these services
improve the patients quality of
life
Who is the right Person ?
Pharmacist
An expert of drugs. Drug or Medicine??
• Who educate themselves with updated knowledge
system, for preparation, compounding, dispensing of
safe medication.
• They are the right person to interpret the prescription,
choose the appropriate drug for the individual case,
understand the drugs chemistry and its effects in the
biological system.
Who is the right Person ?
They are the most common accessible
members among the total health care
system, thus they are the first source of
assistance and advice in many common
ailment and health care matter.
Nurse
Public Heath Dissemination
Patients Physician
Safe use of drugs
information
New Learners
Pharmacists are experts of drugs.
Pharmacists are members of pharmacy
profession dealing with all aspects of drugs.
• Preparation • Combination
• Identification • Analysis
• Selection • Standardization
• Action • Use
• Preservation • Counseling
• Sales • Information
How can I understand that I am the
right person to be a Pharmacist?
Am I interested to help people?
Am I be very good listener and criticalthinker?
Do I have strong interest in math's and science
subjects?
Do I enjoy health related profession, working
directly with physicians, nurses and other health care
If you answer “Yes” professionals?
to any of those
question, pharmacy Do I wish to work in a exciting and dynamic
would environment where lives are saved everyday?
be the very good
choice of profession Am I seeking endless opportunity for career growth
for you.
Well come to Pharmacy Profession
An exciting career choice
A trusted Profession
Room to grow
Excellent Earning potential
Well come to Pharmacy Profession
• Pharmacy combines science, health care,
computer technology, business, math and
counseling.
• Often, jobs in the sciences involve
limited interaction with the public,
• But pharmacy offers a rare balance of
independence and interaction with
customers, which can be very appealing
if you’re a "people person."
Well come to Pharmacy Profession
• If you’re looking for adventure, you
might be surprised to learn that
pharmacy can be very exciting; there’s a
place for pharmacists out on the offering
services during natural disasters,
epidemics, and other crises.
Pillars of Pharmaceutical Sciences:
Pharmacognosy
Pharmacology
Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Pharmaceutics
Pharmacy Practice
