2. Rawal College of Pharmacy, Islamabad
LECTURE
Introduction and Orientation to the
Professional of Pharmacy in relation to
Retail Pharmacy
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3. Rawal College of Pharmacy, Islamabad
To learn about
• Pharmacy
• Retail Pharmacy
Objectives
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4. Rawal College of Pharmacy, Islamabad
The learner’s will be able to know about the following:
• Pharmacy
• Retail Pharmacy
Learning Outcomes
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5. Pharmacy
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Definition of Pharmacy
It is an Art and Science of Preparing of
medicine from natural, synthetic and
semi-synthetic sources, suitable and
convenient materials for the treatment,
mitigation*, diagnosis, distribution, and
prevention of disease”
The word “Pharmacy” is derived from Greek word “Pharmakon” means drug or
medicine.
* Mitigation means the act of reducing how harmful, unpleasant
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Pharmacy
It is the science of study of drugs:
Where they com from? Origin of
drug
How they act on body? Mode of
action
How the drug turn into medicine?
Pharmaceutics
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What is Pharmacy?
It is the KNOWLEDGE OF
1) Identification
2) Selection
3) Pharmacological action
4) Analysis
5) Standardization
OF DRUGS AND MEDICINE.
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1. Pharmacist:
The person who is Qualified and
Responsible to handle drugs.
There are various definition of
Pharmacist according to field he is
related to;
Example: Clinical Pharmacist,
Production Pharmacist, Quality Control
Pharmacist, Retail Pharmacy etc.
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2. Doctor:
A person who is responsible to
Diagnose the disease and Prescribe
drugs according to and the severity of
the disease.
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3. Nurse:
Person who is concerned with
dosage form, routes of
administration, and toxic
manifestation.
Nurse is responsible for patient care
during administration of drug to the
patient.
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Health Care Team:
Pharmacist, Doctor, Nurse all
collectively form Health care forum
and called Health Care team.
12. Courses in Pharmacy
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Two types of Courses:
1) Pre-requisite courses.
Courses other than professional courses.
Importance of Pre-requisite courses: Important for
background knowledge for professional pharmacy
courses. These courses include:
a. Physical sciences.
b. Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Sciences etc.
c. Biological sciences
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Professional Courses:
As name indicates there are
professional courses and these
courses makes Pharmacy
Profession.
1) Pharmaceutics
2) Pharmacognosy.
3) Pharmacology.
4)Pharmaceutical Biochemistry
5)Medicinal Chemistry. etc
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PHARMACEUTICS:(Physical Pharmacy)
Professional course.
Concerned with Physical, chemical, and
biological factors of active and
excipients.
Which influence the formulation,
manufacturing, stability and
effectiveness of Pharmaceutical dosage
forms.
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There are various area where Pharmacist
serve
1) Retail Pharmacy
2) Industrial Pharmacy.
3) Hospital Pharmacy.
4) Clinical Pharmacy.
5) Forensic Pharmacy
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Deals with dispensing /sale and
distribution of medicine and other
related products.
Logo/monogram of Pharmacy.
Retail Pharmacist:
The legally qualified registered person
related to retail Pharmacy is said to be
Retail Pharmacist.
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Responsibility of Retail Pharmacist:
Sell drugs.
Advise the patients ---- proper use of
OTC and Prescribed drugs.
responsible for proper storage of drugs.
Availability of the drugs.
Maintain controlled drugs record.
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Classification:
Two types:
Community Pharmacy
Whole sale Pharmacy
Community Pharmacy is also called Drug Store.
Work privately under ownership
Location:
Critical factor for survival.
Buying :
Purchase from whole seller .
More stable, More Expiry,
Price:
Important role in retail Pharmacy.
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Community Pharmacy
Services:
facility
Record of Patient.
Drug-drug interaction.
Side effect of drug
Allergic.
Whole sale Pharmacy
Important role .
Purchase drug , diagnostic appliances, etc
Storage.
Carrying large volume of stock at low price.
Also called Drug Agency.
Whole sale Pharmacist is responsible and supervise all activity and
record.
Owner of whole pharmacy is middle man b/w manufacturer and
community pharmacist.
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Community Pharmacy
Services:
facility
Record of Patient.
Drug-drug interaction.
Side effect of drug
Allergic.
Whole sale Pharmacy
Important role .
Purchase drug , diagnostic appliances, etc
Storage.
Carrying large volume of stock at low price.
Also called Drug Agency.
Whole sale Pharmacist is responsible and supervise all activity and
record.
Owner of whole pharmacy is middle man b/w manufacturer and
community pharmacist.
21. References
1. M. E. Aulton, Pharmaceutics: The Science of Dosage Form
Design, 2nd Edition, 586-587.
2. Remington “The Science and Practice of Pharmacy”, 21st
Edition. 3-4.
