Universitas Pekalongan

PHARMACY
Anggi Nadia Minkhatul K.
 Pharmacist
Pharmacists are medication
experts who use their detailed
knowledge of medicines to help
patients get well.
 Pharmacists dispense drugs prescribed
by doctors and other health professionals
and provide information to patient about
medications and their use. This career
requires life-long learning to keep up to
date with new drugs and treatments.
 There are three main jobs of a Pharmacist, hospital
pharmacist, retail pharmacist, and industrial
pharmacist.

1. Hospital pharmacists work closely with doctors and

are responsible for the ordering, quality testing, storing
and security of drugs and medicines in hospitals. They
must also ensure an adequate supply of medicine.
2. Retail or community pharmacists supply prescribed
and over-the-counter medicines to the general public in
a retail pharmacy (such as a local chemist), and give
advice to customers on the safe use of medicines and
possible side effects.
3. Industrial pharmacists work in pharmaceutical
companies where they help to discover safe and
effective new drugs, develop them into effective
medicines, and market the finished product to
customers.
 who
prescribe
drugs?

they are
DOCTORS
 checking and dispensing of
1 prescription drugs
Pharmacists
providing advice on drug selection
2 and usage to doctors Duties
counseling patients in health
3 promotion
disease prevention and the proper
4 use of medicines
 pharmacist's job
opportunities

Community pharmacist
Hospital pharmacist
Research scientist (medical)
Pharmacologist
etc.
 Different between
prescription and OTC drugs

Prescription drugs are:

· Prescribed by a doctor
· Bought at a pharmacy
· Prescribed for and intended to be used by one
person
 Different between
prescription and OTC drugs

over-the-counter (otc) drugs are:

· Drugs that do NOT require a doctor's prescription
· Bought off-the-shelf in stores
· Example, an aspirin is used for relieving the
headache
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