1. What is Pharmacy?

- Pharmacy is one of the medical specialties and is the field of healthcare that
focuses or revolves around the practice of preparing, dispensing, and managing
medications and pharmaceuticals. It focuses on information or knowledge about
various aspects related to medications, including their chemical, biological, and
physical properties, their proper use, possible effects and consequences,
interactions with the body, as well as safe storage and disposal.

2. What is a Pharmacist?
- Pharmacists are licensed professionals that are experts in medications and are
responsible in the preparation and correct distribution of prescriptions of dosage
forms of drugs or medications, such as tablets, capsules, and sterile solutions for
injection for the patients.
- Pharmacists are also professionals that are knowledgeable about the
composition of medicines, including their chemical, biological, and physical
properties, as well as their manufacture and use. Pharmacists must also be
trained in checking the prescriptions of patients from the letterhead down to the
doctor’s signature, as well as be knowledgeable in the generic name, brand
name, and needed dosage of medicines to avoid wrong dispensing that might
result in undesirable effects or serious consequences on the patients.

3. Define pharmaceuticals.
- Pharmaceuticals is a term that is synonymous to medicine. It refers to a broad
category of medical products that are designed, manufactured, and distributed
for therapeutic or diagnostic purposes. These products include various types of
medications, drugs, and medical substances that are used to prevent, treat, or
alleviate medical conditions in humans or animals. Pharmaceuticals can be
available in various forms, such as tablets, capsules, injections, creams,
ointments, and more. They are subject to rigorous research, testing, and
regulatory processes to ensure their safety, efficacy, and quality before they are
made available for use by healthcare professionals and patients.

4. Discuss how pharmacist related to drugs.

- A pharmacist is closely related to drugs in a lot of ways. A pharmacist’s field of
expertise focuses on pharmaceuticals and prescriptions, as well as the correct
dosage distribution of specific drugs and medications for patients. It is their job to
know about the uses and composition of drugs and medicines, how these are
manufactured, as well as the effects of taking a medicine and how it interacts
with our bodies.
- It is in their expertise, or it is their profession to dispense correct prescribed
medications, review and optimize medication regimens, advise on proper
dosages, assess potential drug interactions and allergies, prevent errors in
storage and disposal, monitor and report side effects of medications, make
informed medication decisions, and sometimes create personalized medications.
Every duty and responsibility of a pharmacist is related to drugs and
pharmaceutics.

5. Discuss the general obligations and responsibilities of a Pharmacist.

- It is a pharmacist's obligation to make sure to prepare and dispense the right kind
of medicine and dosage that are prescribed by doctors to patients. They must
ensure the quality of the medicines they supply to patients, as well as ensure that
 the medicine being supplied is within the law and is the most suitable for the
patient.
- Additionally, a pharmacist's duty is to serve as the bridge between patients and
doctors who counsels and to advise the patients about medicines, how to take
them, the possible reactions or effects that may occur, as well as on how to
maximize the desired effects of their medications while minimizing any
undesirable or bad consequences.