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KALYANI CHARITABLE TRUST’S
RGS COLLEGE OF PHARMACY, ANJANERI, NASHIK _______________________________________________________________________________ NAME OF THE SUBJECT:
MODERN DISPENSING PRACTICES
CHAPTER NO. –
01: PHARMACY PROFESSION (NOTES)
NAME OF THE LECTURER: B.VAIBHAV
PHARMACY PROFESSION Contents: Code of Pharmaceutical Ethics Pharmacy as a Career Pharmacist as health care provider Introduction to Pharmacy: Pharmacy as a profession deals with the handling of pharmaceuticals. Pharmaceuticals are the medicinal agents used for the cure of ailments (diseases). The word pharmacy in olden days meant the medicine shops where the medicines were manufactured as well as sold. Later the doctors started prescribing the medicines and then this shopkeeper use to dispense the medicines. Industries took the charge to manufacture the pharmaceuticals and then they were transferred to medical shops and in turn sold to the patient with respect to the prescription. Pharmacist: the individual who has taken the minimum education to be a registered for the dispensing of medicines in the society is called as Pharmacist. Requirements: EDUCATION D. Pharmacy B. Pharmacy M. Pharmacy
DURATION OF COURSE 02 years 04 years 02 years
COURSE RUN BY State Board of Technical Education University University
REMARKS Pharmacist Pharmacist Pharmacist
After completion of M. Pharmacy, the candidate can go for the PhD research work. All the research works in a schedule can be governed as Post Doctorate (POSTDOC) considerations.
CAREER IN PHARMACY:
QUALIFICATION
D. Pharmacy
B. Pharmacy
M. Pharmacy
PhD
ACADEMICS
Lab. Technician, lab assistant Lecturer in Diploma college
Lecturer in Degree college
Lecturer in Degree college, Post Graduate college, Research guide
AREAS OF WORK AS A CAREER GOVERNMENT MARKETTING INDUSTRY JOBS
SELFEMPLOYMENT
Medical Representative
Medical shop, Wholesaler shop.
Machine/Job operator
Medical Representative
Production Executive, Quality Control lab Executive, Stores.
Medical Representative
Production Executive, Quality Control lab Executive, Stores.
Medical Representative Not applicable. Training manager or product manager
Research Scientist
Pharmacist Pharmacist, Drug Inspectors, Chemical Inspectors, Food Inspector, Sanitary Inspectors Pharmacist – Not applicable Over educated. Drug inspectors, Chemical Inspectors, Food Inspector, Sanitary Inspectors
Not applicable Over educated
Role of Pharmacist are well defined as per the jobs they are enjoying.
PHARMACIST AS A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER
Medical shop, Wholesaler shop.
Medical shop, Wholesaler shop.
Medical shop, Wholesaler shop.
To be as a health care provider every Pharmacist must obey and abide his/her roles and responsibilities throughout his career especially when working as a community Pharmacist (medical shopkeeper). 1. Pharmacist should obey the prescription of the doctor appropriately. The medicines must be dispensed with respect to the prescribed drugs only. No substitution of the prescribed medicine should be done. 2. Giving the patient thorough knowledge about the medicine and way of taking the medicine. 3. Side effects if any for the drugs must be informed well in advance to the patient so that the patient is well prepared mentally and won’t discontinue the dose regimen (total dose of the drug). 4. Pharmacist should give the best knowledge regarding the maintenance of health on day to day basis. He can generate leaflets or handouts informing about the balanced diet for Pediatric, Geriatric, Adult, Pregnant and Lactating mothers. Continuous display of the health hazards to educate the society will be helpful in promoting the society for health check-ups and morbidity (Quality of life). 5. Specific groups of patients suffering with HIV/AIDS, Cancer, Thalasemia, Hemophilia or epidemics require special attention and care. Pharmacist as a human being can do it by counseling the patient for positive attitude. He can supply them the medicines in lower possible rates for day to day doses. 6. Pharmacist in his spare time can give the older patients domiciliary care by providing medicines at home. Added to it the Pharmacist can give suggestions and instructions regarding the health as well as medicines to such class of patients. 7. Pharmacist must always obey the prescription as well as should not allow any one to dispense the pharmaceuticals in his absence. 8. Extra duty hour working with license or service in emergency can be an added workability for a Pharmacist if and when required.
Various specifications are considered and strictly followed by the government of United Kingdom. They have formulated a board of members for the legal matters for the Pharmacists in UK. This council is called as RPSGB – Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. The state level body is referred as NHS – National Health Service in UK. They prepare the rules and regulations for the Pharmacist in UK and also govern the medicine act from 1968. CODE OF PHARMACEUTICAL ETHICS The basic responsibilities with some strict roles are to be followed by the Pharmacist who is working exposed in the society as a medical shop keeper, Wholesaler, Government Pharmacist, Hospital Pharmacist in a private hospital. These rules as such are considered as the principles or Ethics for the Pharmacist. 1. The Pharmacist must store the medicines as per the prescribed storage conditions. 2. Pharmacist should neither procure nor sell the duplicate drugs. 3. Pharmacist must counsel the patient well regarding the Side Effects of drugs, Contraindications and Adverse Events of medicines. 4. The Accounting of medicines purchased and sold must be well maintained. 5. Pharmacist must not store or sell any expiry goods to the customers. 6. Pharmacist should not draw excess money from the patients than the MRP (Maximum Retail Price). 7. Bills must be produced for every commodity (material) which is sold on daily basis. 8. Pharmacist must not sell the substituted medicines by disobeying the prescription or for the extra margin income from the other brands of same medicines. 9. Pharmacist must not sell specific medicines without the prescription of Registered Medical Practitioners, like Sedatives (Sleeping Pills), Neurological drugs, Cardiovascular drugs, Anti-Diabetic drugs and any drugs to Pregnant females. 10. Pharmacist must not encourage self-medication of patients. With respect to this attitude of the Pharmacist the society will be in safer hands of health care provider.
RGS COLLEGE OF PHARMACY, ANJANERI, NASHIK _______________________________________________________________________________ NAME OF THE SUBJECT:
MODERN DISPENSING PRACTICES
CHAPTER NO. –
01: PHARMACY PROFESSION (NOTES)
NAME OF THE LECTURER: B.VAIBHAV
PHARMACY PROFESSION Contents: Code of Pharmaceutical Ethics Pharmacy as a Career Pharmacist as health care provider Introduction to Pharmacy: Pharmacy as a profession deals with the handling of pharmaceuticals. Pharmaceuticals are the medicinal agents used for the cure of ailments (diseases). The word pharmacy in olden days meant the medicine shops where the medicines were manufactured as well as sold. Later the doctors started prescribing the medicines and then this shopkeeper use to dispense the medicines. Industries took the charge to manufacture the pharmaceuticals and then they were transferred to medical shops and in turn sold to the patient with respect to the prescription. Pharmacist: the individual who has taken the minimum education to be a registered for the dispensing of medicines in the society is called as Pharmacist. Requirements: EDUCATION D. Pharmacy B. Pharmacy M. Pharmacy
DURATION OF COURSE 02 years 04 years 02 years
COURSE RUN BY State Board of Technical Education University University
REMARKS Pharmacist Pharmacist Pharmacist
After completion of M. Pharmacy, the candidate can go for the PhD research work. All the research works in a schedule can be governed as Post Doctorate (POSTDOC) considerations.
CAREER IN PHARMACY:
QUALIFICATION
D. Pharmacy
B. Pharmacy
M. Pharmacy
PhD
ACADEMICS
Lab. Technician, lab assistant Lecturer in Diploma college
Lecturer in Degree college
Lecturer in Degree college, Post Graduate college, Research guide
AREAS OF WORK AS A CAREER GOVERNMENT MARKETTING INDUSTRY JOBS
SELFEMPLOYMENT
Medical Representative
Medical shop, Wholesaler shop.
Machine/Job operator
Medical Representative
Production Executive, Quality Control lab Executive, Stores.
Medical Representative
Production Executive, Quality Control lab Executive, Stores.
Medical Representative Not applicable. Training manager or product manager
Research Scientist
Pharmacist Pharmacist, Drug Inspectors, Chemical Inspectors, Food Inspector, Sanitary Inspectors Pharmacist – Not applicable Over educated. Drug inspectors, Chemical Inspectors, Food Inspector, Sanitary Inspectors
Not applicable Over educated
Role of Pharmacist are well defined as per the jobs they are enjoying.
PHARMACIST AS A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER
Medical shop, Wholesaler shop.
Medical shop, Wholesaler shop.
Medical shop, Wholesaler shop.
To be as a health care provider every Pharmacist must obey and abide his/her roles and responsibilities throughout his career especially when working as a community Pharmacist (medical shopkeeper). 1. Pharmacist should obey the prescription of the doctor appropriately. The medicines must be dispensed with respect to the prescribed drugs only. No substitution of the prescribed medicine should be done. 2. Giving the patient thorough knowledge about the medicine and way of taking the medicine. 3. Side effects if any for the drugs must be informed well in advance to the patient so that the patient is well prepared mentally and won’t discontinue the dose regimen (total dose of the drug). 4. Pharmacist should give the best knowledge regarding the maintenance of health on day to day basis. He can generate leaflets or handouts informing about the balanced diet for Pediatric, Geriatric, Adult, Pregnant and Lactating mothers. Continuous display of the health hazards to educate the society will be helpful in promoting the society for health check-ups and morbidity (Quality of life). 5. Specific groups of patients suffering with HIV/AIDS, Cancer, Thalasemia, Hemophilia or epidemics require special attention and care. Pharmacist as a human being can do it by counseling the patient for positive attitude. He can supply them the medicines in lower possible rates for day to day doses. 6. Pharmacist in his spare time can give the older patients domiciliary care by providing medicines at home. Added to it the Pharmacist can give suggestions and instructions regarding the health as well as medicines to such class of patients. 7. Pharmacist must always obey the prescription as well as should not allow any one to dispense the pharmaceuticals in his absence. 8. Extra duty hour working with license or service in emergency can be an added workability for a Pharmacist if and when required.
Various specifications are considered and strictly followed by the government of United Kingdom. They have formulated a board of members for the legal matters for the Pharmacists in UK. This council is called as RPSGB – Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. The state level body is referred as NHS – National Health Service in UK. They prepare the rules and regulations for the Pharmacist in UK and also govern the medicine act from 1968. CODE OF PHARMACEUTICAL ETHICS The basic responsibilities with some strict roles are to be followed by the Pharmacist who is working exposed in the society as a medical shop keeper, Wholesaler, Government Pharmacist, Hospital Pharmacist in a private hospital. These rules as such are considered as the principles or Ethics for the Pharmacist. 1. The Pharmacist must store the medicines as per the prescribed storage conditions. 2. Pharmacist should neither procure nor sell the duplicate drugs. 3. Pharmacist must counsel the patient well regarding the Side Effects of drugs, Contraindications and Adverse Events of medicines. 4. The Accounting of medicines purchased and sold must be well maintained. 5. Pharmacist must not store or sell any expiry goods to the customers. 6. Pharmacist should not draw excess money from the patients than the MRP (Maximum Retail Price). 7. Bills must be produced for every commodity (material) which is sold on daily basis. 8. Pharmacist must not sell the substituted medicines by disobeying the prescription or for the extra margin income from the other brands of same medicines. 9. Pharmacist must not sell specific medicines without the prescription of Registered Medical Practitioners, like Sedatives (Sleeping Pills), Neurological drugs, Cardiovascular drugs, Anti-Diabetic drugs and any drugs to Pregnant females. 10. Pharmacist must not encourage self-medication of patients. With respect to this attitude of the Pharmacist the society will be in safer hands of health care provider.
