Pharmacy Knowledge Quiz

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Define pharmacy practice in the context of the provided text.

Pharmacy practice encompasses the discovery, production, preparation, dispensing, review, and monitoring of medications to ensure their safe, effective, and affordable use. It also includes clinical pharmacy, compounding and dispensing of medications, and providing drug information.

What are the traditional and modern roles included in the scope of pharmacy practice?

The traditional roles include compounding and dispensing of medications, while the modern roles include clinical services, reviewing medications for safety and efficacy, and providing drug information.

How is pharmacy practice becoming more clinically oriented, and what does this involve?

Pharmacy practice is becoming more clinically oriented due to the increased manufacturing of drugs by pharmaceutical industries. This involves providing direct patient care in the community or institutional pharmacies, which is considered clinical pharmacy.

What is the role of pharmacists in the use of medication for patients?

<p>Pharmacists are experts on drug therapy and are the primary health professionals who optimize the use of medication for the benefit of the patients.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the different terms used to refer to the establishments where pharmacy is practiced, and in which regions are they more commonly used?

<p>The establishment is called a pharmacy in the United States and chemists in Great Britain, although 'pharmacy' is also used in Great Britain.</p> Signup and view all the answers