Pharmacist: What they do??

Do You Ever Wonder
What Pharmacists
Even Do ? 

Pharmacists are medication experts, responsible to patients for achieving the best medication treatment outcomes at the same time assuring cost-effective and safe therapy.

Pharmacists working with health care teams advise other health professionals on the proper dose, availability, side effects and monitoring parameters for effective medication usage. In some settings pharmacists work independently or within collaborative practice agreements to manage patients’ drug therapy.


Pharmacy is not just about filling prescriptions.  it is about promoting health awareness and contributing to the betterment of the community.


Pharmacists are responsible for:

prepare or supervise the dispensing of medicines, ointments and tablets

advise patients on how their medicines are to be taken or used in the safest and most effective way in the treatment of common ailments

advise members of the public and other health professionals about medicines (both prescription and over-the-counter medicines), including appropriate selection, dosage and drug interactions, potential side effects and therapeutic effects

select, give advice on and supply non-prescription medicine, sickroom supplies and other products

develop legally recognised standards, and advise on government controls and regulations   

     concerning the manufacture and supply of medicines

work in the research and development of medicines and other health-related products

be involved in the management of pharmaceutical companies.

Community pharmacists dispense prescriptions, provide advice on drug selection and usage to doctors and other health professionals, primary healthcare advice and support, and educating customers on health promotion, disease prevention and the proper use of medicines..


Hospital pharmacists  operate as part of a healthcare team and are involved in monitoring medication usage, counseling patients, providing drug information and advice to health professionals and the community, conducting clinical trials and preparing products for patient use. They usually have a lot of contact with other health professionals and members of the public.


Industrial pharmacists undertake research and the development, manufacture, testing, analysis and marketing of pharmaceutical and medical products.


Pharmacist aren't just vendor who hand you your pills from behind the counter.

Pharmacists: They Do More Than Fill Prescriptions