Practical Manual Pharmacology & Therapeutics
Pharmacy is the branch of pharmacology that deals with identification, selection, preservation,
combining, analyzing, standardization, preparing, compounding and dispensing of medicines for
administration to the patient. A pharmacist prepares compounds and dispenses medicines to the patient
upon a written order of a licensed medical practitioner
In antiquity, the pharmacy and practice of medicine were often combined, physician often both prepared
and prescribed medicines not until well into the nineteenth century was the distinction between the
pharmacist as a compounder of medicines and the physician as a therapist generally accepted now.
In most of the developed countries the system clearly defines the role of physician prescribing and the
pharmacist dispensing, while in developing countries the functions are overlapping mostly in rural areas.
Clinical pharmacy: is the branch of pharmacy in which pharmacists provide patient care that optimizes
the use of medication and promotes health, wellness and disease prevention.
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