i need to know why i need chemistry and how i use it for a pharmacist
2006-09-07 13:36:34 · 10 answers · asked by rusty l 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
because you never know when some kid will come into the pharmacy and ask you to help him with his chemistry homework
2006-09-07 13:39:31 · answer #1 · answered by Rrf00 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Being a pharmacist means you dabble with mixing medicine all day, then selling it legally. When you mix medicine, you need to give the correct dosages and mix them in correct ratios. This is because something as simple as a cough syrup may contain two or more compounds of other drugs. And you need to know what they create when these compounds are mixed together. Different chemical compounds, when mixed, react differently. You have to have chemistry knowledge to know the reactions, and also their reactions in the body once they are consumed as medicine.
2006-09-07 13:43:37 · answer #2 · answered by jarod_jared 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In order to make a drug, one must do so by isolating it from a known substance or by creating it from the reaction of 2 or more substances. Therefore, it is important to know how different chemicals react with one another. Often, a series of reactions are required to make a particular substance. At high levels, most drugs become toxic, which is why it is important to know how drugs interact with the body and what dosages are safe.
2016-03-27 02:06:08 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because pharmaceuticals are made from chemicals. You will need to know how those chemicals you will be mixing will affect your customer and how they might interact with each other.
2006-09-07 13:42:01 · answer #4 · answered by gburgmommy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have to be knowledgeable about the chemical makeup of the drugs you dispense, so that you can answer customer's questions intelligently.
2006-09-07 13:40:04 · answer #5 · answered by WC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have to put certain chemicals together, so you need to understand what chemicals can go with others not to cause an explotion.
2006-09-07 13:39:49 · answer #6 · answered by Boricua Born 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
chemical compositions of the drugs you are creating and how they will react to the environment they are going into, you don't want to endup poisoning somebody
2006-09-07 13:42:53 · answer #7 · answered by Jimmy C 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to know what makes up medicines and the chemical compounds.
2006-09-07 13:39:33 · answer #8 · answered by IndigoSapphire 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Oh my goodness! Please don't go into that field! I'm not kidding!
2006-09-07 13:39:03 · answer #9 · answered by jkskeet@sbcglobal.net 2 · 5⤊ 0⤋
So you don't kill nobody.
2006-09-07 13:39:12 · answer #10 · answered by Poncho Rio 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋