Pharmacisy....Is it important??

Question

hello people...
i`m student of pharmacy and health sciences. i'm preparing a graduation project about importance of pharmacy between Arab societies and Foreign societies..i chose Uk to represent the foreign part and UAE to represent the arab part. i need your opinios about pharmacy in all levels and fields, and your suggestions for better health services and how much can an individual rely on his pharmacists knowlage ( i mean would you to some extent replace your physician with a pharmacist)???? and anything else you can think of....
thanks guys

Answer 1

A pharmacist is readily available, whereas in the UK you can wait for days to see a doctor. A pharmacist may be approached about embarrassing little ailments which you don't necessarily want included in your medical notes -- such as when your children come home from school with hair lice or worms, or when you have an embarrassing itch. Doctors don't always know about common minor ailments. Many years ago my infant son developed a sore patch around his private parts and was passed in quick succession to our GP, to the duty paediatrician at the local hospital and, finally, to the consultant paediatrician, who diagnosed it as thrush! Apparently it is very common in babies, but several doctors failed to recognise it! I think that if I had mentioned it to a pharmacist it might have avoided an admission to hospital! I have often been grateful to pharmacists for their advice. There is some inconsistency from country to country as to what you are able to obtain over the counter in a pharmacy. For example, Ventolin (for asthma) is sold over the counter in France, whereas in the UK (unless things have changed recently) an asthmatic who is in desperate need of medication has somehow or other to fight his way through the system to get a prescription from a doctor. There seems no apparent reason for this inconsistency, especially for a drug so widely used and which could make the difference between life and death.

Answer 2

I wouldn't rely on a pharmacist for everything, but they do know a lot. Drugs cover lots of ailments. Pharmacists have to know how a drug will interact with your body and other drugs. So, they'll know a lot of what a doctor does. Doctors also use them as backups whenever they prescribe a drug.

While they usually have to take anatomy and other medical classes, they don't take them all and don't take classes on all the types of treatments out there. They can never replace a doctor completely, but for the basic stuff, they can.

It's kinda like nurses. Pharmacists do a lot of the actual dirty work so to speak. The actual hands on interaction and checking up on a patient.

Doctors can't know it all. Unfortunately, a lot are book smart and while they're good at memorizing stuff, the actual practice of medicine is not their strong suit. Plus, there's so much out there, it's good to have pharmacists around to help catch mistakes by doctors.

Answer 3

i use my pharmacist for all small ailments or for things i already have an idea about, and on advice on over the counter medication, i would never expect him/her to diagnose anything i think a doctors definitely better for that...i think i would prefer a younger pharmacist because he/she would have all the up to date info on any drugs you might need prescription or otherwise. as for the health service i think they should have a few pharmacists on the nhs direct phone service because some of their knowledge is really spot on...i hope this helps and good luck on your project.

Answer 4

E-mail this guy and ask the same question:

Stephen Bazire BPharm (Hons), MRPharmS, DipPsychPharm, MCMHP, Chief Pharmacist, e-mail [e-mail] (work) or [e-mail] (home)

He is a very well respected and thought of pharmacist at the hospital I work at, and is well-published.

Hope this helps

Answer 5

Is a pharmacisy a pharmacist who's afraid to issue prescriptions?

Answer 6

It's where a pharmacist works

Answer 7

Pharmacissy? A gay chemist?