Role of Pharmacist in New Millenium

Nishant Verma; K. K. Jha; Rajesh Sharma; Shoor Sain Verma; Vinod Sharma; Randeep Singh; Ajai Kumar Singh

doi:https://doi.org/10.51976/ijari.211443

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Role of Pharmacist in New Millenium

Nishant Verma, K. K. Jha, Rajesh Sharma, Shoor Sain Verma, Vinod Sharma, Randeep Singh, Ajai Kumar Singh

Vol 2 , Issue 1 , January - March 2014 | Pages: 289-292 | Research Paper

https://doi.org/10.51976/ijari.211443

Received: January 02, 2014 | Revised: January 29, 2014 | Accepted: February 28, 2014 | Published Online: March 15, 2014

Author Details ( * ) denotes Corresponding author

1. * Nishant Verma, T.M. College of Pharmacy, Teerthanker Mahaveer University, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India (kdev61981@gmail.com)

2. K. K. Jha, T.M. College of Pharmacy, Teerthanker Mahaveer University, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India

3. Rajesh Sharma, T.M. College of Pharmacy, Teerthanker Mahaveer University, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India

4. Shoor Sain Verma, Manager, Destin Laboratories, Pvt. Ltd., Karnal, Haryana, India

5. Vinod Sharma, Chief Pharmacist, Pyare Lal Sharma District Hospital, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India

6. Randeep Singh, Chief Pharmacist, District Female Hospital, Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India

7. Ajai Kumar Singh, Department of Pharmaceutics, Gandhi College of Pharmacy, Karnal, Haryana, India

During the concurrent professional scenario pharmacists provide only dispensing services within pharmacies. Many opine that the presence of pharmacists in pharmacies is merely to satisfy the current legal requirements. They only count and pack tablets and capsules and distributes these to consumers. There is need to adopt new concepts of clinical & patient oriented practices. There is requirement to make medicines safe for patients by providing counselling than for proper use, clarifying correct dosages and right application. It involves checking new treatments that are compatible with other medicines that the patients might be taking. The future of pharmacy does not seem to lie merely in dispensing of medication batter in provision of relevant drug information and drug therapy recommendation to patients. A clinical pharmacist is an important source for furnishing clinical aspects of the drugs and delivery system particularly with respect to the safety and efficacy parameters.

Keywords

Pharmacist; Drug Information; Patients Care; Marketing; Pharmacy Education

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