pharmacist

As a pharmacist, your job is to dispense drugs prescribed by physicians and other health practitioners and to provide information to the patients about the medication they are using. Pharmacists advise other physicians and other health practitioners on the drugs prescribed. A Pharmacist may inform the doctor of dosages, interactions, and the side effects of medications. A pharmacist must understand the use, composition, and effects of all drugs. Today pharmacists are going beyond the traditional …

…a pharmacist is sometimes just the first step for some people. Many pharmacists go on to other professions like working with pharmaceutical compounds, being a pharmaceutical chemist, pharmacologists, medical scientists, and biological technicians. It is a very interesting job working with some of the most recent developments in the health field. Bibliography BIBLIOGRAPHY Cosca, Theresa. Pharmacist. www.stats.bls.gov/oco/ocos079.htm. Online. May 27,1999. Shank, Kay. Pharmacist. www.osfamurancis.org/pharmacy.htm. Online. May 26,1999.