Pharmacy tools, pills, medication poster

AssetID: 107903456 / {Aaron Lindberg} / Pharmacy tools, pills, medication _x000D_ _x000D_ Pharmacy is the health profession that links the health sciences with the chemical sciences and it is charged with ensuring the safe and effective use of pharmaceutical drugs . The word derives from the φάρμακον (pharmakon ), meaning "drug" or "medicine" (the earliest form of the word is the Mycenaean pa-ma-ko , attested in Linear B syllabic script ). _x000D_ The scope of pharmacy practice includes more traditional roles such as compounding and dispensing medications, and it also includes more modern services related to health care , including clinical services, reviewing medications for safety and efficacy, and providing drug information. Pharmacists , therefore, are the experts on drug therapy and are the primary health professionals who optimize medication use to provide patients with positive health outcomes. _x000D_ An establishment in which pharmacy (in the first sense) is practiced is called a pharmacy , chemist's or drug store . In the United States and Canada, drug stores commonly sell not only medicines, but also miscellaneous items such as candy (sweets), cosmetics , and magazines , as well as light refreshments or groceries. _x000D_ The word pharmacy is derived from its root word pharma which was a term used since the 15th–17th centuries. In addition to pharma responsibilities, the pharma offered general medical advice and a range of services that are now performed solely by other specialist practitioners, such as surgery and midwifery . The pharma (as it was referred to) often operated through a retail shop which, in addition to ingredients for medicines, sold tobacco and patent medicines. The pharmas also used many other herbs not listed. _x000D_ In its investigation of herbal and chemical ingredients, the work of the pharma may be regarded as a precursor of the modern sciences of chemistry and pharmacology , prior to the formulation of the scientific method. _x000D_ _x000D_ This page is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, anyone associated with the topic.