Pharmacology

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Pharmacy

Pharmacy is one of many careers found in the medical field. Pharmacists prepare and dispense drugs prescribed by doctors. They also advise patients, doctors, and other health-care professionals on proper doses and possible side effects. They must know what’s in the drug, how it works, and how it affects people with different illnesses or injuries.
Pharmacists also:
1. purchase medical supplies
2. answer customer questions
3. go with doctors and hospital staff on patient rounds
4. advise patients on medical equipment and other over-the-counter products
5. supervise staff and manage a small business – if they have their own pharmacy

The actual mixing of ingredients to form powders or pills is only a small part of a pharmacist’s actual job. Usually the medicines are produced by pharmaceutical companies in standard dosages and forms. Pharmacists must be able to explain instructions to patients and health-care professionals, and have good eyesight in order to properly measure and dispense medications.

3 schools that train in Pharmacy are:
1. University of Houston
141 Science and Research 2 Building
Houston, TX 77204
2. Texas Southern University
3100 Cleburne
Houston, TX 77004
3. The University of Texas at Austin
1 University Station A1900
Austin, TX 78712
A pharmacologist and a pharmaceutical representative are two jobs found in the Pharmacy field.

A pharmacologist studies the effects of drugs on biological systems. Basically a pharmacist is a research scientist who specializes in understanding how chemical agents work in the body. These chemical agents can be either hazardous materials such as pesticides and poisons, or they be medicines and drug treatments used to combat illness and prevent disease. Pharmacologists are looking for treatments for cancer, and for all illnesses that badly affect humans such as Parkinson’s disease, Hodgkin’s disease, and AIDS. Some also specialize in the veter...