Learning Objective The following are some of the major pharmaceutical and medical symbols:

Clinical Pharmacy The pharmacists who are involved with direct patient care services dealing with use of medication, promoting health and disease prevention are called as clinical pharmacists. The practice of clinical pharmacy began with clinics and hospitals. For a better drug therapy and improved patient care, clinical pharmacists should have coordination with physicians and nurses…

The Indian traditional systems of medicine have been Ayurveda, Siddha and Unani. Ayurveda and Siddha originated in India, whereas Unani, the Greco-Arabic medical system, came from West Asia. The European colonizers brought the western system of medicine to the country. During the colonial period, the new pharmacy system, referred to as allopathy got firmly established.…

A series of change in radical events were resulted during the European middle ages because of Renaissance. New drugs were introduced into the modern world, which removed the outdated concepts of Galen. With the invention of printers, the medical and pharmaceutical concepts and works were printed. The printing had an important effect for the growth…

In the prehistoric era, there were evidences of pharmacists being respected more than the physicians. In the highly stable hierarchy of royal family of Japan (538–710 B.C.), the pharmacists were assigned superior status when compared to physicians and acupuncturists. Records from the Egyptian medical practices indicate sophisticated pharmaceutical techniques, where many descriptive formulae were used…

Learning Objectives Human beings always have an intense urge of treating physical and mental ailments. From the time of evolution of human beings, an existing practice is identification of active constituents, collection, processing and incorporation into suitable dosage forms. Drugs have made the human life better and longer. They have played a vital role in…

The term pharmacy is derived from the Greek word pharmakon, which means “medicine” or “drug.” Pharmacy can be defined as the art and science of preparing and dispensing medications and providing drug and related information to the public. The concept of pharmacy involves interpreting prescription, compounding, labeling and dispensing drugs and drug-related devices, counseling and monitoring the…