Brooks Pharmacy

The pharmacy is more than just your average mom and pop corner store in the rural areas or the average Walgreens and CVS in more populated areas where you go to just get a few drug store items or pick up your prescription medications. Pharmaceutical companies work with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the drug discovery and development process. They also hire scientists to search for different types of drugs capable of affecting disease. The research that is done by these scientists also

In recent years there has been a huge hike in prices for prescription and over the counter drugs in the U.S. Some of the drugs are drugs that save lives. The price increase of drugs is not a new things and it is because of many economic reasons, how much it costs to make and develop and how much the patent owner wants to sell them. The main problem though lies with the American government not wanting to put regulations the drugs. Some of the drugs are drugs that don't really affect you as much such

(14). To minimise medication errors healthcare professions should be trained as often as possible as some of the information they have been taught could be forgotten. (16) One of the other steps taken by pharmacy professionals to minimise medication errors is by introducing the five right of medication administration (15). which states medication errors can be reduced by giving the right drug with the right dose and in the right route to the right patents

Some of the NAPLEX learning gaps, I had before rotations started were: drug interactions, adverse effects and drug-induced illness, specific uses and indications and dosing for drugs, proposed uses and indications for dietary supplements and complementary and alternative medicine, and actions and mechanisms of actions of drugs. Throughout my hospital rotation, I have learned a lot about determining drug-drug interactions mostly seen with antibiotics and heart medications such as a warfarin and amiodarone

willingness to move with purpose and a strong sense of urgency • I have worked in a fast-paced pharmacy before. I know how to work at an urgent pace while still maintaining accuracy. • Ability to work weekends and day or evening hours • I have school throughout the week, but I am free on the weekends. Also, my schedule allows me to work in the evening hours. • Accuracy and attention to detail • My previous pharmacy employment has trained me to pay attention to detail. I have been trained to check every

The biggest difference between a pharmacist and a pharmacy tech is the schooling that is required. Pharmacists have to attend at least six years of schooling while pharmacy technicians only have to have a high school diploma. In some states, there are certification programs to become a pharmacy tech while other states have on the job training. When it comes what their jobs qualify them to do, pharmacist techs basically just assist the pharmacist. The pharmacist techs can not give medical advice to

Certified Pharmacy Technician. Pharmacy Technician is a health care provider who provides pharmacy related functions to people who need medication. We can also work for long-term facilities, third party insurance companies and pharmaceutical manufactures. A pharmacy technician job is never an easy job. Maybe one day I could even become a Pharmacist. A pharmacist is the person who writes prescriptions, knows what drug a client needs and can diagnose a person. Where on the other hand, a pharmacy technician

Wingfield and Katie Thomas analyzes the ways in which the worldwide well known online retail, shipping, and delivery company, Amazon, attempts to enter in the pharmacy market in order to enhance the customer’s pharmaceutical experience and the nation’s health care system altogether. In doing so, Amazon would have to create a system of a mail-order pharmacy, which would target customers on a budget who do not have health insurance and may not be able to afford the medication otherwise. Also, this system would

I have taken a role in my community and school district in a program called Drug Free Trader Card Senior. As a Trader Card Senior I am expected to remain drug free and to volunteer my time to talk to younger grades about what it means to be drug free, explain why I choose this role, and encourage them to make the same choices that I did. The participants of this program receive cards with a photo on one side and on the other side information about what activities they participate in, to hand out

What organization do you work for? I am a pharmacist and currently working for Walgreens Pharmacy. Walgreens is the second-largest retail pharmacy chain in the United States. We provide services ranging from prescriptions medications, health and wellness products, beauty products, and photo services. Walgreens headquarter is located in Deerfield, Illinois. As of August 31, 2016, Walgreens operate a total of 8,175 drugstores in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and U.S. Virgin