Community Pharmacy and Management

1. KIRAN CHOUDHARI
M.PHARM
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
DEPT. OF PHARMACOLOGY

2. Pharmacists are allied health
professionals who practice in pharmacy,
the field of health science focusing on safe
and effective medication use.
Pharmacy is the art, practice or
profession of preparing, preserving,
compounding and dispensing
medicines/drugs.

3. Chemist and druggist shop
Drug store
Pharmacy
Medical store
Retail pharmacy

4. Expert in Science & Clinical use of
medications.
Knowledge about Composition &
Properties of drugs.
Various categories of diseases &
Classification of drugs.
Therapeutic dose of drugs.

5. Understand the Pharmacology & MoA of
Drug.
Have analytical skills & clinical knowledge.
Information about ADR & toxic effects of
Drugs.
Familiar with Medical terminologies.

6. The most common pharmacist positions are:
A community pharmacist (also referred to
as "retail pharmacist" or “dispensing
chemist"),
Or
A hospital pharmacist (also known as a
clinical pharmacist).

7.  Scotch M. Bathgate opened first chemist shop in
Kolkata in 1811.
 In Goa, which was under Portuguese rule,
started a combined course in medicine and
pharmacy in 1842.
 The Indian Pharmacopeia was first published in
1868.
 The official Indian Journal of Pharmacy was first
released in 1939.

8.  The standardization of pharmacy education
was introduced in 1945.
 In 1932, pharmacy education was started at
Banaras Hindu University and introduced a
Bachelor's of Pharmacy in 1937.
 In 2008, Pharm.D 6 year program has been
introduced by PCI .

9. 76% Community
15% Hospital
9% others

10.  A community pharmacy is a pharmacy that deals
directly with people in the local area. It has
responsibilities including compounding, counselling,
checking and dispensing of prescription drugs to the
patients with care, accuracy and legality.
 Community pharmacy means any place under the
direct supervision of a pharmacist where the
practice of pharmacy occurs or where prescription
orders are compounded and dispensed other than a
hospital pharmacy or a limited service pharmacy.

11. Scope of Community pharmacy
In processing prescriptions
Patient care
Drug monitoring
Extemporaneous preparation
Alternative medicines
Checking symptoms of minor aliments
Health care professionals

12.  Dispensing prescription medicines to the public
 Ensuring that different treatments are
compatible
 Checking dosage and ensuring that medicines are
correctly and safely supplied and labelled
Supervising the preparation of any medicines
 Keeping a register of controlled drugs for legal
and stock control purposes
 Liaising with doctors about prescriptions
 Selling OTC medicines

13.  Counselling and advising the public on the
treatment of minor ailments
 Advising patients of any adverse side-effects of
medicines
 Monitoring blood pressure and cholesterol levels.
 Offering a diabetes screening service.
 Arranging the delivery of prescription medicines
to patients.

14.  Managing, supervising and training pharmacy support
staff.
 Budgeting and financial management.
 Keeping up to date with current pharmacy practice,
new drugs and their uses.
 Use appropriate language during the counselling
session.
 Inform the patient of the dosage regimen.

15.  Discuss drug-drug, drug-food, drug disease interactions
 The pharmacist can take part in health
promotion campaigns
 Rational use of drugs
 Alcohol abuse
 Tobacco use
 Poison prevent

16.  Inadequate incentives and profit margin - Varies 12-
20%.
 Overcrowding of pharmacies in urban and semi urban
areas.
 pharmacies in same locality is a reason for unhealthy
competition and non-development of professional
concepts in the practice area.
 Too many "me-too" brands in the market. India has
many drugs and more than 1,00,000 brands.

17.  Lack of implementation of drug laws -pharmacist is
often not present when dispensing takes place, and
 prescription medicines are also available without a
proper prescription