Exercise 17. Speak about, using the plan and given patterns

Compounding pharmacy

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Compounding is the practice of preparing drugs in new forms. For example, if a drug manufacturer only provides a drug as a tablet, a compounding pharmacist might make a medicated lollipop that contains the drug. Patients who have difficulty swallowing the tablet may prefer to suck the medicated lollipop instead.

Another form of compounding is by mixing different strengths (g, mg, mcg)of capsules or tablets to yield the desired amount of medication indicated by the doctor. This form of compounding is found at community or hospital pharmacies or in-home administration therapy.

Compounding pharmacies specialize in compounding, although many also dispense the same non-compounded drugs that patients can obtain from community pharmacies.

Hospital pharmacy

hospitals, differ considerably, from community pharmacies, to have more complex clinical medication management, to gain more education and training after pharmacy school, to specialize in hematology/oncology, HIV/AIDS, infectious disease, critical care, emergency medicine, toxicology, nuclear pharmacy, pain management, psychiatry, anti-coagulation clinics, herbal medicine, neurology/epilepsy management, pediatrics, neonatal pharmacists and more.

Clinical pharmacy

Clinical pharmacists, to provide direct patient care services, to optimize the use of medication, to promote health, wellness, and disease prevention, inside hospitals and clinics, to improve pharmaceutical care, to work in various medical and surgical areas.

Consultant pharmacy

to focus more on medication regimen review (i.e. "cognitive services") than on actual dispensing of drugs, to work in nursing homes, independent business owners, to work directly with patients, to employ consultant pharmacists and/or provide consulting services.

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