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• Pharmacists supply, dispense and manufacture medicines and drugs in hospitals and community pharmacies, and advise on their appropriate use.
• They also conduct research into the formulation, production, storage, quality control and distribution of medicines and drugs.
• Pharmacists must understand the composition of medicines, as well as the laws that regulate their manufacture and sale.
• Other pharmacists work in the pharmaceutical industry, which includes companies that research, manufacture, or sell medicines. Pharmacists
• prepare or supervise the dispensing of medicines, ointments and tablets
• advise patients on how their medicines are to be taken or used in the safest and most effective way in the treatment of common ailments
• advise members of the public and other health professionals about medicines (both prescription and over-the-counter medicines), including appropriate selection, dosage and drug interactions, potential side effects and therapeutic effects
• select, give advice on and supply non-prescription medicine, sickroom supplies and other products
• develop legally recognised standards, and advise on government controls and regulations concerning the manufacture and supply of medicines
• work in the research and development of medicines and other health-related products.