Pharmacy Odessa Page 3 - biomedical science school

Pharmacy is the study of the preparation and dispensing of drugs. It is very closely linked with health science and chemical science which is used to prepare the formulations in a medicine or a drug. A Community pharmacy, or local pharmacy, is a healthcare facility which supplied medicines by a registered pharmacist to a specific area. A pharmacy is often found within a drugstore and sometimes require a prescription from a general physician, however they also supply various over the counter medication. Some of these are 24-hour pharmacies. A specialist pharmacy would supply high cost or complex medication.