“Pharmacy united in action for a healthier world” is the theme of World Pharmacists Day on 25 September 2022.
The objective is to showcase how pharmacy professionals are shaping health and well-being around the world. Pharmacists, also known as druggists or chemists, are health professionals who formulate, control, preserve and dispense medications for patients around the globe. No matter what capacity pharmacists work in, they are considered medicine experts. These experts have considerable responsibility in health care. It’s up to them to ensure that medicine is effective and safe. Besides knowing about each type of medication, they must know about the different forms it comes in. There are liquids, tablets, capsules, topical medicines, drops, inhalers, and injections. They must also know how different medications react with one another.
They know the medicines inside out and thus are able to advise on how-when-and-in what-quantity medicines should be used to achieve maximum benefit and minimal side effects.