Should D.Pharm Course be stopped

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50 years ago, the medicines had to be made at the Pharmacy

The Mixtures had to be "mixed" or "compound" have to be added

Hence the name "mixture" for many drugs and the term "compounder" as doctors assistant in many localities

Further, there was a long list of

LININMENTS
OINTMENTS
PASTES

etc
etc

The pharmacist, who had to PREPARE THE DRUG, had to be very careful

Adding 5gm of a substance when 5 mg has to be added would be fatal

Hence Pharmacy was a specialist discipline and

A Pharamcist was needed for each and every medical shop

That was the time such regulations were made

Only in that backdrop, it was made that a Pharmacy needs a Pharmacist

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Today

All drugs are marketed in blister packs
There is no manufacturing taking place in the pharmacy. The drugs are made at the factories. Dose is determined in the factory. Quality Control is determined in the factories

Pharmacist just gives the tablet strip, syrup bottle, or ointment tube
There is no need for a specialist here

The job is as simple as the one done by someone at a supermarket

It is high time, Courses like B.Pharm, D.Pharm etc are stopped

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Medicine has been evolving

Disciplines like Grief counselling, Nutrition, Diet, Transplant Co ordinator etc are coming up

If you can see the other disciplines, courses like Radio Operator are no more taught

In medicine too, We have to similarly stop out dated courses like D.Pharm

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