Pharmacy
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Pharmacy is the science and practice of dispensing, preparing, reviewing safety and efficacy, monitoring, discovering, producing, and consulting about medications, aiming to ensure the safe, effective
A medication is a drug used to diagnose, cure, treat, or prevent disease.
The Apothecary or The Chemist by Gabriël Metsu (c. 1651–67)
Pharmacy, Tacuinum sanitatis casanatensis (14th century)
A pharmacy worker distributing drugs to an old woman at a local clinic.
Pharmacology
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Pharmacology is the science of drugs and medications, including a substance's origin, composition and interaction with biological systems; specifically through pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, ther
Pharmacy
…its investigation of herbal and chemical ingredients, the work of the apothecary may be regarded as a precursor of the modern sciences of chemistry and pharmacology, prior to the formulation of the scientific method. The field of pharmacy can generally be divided into various disciplines…
Diagrammatic representation of organ bath used for studying the effect of isolated tissues
Naturally derived opium from opium poppies has been used as a drug since before 1100 BCE.
A toxicologist working in a lab
A trio of dose response curves. Dose response curves are studied extensively in pharmacology.