Pharmacist Interview Questions and Answers

The responsibility of a pharmacist is to

• Manage a drug store
• Advising patients and physicians
• Verifying accuracy of prescription
• Reviewing possible side effects
• Assigning correct dosage
• Recommending most appropriate non-prescription drug
• Give information to the patient about drug interaction

The side effects of methadone are:

Feeling anxious, nervous or restless

Insomnia (Sleeping disorder)

Feeling drowsy and weak

Nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, constipation, loss of appetite, dry mouth

Impotence

Yes, pharmacist is allowed to give a copy of prescription but they can only use a copy of prescription for an informational purpose only.   A pharmacist cannot dispense a drug from a copy of a prescription. They can contact your doctor to provide you with a new prescription in case you lost your prescription based on the information on the Copy of prescription.

• Patient’s wrong information (age, weight, allergies, pregnancy status, etc.)
• Inaccurate drug information
• Miscommunication between health professionals, staff and patient
• Wrong drug labelling, packaging and nomenclature (lookalike drug or package)
• Inadequate education given to staff related to drugs
• Inappropriate way of storage, standardization and distribution of drugs
• Ignoring quality processes and risk management
• Inappropriate way of medication delivery device acquisition

Warfarin is a drug used as anti-coagulant, and it is used in patient who is at high risk of heart attack due to blood clot.

Some of the drugs with which it interacts and should be avoided in combination with

• Aspirin
• Clopidogrel
• Danaproid
• Dipyridamole
• LMWHs
• NSAIDs
• Ticlopidine
• Unfractionated heparin

Being unable to read prescription

Administrating control drug and dealing with patient

Need to communicate with all type of people

To see drug interaction with prescribed drugs

NABP is the Electronic Licensure Transfer Program allows licensed pharmacists to transfer their existing pharmacist license easily from one state to another.

PBM stands for Pharmacy Benefits Manager; it is often a third-party administrator of prescription drug programs but sometimes can be a service inside of an integrated health care system… It is responsible for processing and paying prescription drugs.

Peak flow meter is a cheap device used for assessing a patient’s current asthma control.  It helps patient to monitor the Asthma level and its severity.  It measures the peak expiratory flow (PEF) rate.

It is more often that in case of any critical situation, doctors are sued by patients, but there are still chances that even pharmacist can be dragged. So, insurance can help you pay for your legal defence and can protect your license rights.

Yes, pharmacies can dispense EC to women under 17 years old, it can be sold directly on store shelves without a prescription

For a controlled drug prescription should cover all this information:

• Date of Issue
• Patient name and address
• Practitioner name, address and DEA registration number
• Drug name
• Drug strength
• Dosage form
• Quantity prescribed
• Directions for use
• Number of refills authorized
• Manual signature of the prescriber