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Why do pharmacist need to know math?

Updated: 9/17/2019
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Math is needed by a pharmacist to calculate the amount of medication needed to give a patient.

It is also used in compounding (the act of making a medication 'from scratch'.) Pharmacy is also closely related to chemistry, which has a strong background in mathematics.

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