Pharmacist Inventions
This soft drink was invented by a pharmacist in Georgia.
What is Coca Cola?
Getting a horse to take 50 tablets is hard! But crushing the pills into a sachet with this fruit will help.
What are apples?
This dosage form is typically used to give babies medicine.
What is a liquid?
What is the Mesopotamian Era?
This person can legally write a prescription.
What is a physician?
This was created as a substitute for mother's milk by mixing cow’s milk, wheat flour and sugar.
What is baby formula?
These fruity vitamins might make you say "Yabba, Dabba, Doo".
What are Flinstones?
This dosage form is usually inserted rectally.
What is a suppository?
This is the entry-level degree all pharmacists must receive in the U.S. to sit for licensure exams.
What is Doctor of Pharmacy?
This is the typical days supply amount given for a tablet/capsule type prescription.
What is 30 days?
Initially called "friction lights", these items consist of a small stick with a flammable tip.
What are matches?
Cats do not have the sensory receptors needed to taste sweet stimuli, so this is most likely to be used to flavor their medicine.
What is fish (tuna, salmon, shrimp, etc.)?
Ever tried to give a cat a pill? This dosage form can be used to get the medicine into the cat by rubbing it on the inside of its ears.
What is a gel?
This school had the first pharmacy graduates in the state of Georgia.
What is Mercer University College of Pharmacy?
This person is responsible for ensuring the right patient gets the right drug at the right dose at the right time.
Who is the pharmacist?
Instead of covering medicine with chocolate, Jean Neuhaus instead created a type of praline named for this country to the northeast of France.
What is Belgium?
Ferrets are strict carnivores except for when it comes to this red fruit flavor that can be used for their medicines.
What is raspberry?
This dosage form can be used to help cancer patients maintain their nutritional status.
What are lidocaine lollipops?
The first college of pharmacy in the United States opened up this year in Philadelphia.
What is 1821?
The Controlled Substance Act of 1970 established this number of schedules (groups) of controlled drugs.
What are 5?
Maybel Williams' brother Thomas Lyle helped her improve this type of makeup that started out with coal dust, burnt cork, and Vaseline.
What is mascara?
Oh no! Mom just picked up this medicine; I guess I'll have to hold my nose to take it since I don't like the flavor. Why can't they make it bubblegum-flavored, too?
What is cherry cough syrup?
These dosage forms are often used to treat children with chronic illnesses.
What are gummy bears?
This was the year all schools were required to offer the PharmD as the degree for all pharmacists.
What is 2000?
This is the minimum number of licensure exams a PharmD graduate must pass to become licensed in the U.S.
What is 1?