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  Pharmacist in Relation to the Medical Profession Limitation of Professional Activity : It is expected that medical practitioners do not practice pharmacy and own drug store. Medical practitioners also practice pharmacy by decoding prescriptions and owning a drug store or pharmacy will bring their monopoly in the medical field. It will be a detrimental effect on the pharmaceutical profession. Medical practitioners’ time consumed for this activity is not in the interest of patients. Thus in return, it is also expected that pharmacists will not involve in diagnosis and advise patients to cure disease and to prescribe medicine. Under no circumstances pharmacist will diagnose disease, prescribe medicine, or practice medicine. He should not involve himself in these entire activities even request from his patron. In an emergency or accident, a pharmacist may provide first aid to the patient in absence of a medical practitioner. Pharmacist should not recommend any specific medical pr...