@ muoyoto,tnks dearie,i rily appreactiate,mor post ll also b appreciatd.tnks

^^my pleasure!

Muyoto, pls introduce yourself.

Dani, you had better love the course wit d whole of your heart or you wanna reject the admission offer? Anybody to answer dis, is PharmD higher than B.Pharm? With PharmD, are you called a Dr. or still Pharm.?

Please,how much wud it cost to set up a standard pharmacy in nigeria , and what are the prospects? I mean, how lucreative is it?

Okay to set the ball rolling. . .

I'm a qualified pharmacist currently working with one the NGO's that provide free antiretroviral drugs (ARVS) to HIV infected patients.

rx steve:


Dani, you had better love the course wit d whole of your heart or you wanna reject the admission offer?  Anybody to answer dis, is PharmD higher than B.Pharm? With PharmD, are you called a Dr. or still Pharm.?

The Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) is actually an improvement on the Bpharm degree and was made to address some of the challenges facing the profession as well as keeping up with advancements in patient care as obtainable in more developed countries.

In fact, at undergraduate level, the curriculum of both is pretty much the same until the fourth year or so where PharmD begins to place greater emphasis on the clinical aspects of patient care--pharmaceutical care, which is essentially the backbone of the degree.

Topics such as therapeutic drug monitoring, the pharmaceutical care process, ADR management are, unlike in the Bpharm programm, treated in greater depth, especially in the final 6th year--yes, the pharm D is actually a six-year program.

In addition, students undergo clinical rotation in various hospital, similar to what the medical doctors undergo, only in our case, we are more concerned with current drug therapy the patient is on with a view to making possible recommendations to the doctor.

In more developed countries, they are usually referred to as Doctor this or doctor that.

Oh, thanks. Now, only Uniben awards Pharm.D but if I with B.Pharm and 'you' with PharmD were employed on the same day, does your 'certy' places you above me? I read about how the Nigerian 'Doctors' objected the PharmD, it's sad- I can say, they're literates but not educated.

At present both degrees are on the same level: conhess 9 in federal establishments.

as for the objection by doctors, the truth of the matter is that most of the opposition to the degree came, very, very sadly indeed, from within the profession.  Of worthy mention is a renowned professor of pharmacology at Unilag who was so uncompromising and vocal in his resistance to the degree that I believe affected the progress of the its implementation for some time. But for the truly commendable efforts of scholars like Professors Okahamfe, Obianu (now rtd), and many others at Uniben, I'm not sure that it would have seen the light of day.

the doctors that oppose it really don't know what its about. they felt it was an attempt to 'usurp their authority' (??). that's not true.

Alright. Thanks

Please, how much will it cost to set up a standard pharmacy in nigeria, and what are the prospects?

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pharmacy has been my dreams for yrs, actually m just startin nw, nd am @unilag, Nigeria. I wuld like 2 know wat qualifications are needed for a masters or doctorate program @cambridge university, UK. Nd any fellow pharmacy student @unilag shuld pls notify me.

@muyoto I tot most of ur coursemates were on nairaland with the rate dey share news coming from here on facebook. Anyway it ws nice meeting u. Please Wat kind of questions are asked in interviews for internship? University of abuja teaching hospital will conduct theirs on wednesday nextweek and I don't seem to have a clue on wat dey might ask. Do I need to read textbooks or wat? Pls reply me.

^ You can also tell them about this new joint.

Thanks!

kayzaer:

plz my fellow nairalanders, I ve been admitted into faculty of pharmaceutical science,pharmacy.buh Im a little bit confused cuz my dept is not accredited n also I jux realizd dat Im not inclined 2 medical aspect,Im plannin 2 re-write another JAMB, In order 2 choose either Civil eng,elect/elect,pet n gas eng or mech eng Im quite certain dat I wud be admitted into any of d followin courses, or jux 2 proceed wit pharmacy If not accredited in my year 2,I shud switch 2 Geology, plz Im so so so confused need ur sincere advice wic do I follow,

what school is running this program?

Reply in better English.

I'm sure it would be one of these: uniport, delsu or igbinedion. All those are not accredited yet they keep on admitting students for pharmacy program. I pity those students. @mod, great job you're doin.

^ Thanks.

I wonder why the NUC is turning a blind eye?

Found out its Uniport. S/he is better off writing another jamb for Elect, in case switching to Geology doesnt work out as planned.

Is NUC planning to accreditate more universities, btw?

I don't know o. But I got dis link http://www.google.com.ng/gwt/x?site=universal&oe=UTF-8&q=Pharmacy+nigeria+accredited&output=wml&hl=en-GB&ei=A-QoT7j_B4KJ8gPe4QE&ved=0CAYQFjAAOAY&start=6&source=m&rd=1&u=http://www.africanoutlookonline.com/index.php?option%3Dcom_content%26view%3Darticle%26id%3D1282%253Aonly-13-nigerian-varsities-approved-for-pharmacy-program%26Itemid%3D653

^ Interesting.

Any chance of proceeding to a foreign university for further studies with say B.Pharm from Uniport?

Until dey r accreditated, dey cant move forward. MADONNA started churning out pharmacy graduates in 2007 but they were not inducted and thus not awarded d B.Pharm certificate till 2011 when she was accreditated.

rx steve:

Until dey r accreditated, dey cant move forward. MADONNA started churning out pharmacy graduates in 2007 but they were not inducted and thus not awarded d B.Pharm certificate till 2011 when she was accreditated.

@rx steve thank you,please is there an hope of uniport getting accredited before 2014,and please what UNI would you recomend for me If I were 2re-write jamb for ENGINEERIN dept.

rx steve:

Until dey r accreditated, dey cant move forward. MADONNA started churning out pharmacy graduates in 2007 but they were not inducted and thus not awarded d B.Pharm certificate till 2011 when she was accreditated.

@rx steve thank you,please is there an hope of uniport getting accredited before 2014,and please what UNI would you recomend for me If I were 2re-write jamb for ENGINEERIN dept.

yamakuza:

^ I meant your writing style.

We dont condone that here.

Kindly edit/modify both posts of yours accordingly.

Thanks.

@yamakuza ok no problem, now I understand,u mean the abbreviations, ok I'll oblige.re u in uniport, thanks 4 your response.

I no nothing about that(Uniport's accreditation). You can ask someone from there. About Engineering, ask someone who in dat field.

Can any Pharmacist in the house tell us how it is out there?
As Per Job Satisfaction and Remuneration?

strita:

@muyoto I tot most of ur coursemates were on nairaland with the rate dey share news coming from here on facebook. Anyway it ws nice meeting u. Please Wat kind of questions are asked in interviews for internship? University of abuja teaching hospital will conduct theirs on wednesday nextweek and I don't  seem to have a clue on wat dey might ask. Do I need to read textbooks or wat? Pls reply me.

Sorry I've not been on NL for some time.

As regards the interview, I don't think you have anything to worry about especially as it relates to pharmacy practise. Their questions are usually elementary and straight forward (eg classes of antihypertensives and example of each)

You might however, want read up some current affairs. . . eg current minister of so and so. Some centres, eg UBTH, are also known to include teasers, not related to pharmacy, which are aimed at gauging your critical thinking skills.

The competition at Abuja is pretty stiff, but I'm sure you'll scale through. All the best! 

Please can someone tell me how lucreative a retail phamacy business is in nigeria? And how much it would cost to establish a very standard one?? I've been asking this here for a while ŋ☺ώ and haven't gotten a response yet.please help.

dan_dollar:

Please,how much wud it cost to set up a standard pharmacy in nigeria , and what are the prospects? I mean, how lucreative is it?

well, I wouldn't know the cost of setting one up. Is retail rxcy d same as community rxcy? Also, are u a pharmacist?

rx steve:

well, I wouldn't know the cost of setting one up. Is retail rxcy d same as community rxcy? Also, are u a pharmacist?

yes,retail pharm=community pharm,and no,I'm not a pharmacist.a relative is,though he's doing his internship presently.he's luring me into it.I just want to know weather its as lucreative as he said before I embark on the venture.more responses will be appreciated.thanks.

I know couple of retail pharmacist. They are doing pretty well. Except your taste is too high, you won't regret bein one. I understand the type of arrangement your relative is making. . .

@dan_dollar, though I'm not currently in the retail business, I guess I can share one or two points from my little knowledge. . .

I would say apart from telecoms and perhaps oil industry, there no other as lucrative as the pharmaceutical industry, and by extension, retail/community outlets. . .that takes care of the first part of your question.

Note that since you are not a pharmacist, you cannot operate a retail pharmacy outlet, unless you are able to get a qualified pharmacist to run the business whose practicing licence will be used to register the premises. I suppose that's where your relative who you say is a pharmacist comes in, but note he will only be given the full license after he's through with internship.

If you do get a qualified pharmacist, there are many factors however that will determine how successful your own outlet will be.

This entails undertaking, as it is with all business, a comprehensive feasibility study. Paramount is the location of the outlet, which is directly related to the type of clientele and the ease with which you will be able to source your commodities.

The amount of capital at your disposal is also another crucial factor, as this will determine the type of commodities you will stock.

Equally related the number and quality of competitors in the locality you intend to situate the business. By quality I mean the nature of other outlets in the vicinity: are they patent stores, small scale pharmacies or established retail outlets.

this is by no means exhaustive, it just to give a idea. . .

Lastly, if you need a figure to work with, to start up a standard retail outlet from scratch will require anything from 700k to well over a million.

muyoto:

@dan_dollar, though I'm not currently in the retail business, I guess I can share one or two points from my little knowledge. . .

I would say apart from telecoms and perhaps oil industry, there no other as lucrative as the pharmaceutical industry, and by extension, retail/community outlets. . .that takes care of the first part of your question.

Note that since you are not a pharmacist, you cannot operate a retail pharmacy outlet, unless you are able to get a qualified pharmacist to run the business whose practicing licence will be used to register the premises. I suppose that's where your relative who you say is a pharmacist comes in, but note he will only be given the full license after he's through with internship.

If you do get a qualified pharmacist, there are many factors however that will determine how successful your own outlet will be.

This entails undertaking, as it is with all business, a comprehensive feasibility study. Paramount is the location of the outlet, which is directly related to the type of clientele and the ease with which you will be able to source your commodities.

The amount of capital at your disposal is also another crucial factor, as this will determine the type of commodities you will stock.

Equally related the number and quality of competitors in the locality you intend to situate the business. By quality I mean the nature of other outlets in the vicinity: are they patent stores, small scale pharmacies or established retail outlets.

this is by no means exhaustive, it just to give a idea. . .

muyoto:

Lastly, if you need a figure to work with, to start up a standard retail outlet from scratch will require anything from 700k to well over a million.

thank ƴ☺Ư guys! Ƴ☺Ư'v really been of help.I'm grateful.

rx steve:

I know couple of retail pharmacist. They are doing pretty well. Except your taste is too high, you won't regret bein one. I understand the type of arrangement your relative is making. . .

tank ƴ☺Ư,man.