whats the difference between a patent medicine store, a medicine store, a pharmacy, a pharmacy whole sale store , a drug store and a pharmaceutical store. i throw this out to all the pharmacists on nairaland. especially to members of PAN OR PCN don't know what they call themselves, pharmaceutical association or commission....there is virtually no regulation nor structure in this sector, all they focus on is money, the health and lives of the people is just secondary. almost all of them have more than 2pharmacy stores thereby contradicting their own laws and then victimize others that are not even under their association. and for those that want to go into the drug industry there is virtually no body to get information on how to go about things with. such a pity that a country can be sick physiologically and ideologically as well as economically> God bless Nigeria. pharmacist comment. lash out at me,albeit reasonably and rationally.

Yinkavelli

Young man,we are men of honour and no one will abuse you.A patent medicine store is an outlet for Over The Counter(OTC) drugs(medicines sold directly to a consumer without a prescription from any healthcare professional)...while a Pharmacy is an outlet for all drugs(prescription and non prescription drugs).
The umbrella association for pharmacists is PSN(Pharmacists' Society of Nigeria) while the regulatory body for pharmaceutical practice is Pharmacy Council Of Nigeria(PCN) formerly Pharmacy Board Of Nigeria

Revsola: Young man,we are men of honour and no one will abuse you.A patent medicine store is an outlet for Over The Counter(OTC) drugs(medicines sold directly to a consumer without a prescription from any healthcare professional)...while a Pharmacy is an outlet for all drugs(prescription and non prescription drugs).
The umbrella association for pharmacists is PSN(Pharmacists' Society of Nigeria) while the regulatory body for pharmaceutical practice is Pharmacy Council Of Nigeria(PCN) formerly Pharmacy Board Of Nigeria

nicely said sir/ma...but i must be frank not all are as u have said. witnessed some dirty ones myself, buts that's a story for another day.

I would like to c changes in that sector too. I believe no other than pharmacists should be aLlowed to sell drugs.

deols: I would like to c changes in that sector too. I believe no other than pharmacists should be aLlowed to sell drugs.

many pharmacists sell pom to clients without prescription. personally i do not know different between shops own by pharnacist and pharmacy technician or even chemist. pharmacists think that they would gain more by fighting doctors. i know that pharnacists would gain more by cooperating with doctors. i love pharmacists and doctors. but they have to work together. i think pcn,psn,nma,mdcn should work together in harmonize prescription practice.