Glay:
Doctors are really endangered species. So much hate...

If you're a doctor reading this, please save up as much as you can and run from this shįt hole country as fast as your legs can carry you.

Two of my cousins ported 2 weeks ago , many more are escaping in swarms.. I was at MMA a few days ago, you go fear exodus

Leopantro:


so you still believe in a president who currently rules without a certificate and allows insecurity to be the norm and prefers to travel out of the country for treatment to save the health sector?

i would have said you need to see a doctor but since you dislike them please see a pharmacist.

danilmo:
lol..

lol, my friend is here again ,
biko how many johesu left since January. show us statistic and lemme show u medic statistics..
u go fear margin

I never do mistake see ur post in support of doctor once,
always hate speech, hia
are they responsible for ur predicament abi na wetin..



lol..

they will b replaced by those that can't pass USMLE ..

no wonder u always jam the bad ones u call malaria and typhoid doctor..

now ur frustration level is on grade A

Amarabae:

Nigeria degree nurses are more recognised and needed in western countries than doctors who sometimes end up as janitors and cab drivers there.
Ask around.
Don't worry, when you graduate, Oriaku Amarachi will send you to North Korea to practice

uloewa:


Doctors prescibe. Ever heard of pharmacists prescription? [b]The rivalry is because most pharmacists are rejects from medical school. They all set out to be doctors first , when they cannot make it they become pharmacists [/b]DR ORHI iS A DOctor that has done more work in pharmacology than medicine. Is it not dora that gave her friend emzor the license to manufacture codeine. Is it doctors that sell codeine to street users in cartons. These pharmacists have become shameless drug barons if they can stoop so law to bring about the reversal of th ban on codeine. Did mr pharmacist making noise there see any foreign brand of codeine causing problem? Was it not nigerian brands that were being abused? Who manufactured those brands? Doctors? No pharmacists like him. I dont blame him, if the minister had arrested the pharmacists in the bbc documentary, he will not have mouth to be talking trash

Amarabae:

Nigeria degree nurses are more recognised and needed in western countries than doctors who sometimes end up as janitors and cab drivers there.
Ask around.
Don't worry, when you graduate, Oriaku Amarachi will send you to North Korea to practice

drjay1:
To blame the Nigerian doctor for drug addiction shows a very shallow way of reasoning.
The problem with us as a nation boils down to hatred. Things will only get better when we see beyond our selfish gains and look for practical ways of solving problems.

uloewa:


Doctors prescibe. Ever heard of pharmacists prescription? The rivalry is because most pharmacists are rejects from medical school. They all set out to be doctors first , when they cannot make it they become pharmacists DR ORHI iS A DOctor that has done more work in pharmacology than medicine. Is it not dora that gave her friend emzor the license to manufacture codeine. Is it doctors that sell codeine to street users in cartons. These pharmacists have become shameless drug barons if they can stoop so law to bring about the reversal of th ban on codeine. Did mr pharmacist making noise there see any foreign brand of codeine causing problem? Was it not nigerian brands that were being abused? Who manufactured those brands? Doctors? No pharmacists like him. I dont blame him, if the minister had arrested the pharmacists in the bbc documentary, he will not have mouth to be talking trash

DjCandyMusic:



get OK after your generation baa??

sogodihno:


your brain is obviously not functioning, your first lines sold u out, all pharmacist were rejected from medical school? why are people these dumb?. So their is no pharmacist that chose pharmacy as a first choice? your brain is really not working. it's a pity.

one thing I know, and is also visible to the blind is that NAFDAC fare better under Akunyili(a pharmacist) than under Paul orhili( a medical doctor). And those shouting mass exodus, abeg! u guys should leave quickly, their are many umeployed doctor that will willingly replace you.

sogodihno:


your brain is obviously not functioning, your first lines sold u out, all pharmacist were rejected from medical school? why are people these dumb?. So their is no pharmacist that chose pharmacy as a first choice? your brain is really not working. it's a pity.

one thing I know, and is also visible to the blind is that NAFDAC fare better under Akunyili(a pharmacist) than under Paul orhili( a medical doctor). And those shouting mass exodus, abeg! u guys should leave quickly, their are many umeployed doctor that will willingly replace you.

Stephaustin:
There is nothing one cannot see in an epistle written by a person guided by hatred and useless sentiments.

Doctors worsened drug abuse among Nigerian youths?

That some doctors misbehave does not mean all doctors misbehave; that is fallacy.
You cannot tell me that all pharmacists, lab scientists, nurses and other health workers are saints. Let each sector and individual be probed and the result will be very amazing.

Talking about NAFDAC being headed by a pharmacist as appropriate is also fallacious. NAFDAC does not regulate only drugs, but also food, cosmetics, medical devices, chemicals and packaged water. Are pharmacists also experts in these fields?

I just pity the poor masses that will always bear the brunt of this mess.

Please note that I am neither a doctor nor a medical student before you accuse me of sentiments.

asuustrike2009:

Didn't you read the article? it was clearly stated there.

ruffhandu:
Hmn!
Is the sales rep interviewed by CNN also a medical doctor?
Well, lots of valid points were scored. Lack of necessary collaborations, doctors appointed to head other professions (doesn't make any sense), etc.

Every profession is equally important and should be treated as such.

For me, what is happening with Tramadol and codein is same thing happening with indian hemp and cocain, just that Tramadol is a neater/cheaper option. The same corruption that has brought this country to its knees is what is happening.

They only started scrambling because CNN reported this. So all the media talks on this by Nigerians meant nothing to them? This simply shows the kind of leaders we have - no regard for the citizens. All the ban and un-ban that attended this news is simply to appeal to the international community.

This country is useless at the moment, but I have hope it'll get ok someday.

nobilis:


Really?

So a doctor prescribing Codeine or Tramadol for someone in pain who needs it is what will make the person abuse the drug?
So immediately a person puts Tramadol in his mouth he becomes addicted to it?

That's like saying that beer parlors are responsible for alcoholism, drunk driving and accidents resulting from driving under the influence of alcohol.

There are processes by which addiction occurs.
And medically, there are drugs generally known as drugs of addiction or drugs of abuse.
Before a drug of addiction/abuse is prescribed by a doctor, he weighs the risks against the benefits.

For example, a patient had an accident and is in pain but he also has peptic ulcer.
You can't give him ibuprofen or Diclofenac or any other NSAID because they will worsen his ulcer. You have to resort to giving him non-NSAID analgesics such as Tramadol. Sometimes you might have to move up to Codeine and even Morphine. And most non-NSAID analgesics are addictive because of how they interact with their receptors in the body.
But every doctor is aware of this addictive nature of these drugs and is always cautious when prescribing them.

First, If this OP who is masquerading as a Know-it-all pharmacist knows anything about the pharmacdynamics and pharmacokinetics of opioid and non-opioid analgesics, he wouldn't have created this post.

Secondly, he is not blaming his fellow roadside pharmacists and chemists that sell these drugs to these youths without prescription.
He is not blaming them because he knows that they are the real culprits. They are the ones that hand these drugs out to these youths even when they don't come with a doctor's prescription because they believe they know more than the doctor so dispensing drugs with prescription is beneath them.
But he will blame the doctor.

That's what we see in the health sector.

If everything goes well, everyone will collect the glory and may not even remember the role the doctor played.
But once something goes wrong, everybody will blame the doctor.

So that is it.
You don't blame bars and beer parlors for alcoholism.
The solution is for pharmacists to stop dispensing drugs of addiction/abuse without doctor's prescription.
But they will not hear it.
Tomorrow they will still come and blame the doctor.

IDEKEALUMONA:
The most corrupt set of people in hospitals are pharmacists, they steal drugs from hospital pharmacies,the least corrupt are doctors and nurses

nobilis:


The bolded part of this your post makes no sense.
The doctor is not heading other professions.
He is heading one profession.

Laboratory Science is not a profession.
Nursing is not a profession, etc.
They are all branches of the same profession: health/medical profession.
And the doctor is at the head of that profession.

Every professional working in a hospital is a health professional and their profession is the health profession. And the head of the health profession is THE DOCTOR

The Engineer and the engineering technician are all in the same profession. Not separate professions.
And the engineer is at the head of that profession.

In the legal profession, the lawyers and judges are at the head.

In the academic profession, professors are at the head.

It goes on and on.

Why are you guys bent on upending things just to massage your egos?

You guys hate doctors but yet all of you answer doctors in your informal circles.
I have not seen any one of you that doesn't answer when called "doctor".
All of you.
Even cleaners.
Yet, all of you hate doctors.

What exactly is wrong with you people?

nobilis:


The bolded part of this your post makes no sense.
The doctor is not heading other professions.
He is heading one profession.

Laboratory Science is not a profession.
Nursing is not a profession, etc.
They are all branches of the same profession: health/medical profession.
And the doctor is at the head of that profession.

Every professional working in a hospital is a health professional and their profession is the health profession. And the head of the health profession is THE DOCTOR

The Engineer and the engineering technician are all in the same profession. Not separate professions.
And the engineer is at the head of that profession.

In the legal profession, the lawyers and judges are at the head.

In the academic profession, professors are at the head.

It goes on and on.

Why are you guys bent on upending things just to massage your egos?

You guys hate doctors but yet all of you answer doctors in your informal circles.
I have not seen any one of you that doesn't answer when called "doctor".
All of you.
Even cleaners.
Yet, all of you hate doctors.

What exactly is wrong with you people?

ruffhandu:


You need some education. Professor at the head of what? A professor of water resources can only be head of water resources, not biological sciences.

You really need to learn to think.

Wealthandjobs:


It's either you are not a health practitioner or you believe and still recycling the lie they told you in Nigerian Medical schools.

Firstly,it is not only a medical doctor that prescribes. Pharmacists can prescribe too.

Secondly,all medications are produced by Pharmacists for the users not for the prescriber unless the prescriber doubles as the user. Pharmacists are the drug experts.

Thirdly,apart from the prescription medications,the Pharmacist doesn't need to request for a prescription form to counsel and dispense other medications. Incidentally,there are more non prescription drugs than prescription drugs.So,the prescription form is only needed for a fraction of medicines NOT ALL MEDICINES.

Fourthly,prescription form is not an order. It is a request made for the dispensing of medications and subject to the professional evaluation of the Pharmacist.In releasing the medications,the Pharmacist believes a professional apart from him/her has evaluated the user as well. The Pharmacist has a professional duty to reject prescriptions once he's not convinced.
Finally,boss of a Pharmacist is another senior Pharmacist. Any other person forming boss is a counterfeit and receiving orders from such individuals is ultra vires

nobilis:


Hahahahahaha.
So much bile is in your veins.
In everything I said, this was the only one you picked up.

Whether it is Water Resources or Fire Resources, in the academic profession, the professor is at the head.

For example, in a university, you don't make a non-professor a Vice Chancellor when there are professors around.

Capisce?

Please try and clear the excess bile in your system before it becomes something else.

... the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria (NMCN) where a medical doctor,Dr Abisola Clark was appointed in 2013 in a most shocking and bizarre manner, to head the governing board of the apex regulatory board for nurses in Nigeria ...,

lilfizzie:

You are just so daft. I pity those close to you.

nobilis:


LOL.

First of all, you quoted the wrong post to say this your rubbish.

See how you are just feeding yourself and your followers with deliberate misinformation.

Maybe you need to go and consult your pharmacy professors in school.

In Nigeria, pharmacists are not allowed to prescribe medications.
Only doctors are allowed to prescribe medications.

You can carry your head and hit it on the wall as many times as you please.
That is how it is.

You've not finished doing your own job and duty and you're trying to claim one of the duties of doctors.
Tomorrow you guys will say doctors are suppressing you when it is obvious that you guys are the ones overstepping your boundaries.