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Happy celebration to you guys.
In some places, Pharmacists can prescribe medications once they have the requisite certification. On the ward, pharmacists check drug/medication history that medics and other clinicians don't have the time to check.

But their core competency is dispensing drugs...

We now look up to pharmacist for our daily routine and prescription for our beloved families since our Nigerian Doctors and nurses have decided to seek greener pastures elsewhere??

Happy world pharmacist day to my neighbor and the rest!!!!

Your sacrifices will not go without been awarded from our Lord Jesus....!

Happy Celebration

Share malaria meds nah, abi how this day take dey help nah ?

Lalasticlala i wanna see u

Smiles a good one

I love this profession

Thumbs up to our pharmacists

I love pharmacists rocking the boat in pharmaceutical industries. They are working hard to produce safe and cost effective drugs.

I love pharmacists who are entrepreneurs. I envy their business acumen.

I love pharmacists who interact with doctors regularly on prescription orders.

Most pharmacists practice in community are losing their identity as a pharmacist. It is either people call them doctors or pretend to be doctors. Professional identity is not about titles or confusing certification.

Cosmatikka:
I'm happy to be marrying one
God bless all pharmacists worldwide
Happy Celebration to you guys

Me too

Some of you are impatient and don’t attend to patients in a good way.You just after money and don’t prescribe good drugs

Okay

Divoc19:
Enlightened.
Happy Pharmacy Day.
Our SS3 and undergraduate students are mostly uninformed.
I wish they would be more enlightened about things like this.
Career choices should be taught from primary school and not just allowing the pupils to be guessing

I have been thinking about this all day, children should be look closely in other to know their likes and dislikes this will go a long way.
Big shout out to those pharmacist who is really try their best.

Cosmatikka:
I'm happy to be marrying one
God bless all pharmacists worldwide
Happy Celebration to you guys

Yesoooo our wife. We are tye best.

Still can't spot the difference..... I mean the difference between a pharmacy and a chemist in all what she wrote up there.

The only difference is.... If you open a drug store and call it a pharmacy they will use group moral(the association) to shut it down.

Very informative. Happy pharmacist day.

Am proud to be a Pharmacist

Dpharmacist:
As a commemoration of the world pharmacist day with the theme "Pharmacy: Always trusted for your health".

I will like to use this medium to enlighten the public in the roles of the pharmacist in health care.

¶ Pharmacist are not just drug sellers.

There is a skewed perception of pharmacists being just drug sellers or dispensers just like people in the patent medicine store or chemist. Yes that is partially true but that is a microcosm of what we do.


A pharmacist also compound drugs and extemporaneous preparations to specific patients when the need arises.

A pharmacist can also provide patient counseling on the right way to taking medication and maintaining good health.

He/she also plays a role in counseling patients on smoking cessation, drug abuse, alcohol addiction and other toxic substances.

A pharmacist does not only dispense drugs but provide pharmaceutical care to the patient.

¶ Community pharmacists have diverse roles
A community Pharmacist can also provide medical checkup services such as blood pressure measurement, temperature, auscultation, first aid services etc

Aside dispensing, pharmacist are active in cold chain management and administration of vaccines, patient counseling and medication therapy management to better understand the drugs you are about to take and any caution if there is.



¶ It takes a lot of schooling to be a pharmacist:

It takes a total of 5-6years of rigorous training to finish the pharmacy degree program, this is excluding a one year internship.

Pharmacists are well trained professionals on drugs and drug related information, no health professional knows it better than them.

A pharmacist in summary is a drug expert.

¶ A Pharmacist provide drug information:

Pharmacists are the hub for drug information.
Both health care professionals and patients consult pharmacists on drug information.

A pharmacist tells the patient which drugs to take with or without food, which drugs should not be taken at the same, what drug is not recommended for you or not etc.

Patients who are non compliant to the Pharmacist's instructions are at risk of exacerbating the illness or reducing their quality of life.


¶ Pharmacists can save you from spending more:
There are times a doctor will prescribe expensive drugs to a patient and if that patient is not drug insured he might find difficulty in acquiring them.

Most of the time a pharmacist can recommend another drug similar in action but cost effective or the same drug prescribed but at a lower cost by replacing a branded with a generic drug.

A pharmacist can also provides information on rebates and other cost saving tips to help lower cost of medicine.

¶ A pharmacist checkmates a doctor's prescription:

When a doctors prescription enters into the hands of a pharmacist, the pharmacist first authenticates if it is actually from a doctor or the patient is trying to forge it so he can self medicate or abuse the drugs ( drug abuse have become a menace in the society)

If it is truly from a doctor the pharmacist checks for drug-drug interaction, drug food interaction, allergy, adverse effects than might harm the patient in special conditions such as pregnancy, being a child or an old man.

The pharmacist also checks for accuracy and dose of the medication for the patients indication.

He or she then raises any concern to the prescribing doctor and provide recommendation.


¶ Pharmacists work in variety of places:
Most people assume pharmacists only work in the community (community pharmacist) or hospital (hospital pharmacist) .
Pharmacists also work in the government, administration, pharmaceutical companies, public health, academia, research, informatics and management care.

Pharmacists who work in pharmaceutical industries ensure that high quality drugs are being supplied to the public.
They utilized their knowledge on pharmacology, pharmaceutics , biotechnology and pharmaceutical chemistry to further advance the health care system.

Pharmacist in government and administration such as NAFDAC, NDLEA ensure sanity in drug distribution and work in eradication the menace of counterfeit drugs (e.g Dora Akunyuli).
Research institute like NIPRD carry out research on our indigenous plants and were able to discover for promising drugs such as Niprisan ( drug for sickle cell).

¶ Pharmacists are quintessential
Pharmacist are one of the most accessible healthcare professionals in the community.
Pharmacists have an important role in healthcare delivery because of their expertise and also their location within communities that gives them close proximity to patients, such that they are sometimes the first respondents in the healthcare system.

The role of a pharmacist is indispensible – John F. Kennedy


Nairaland let's celebrate our pharmacists

Amazing!!! As Men of Honour....


Congratulations! Happy World Pharmacist Day! Your toils and the rigorous training you recieved paid off!

donnie:
Pharmacy is from the Greek word Pharmakeia, which also means sorcery, magic, spells, Witchcraft.

Infact the references to the word in the NT bible clearly refer to witchcraft and sorcery.

Galatians 5:20
Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,

Revelation 9:21
Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.

Revelation 18:23
And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.

The covid-19 PLAdemic for example is not about controlling a virus but about controlling you. That's why Edo state had the audacity to push for compulsory vaccinations. We told you these witches want to inject something into us by force and you called us conspiracy theorists.

So you will take vaccines which they say will not stop you from getting infected or cure you in case of an infection and you say you're not bewitched?

See how babies are being snatched from thier parents and vaccinated in Australia. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1P865HT1T8ATss_bsk2IR0ZC8NAbrjiE8/view?usp=drivesdk

Happy world pharmacist day

Na the course wey I be one study be dis for Niger Delta university that year 2009, but some how I ended up being a Nutritionist

The big drug barons and coded drug dealers. here we call them the big pharma. Ifyouknowyouknow

Only A medical doctor, Dentist and physiotherapists are trained to diagnose, plan and execute treatment plan for a patient.

A pharmacist isn't trained to prescribe drug for any patient. He/she can only advise, substitute and "recommend" drugs to patients and doctors.

Just give AJ the drug to win todand Chelsea also.

Dpharmacist:
As a commemoration of the world pharmacist day with the theme "Pharmacy: Always trusted for your health".

I will like to use this medium to enlighten the public in the roles of the pharmacist in health care.

¶ Pharmacist are not just drug sellers.

There is a skewed perception of pharmacists being just drug sellers or dispensers just like people in the patent medicine store or chemist. Yes that is partially true but that is a microcosm of what we do.


A pharmacist also compound drugs and extemporaneous preparations to specific patients when the need arises.

A pharmacist can also provide patient counseling on the right way to taking medication and maintaining good health.

He/she also plays a role in counseling patients on smoking cessation, drug abuse, alcohol addiction and other toxic substances.

A pharmacist does not only dispense drugs but provide pharmaceutical care to the patient.

¶ Community pharmacists have diverse roles
A community Pharmacist can also provide medical checkup services such as blood pressure measurement, temperature, auscultation, first aid services etc

Aside dispensing, pharmacist are active in cold chain management and administration of vaccines, patient counseling and medication therapy management to better understand the drugs you are about to take and any caution if there is.



¶ It takes a lot of schooling to be a pharmacist:

It takes a total of 5-6years of rigorous training to finish the pharmacy degree program, this is excluding a one year internship.

Pharmacists are well trained professionals on drugs and drug related information, no health professional knows it better than them.

A pharmacist in summary is a drug expert.

¶ A Pharmacist provide drug information:

Pharmacists are the hub for drug information.
Both health care professionals and patients consult pharmacists on drug information.

A pharmacist tells the patient which drugs to take with or without food, which drugs should not be taken at the same, what drug is not recommended for you or not etc.

Patients who are non compliant to the Pharmacist's instructions are at risk of exacerbating the illness or reducing their quality of life.


¶ Pharmacists can save you from spending more:
There are times a doctor will prescribe expensive drugs to a patient and if that patient is not drug insured he might find difficulty in acquiring them.

Most of the time a pharmacist can recommend another drug similar in action but cost effective or the same drug prescribed but at a lower cost by replacing a branded with a generic drug.

A pharmacist can also provides information on rebates and other cost saving tips to help lower cost of medicine.

¶ A pharmacist checkmates a doctor's prescription:

When a doctors prescription enters into the hands of a pharmacist, the pharmacist first authenticates if it is actually from a doctor or the patient is trying to forge it so he can self medicate or abuse the drugs ( drug abuse have become a menace in the society)

If it is truly from a doctor the pharmacist checks for drug-drug interaction, drug food interaction, allergy, adverse effects than might harm the patient in special conditions such as pregnancy, being a child or an old man.

The pharmacist also checks for accuracy and dose of the medication for the patients indication.

He or she then raises any concern to the prescribing doctor and provide recommendation.


¶ Pharmacists work in variety of places:
Most people assume pharmacists only work in the community (community pharmacist) or hospital (hospital pharmacist) .
Pharmacists also work in the government, administration, pharmaceutical companies, public health, academia, research, informatics and management care.

Pharmacists who work in pharmaceutical industries ensure that high quality drugs are being supplied to the public.
They utilized their knowledge on pharmacology, pharmaceutics , biotechnology and pharmaceutical chemistry to further advance the health care system.

Pharmacist in government and administration such as NAFDAC, NDLEA ensure sanity in drug distribution and work in eradication the menace of counterfeit drugs (e.g Dora Akunyuli).
Research institute like NIPRD carry out research on our indigenous plants and were able to discover for promising drugs such as Niprisan ( drug for sickle cell).

¶ Pharmacists are quintessential
Pharmacist are one of the most accessible healthcare professionals in the community.
Pharmacists have an important role in healthcare delivery because of their expertise and also their location within communities that gives them close proximity to patients, such that they are sometimes the first respondents in the healthcare system.

The role of a pharmacist is indispensible – John F. Kennedy


Nairaland let's celebrate our pharmacists

How can one hire a pharmacist easily, do you guys have an organized pharmacist platform for each state in Nigeria

I'm glad to have one by my side ...happy pharmacy day to you guys

Happy pharmacists day
Shout out to nurse Tammy too
The only chemist that gives me medicine on credit.

lonelydora:
For me o, how big and fine the drug store is determines if I will call it a "Chemist" or "Pharmacy"

If you have one fine lady or man wearing white lab coat, ah, na pharmacy be that.

If you have all these ladies wearing white nurse uniform with their pant-lines showing, na Chemist bi that. Na dem I dey like buy condom from. But they are sexy sha.

OG

Aint no pharmacy student

But i would love to know why pharm assoc still allow chemist to operate

Medicine and surgery vs Pharmacy. Pharmacy is a branch under medicine but it's also one of the lucrative professions in the world. Happy Pharmacy day to all the Pharmacists out there.