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excellentmomma:
Den define hype.

Op you should also know the pharmacists who "open shop" as u said, are the ones making money. May God deliver us from employee mentality. You work ur ass out and get paid 6zeros per annum, the successful entrepreneur gets u employed and wacks all ur sweat. Open ur eyes.

This is just the blunt truth! Nothing else.

Apart from the community, if a pharmacist decides to work in an hospital, the only person that'll receive more money that him will be the medical doctor. Anywhere you work, you make money. Pharmacy isn't overrated!

What? Pharmacy? You have no idea bro!




For the mere fact that many pharmacist prefer working in a community pharmacy doesn't make the course overrated. Do you know how much communities pharmacies make? The big ones pay between 100-150K per month. I have a pharmacist friend who's about to start internship doing 4hrs a day job in a pharmacy and collecting 60K. Only if you knew how fulfilling community pharmacy is, you won't come to NL to spew gibberish. I have a community pharmacist classmate, you don't want to get me started o.

bushdoc9919:
Well, I daresay the idea behind nurse-consultants is to possibly improve training for nurses too....so that they become more than techies.



Pharmacists are very important in patient treatment....and yes, we doctors do rely on them for advice.(I am grateful to a hospital pharmacist who pointed out an error in one of my prescriptions once)



Well, some of them do undergo training too...serious training(After all, you do need a lot of knowledge of basic medical science to run a lab!And some lab techies are university graduates....the guy who headed the hospital lab where I did my housejob was a graduate.)



See my previous comment.....and they do help us docs prescribe right too(The good ones at least).



Now that's not true...I have friends who are pharmacist....including one who recently got a PhD in the subject...and she never wanted to be a doctor...na pharmacist from day one.(And I too wanted to be a pharmacist....but thanks to advice from a medical doc friend of my parents...).



In America, hospitals are not run by medical doctors....they are run by hospital administrators...and hospital admin is a course on its own (Chris Ngige , the politician, is a trained medical doctor with a diploma in hospital administration). As a doc, I don't mind a nurse running a hospital...so long as s/he does not interfere with my clinical decisions(Plus, any good administrator would give leeway to his or her expert employees).

Still, the issue really is funding....and the fact that in this country we have a funny idea about titles and salaries. Both need revamping.

(I am a medical doctor....and a NMA member).

God bless you sir..

Lmaooooo.

Shey they were using Zmapp to do 'ako' for us.. Deal with it Mr Obama.


Moreover, Bill gate should doll out 10M to me, I'll find the cure. No time!

Who did this to you?

Motivational speaker/CEO of Visible Impact/
husband of make-up boss lady, Tara
Durotoye, Fela Durotoye reveals how his
father left his mum for a nursing student and
died just as he was about to leave his
mistress to get back with his wife. So sad…….
Read the interesting revelation below:
My father died because of an extra-marital
affair. He had a great marriage but at one
point in time he cut it off and left his home,
few years later he died. He even died some
days to when he was supposed to return
home to my mother. He died a mysterious
death because the lady said, if I will not have
you, nobody will. Few years later, the woman
ran insane and was saying all over that she
killed my father. So now that I’ve seen what a
strange woman can do to a man, it makes
sense to stay in one place so I don’t put so
many life at stake.

He died in 1982, I was 11 years old. It was so
devastating because he went beyond just
being my father, he was my best friend. He
left home in 1977. I must have been six years
old. He was gone for five years. It was at the
point where he was trying to get back to his
wife that he died in 1982. I never knew what
it was like to be a child because my father
never treated me like one. I was also his best
friend, he used to relate with me like an
adult . Even when he left my mum at Ife and
was at Ibadan, I used to go to Ibadan every
weekend. My relationship with him blossomed
till he died. He would send his driver to come
and pick me up every weekend. I had to learn
how to deal with seeing him and the other
woman if I wanted to enjoy my dad. But I was
always the centre of attraction every weekend
I was with him. The woman was not a major
thing I will deal with because my father would
give us total attention. Before the separation,
my father was a professor in physiology while
my mother was a lecturer in Geology.

After he left the University of Ife, he went to
set up consultancy firm in medical equipment
and so on. My mum remained a professor at
Ife. My mum was one of those amazing
human beings that you can ever imagine. I
cannot tell you how she did it but you can be
such that it was God that helped her. And the
most difficult part was that watching a man
you of loved die in your hands. By the time
my father was dying, my mum was right
there. He died with his heads in her hands. I
do not know how anybody would have done
that. Many times my mum said maybe she
should not have let him go. She always says
that if she knew that the end of the matter
would have been that way, she would have
followed him with the other woman, she
would never let him go. I do not think that my
father followed the other woman willingly, it
was programmed. It wasn’t natural. I don’t
think that he was in his total senses. His
siblings were so upset with him, they had to
leave him. We should not have allowed him to
go into the hands of the devourer.
He used to tell me, don’t worry it is all going
to be alright. Meaning that we are all coming
back as family. I could see that he always
wanted to go back home. His death was one
of the most difficult things I had to overcome.

My mum had traveled on sabbatical to
Belgium and at one point my father was
passing through Belgium. And they had a
very short meeting and who knew maybe the
signal of the remote control did not get to
Belgium. I think somehow the love was
rekindled and there was a gentleman, Rev.
Faniku who was also in Belgium at that time.
He took it upon himself and work on it for
almost a year and my dad was almost back to
his senses. My mum is incredible brilliant
and beautiful. There was no basis for
comparison with the other woman who was a
nursing student.

Then he fell ill with diabetes but there was no
record of diabetes in our linage. He feels sick
on Wednesday and died on Sunday morning.
He just finished a meeting with my mother
and he told the other lady that my mum was
coming back home that she has to leave. She
told him if she will not have him than nobody
will (kaka kekumajesese, afisawadanu). By
evening he had come down with a flu. By
Monday he was already really sick, by
Tuesday he was in the hospital and my
Wednesday he was dead.

I have never talked about my dad like this
before, I don’t know why I am doing it with
you. You must be very special. I learnt that
no matter how gifted you are, your destiny
can be truncated by a woman. I saw the joy
of a successful marriage and I saw the pain of
an unsuccessful one. I choose i will go for
the joy of a successful marriage. Before my
wife and i got married we went to pray and
tell God that none of the things that happened
in our parent’s marriage would happen in
ours. We have tried so far.

Before the separation, they won the couple of
the year award twice on campus. My father
was an incredible brilliant man. He was the
youngest professor in Nigeria as at when he
became a professor in 1976. He was 35 or
36. My mum was beauty and brain. They
were the happiest couple you can never
imagine together.
A mistake of falling for a nursing student who
was not even in his department caused all
sort of troubles

www.informationng.com/2014/09/fela-durotoye-reveals-how-an-extra-marital-affair-killed-my-dad.html?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed

texanomaly:

Emmaesty: Ask the Chemist for CPZ. It's a strong medication for insomnia patients, some pharmacist will only sell once u present ur prescription

Chlorpromazine is an antipsychotic.. I'm sure he's not schizophrenic

How far? You don resume?

Okay, I'm wondering why I've not seen this thread on the front page yet..Seun

*sigh* *deep sigh*

For many years, FIP has recognized that access to
medicines is a major issue in many parts of the
world and pharmacists play a key role throughout
the whole supply chain towards improving access
to medicines, drug information and refuting myths
about drug Use.
According to the new FIP’s President Dr Carmen
Peña : “Access to health is not just an economic
issue. It is also about access to medicines, which
has big research and evidence elements, access to
correct information and advice, and access to
education. The current Ebola emergency provides a
good illustration. Research is vital if a vaccine or
cure for this deadly disease is to be found.
Moreover, it is essential for people to have good
information. We have heard, for example, reports
that people in Nigeria have died because they were
led to believe that drinking salt water would
prevent or cure infection. We know that
pharmacists in affected countries are offering
reliable advice and playing an important part in
education and dispelling such myths.”
FIP’s CEO and general secretary Mr Luc Besançon
added that World Pharmacists Day is a good
opportunity to highlight the impact and added
value of the pharmacy profession and its role in
improving health to authorities, other professions
and the media as well as to the general public.
Indeed in 2012, a study quantified that 500 billion
USD could be saved every year while responsible
use of medicines was achieved and pharmacists
have been identified as a strong and under-utilized
asset to achieve responsible use of medicines.
The perfect combination is therefore access to
medicines and pharmaceutical expertise, or in
other words, to pharmacists.
In 2010, it has been estimated that 13% of the
visits at a community pharmacy are concluded
with advice only (and without sales of any
products), highlighting that pharmacists are the
most accessible and trusted healthcare
professionals in many countries throughout the
world.
FIP calls on you to celebrate our profession this
September and to use World Pharmacists Day to
promote the valuable role Pharmacist play — and
could play — in bringing about great health for all

Challenges Faced by Pharmacist in Africa

Imagine how pharmaceutical manufacturers would
go through the rigour of getting potent drugs in
place for the wellness of patients and some
unscrupulous elements would travel out to
countries to fake them.
In some cases, they will even mislabel the
products, thereby putting the lives of innocent
people at risk. Where a particular medicine is
50mg, these fakers often add another ‘0’ to make
it 500mg. An innocent doctor sees it and
recommends the dosage, as part of his
prescription.
This perhaps explains why so many people have
died, and are still dying, because of adverse drug
reaction, overdose or other mishaps.
Consequently, many medical professionals and
pharmaceutical manufacturers have been
penalized, while the real perpetrators of drug
counterfeiting are at large, but utilising the services
of the available Pharmacist around Us would
curtail if not eliminate this.
Patent medicine dealers today in Africa recruit
people for apprenticeship, after which they begin to
see themselves as qualified pharmacists. In their
quest to make quick money, these self-acclaimed
drug dispensers are known to carry out diagnosis
and prescription with impunity.

Future of the Present Pharmacist

The earlier we recognize that Pharmacist are
becoming increasingly accessible the better
because over the past 40 years the Pharmacists
role has changed from that of compounder and
dispenser to that of “drug therapy manager”. This
involves responsibilities to ensure that wherever
drugs are provided and used, quality products are
selected, procured and stored distributed,
dispensed and administered so that they contribute
to the health of patients and not to their harm. The
scope of pharmacy practice now includes patient
centered care with all the cognitive functions of
counseling, providing drug information and
monitoring drug therapy.
It is in the additional role of managing drug therapy
that pharmacists can now make a vital contribution
to patient care.

WHY EVERY CITIZEN OF AFRICA MUST HAVE AND
KNOW HIS PHARMACIST
Given the evolving role of the Pharmacist in
Healthcare, the WHO Consultancy agreed that must
possess specific knowledge, attitudes, skills and
behavior in support of their roles.
The WHO Consultancy brands contemporary and
future pharmacists as a “SEVEN STAR
PHARMACIST”. This branding becomes important
because:
- A PHARMACIST IS A CARE GIVER:- The
pharmacist must provide caring services, whether
these services are clinical, analytical, technological
or regulatory, the pharmacist must be comfortable
interacting with individuals well population, the
pharmacist must view his or her practice as
integrated and continuous with those of the
healthcare system.
- A PHARMACIST IS A DECISION MAKER:- The
appropriate, efficacious and cost effective use of
resources.
- A PHARMACIST IS A COMMUNICATOR:-
The pharmacist is in an ideal position between the
physician and patient. As such he has to be
confident while interacting with other health
professionals and the public.
- A PHARMACIST IS A LEADER:- Whether the
pharmacist finds himself in multidisciplinary caring
situations or in areas where other healthcare
providers are in short supply, he is obligated to
assume leadership position in the overall welfare of
the community.
- A PHARMACIST IS A MANAGER:- The
pharmacist must effectively manage resources.
- A PHARMACIST IS A LIFELONG LEARNER:-
The pharmacist must learn how to learn
- A PHARMACIST IS A TEACHER: – The
pharmacist has a responsibility to assist with the
education and training of future generation of
pharmacists

I Wish to State that having the above named roles
to Play are indicators that Pharmacist are waiting
to be accessed by every African, so don’t under
utilise your Pharmacist hence forth, Call him on
Phone every time you need Medication
Information,talk to him on social media, Introduce
Your Physician to him to enhance your health
outcome, make sure he knows you by name and
has your contact….Disturb him with medications
related issues if you can, and YOU MUST KNOW
YOUR PHARMACIST BY NAME because, “ACCESS
TO PHARMACIST IS ACCESS TO HEALTH”

Mods, Obinoscopy pls help move this to FP.

ACCESS TO PHARMACISTS IS ACCESS TO HEALTH

The World Pharmacists Day is a day set aside by
the International Pharmaceutical Federation; FIP
(FIP is the global federation representing three
million pharmacists and pharmaceutical scientists)
to remind the society of the invaluable service
performed by Pharmacists and Pharmaceutical
scientists as integral part of the health team. The
inaugural World Pharmacists Day, took place on 25
September 2010.
Last year, it was 'simplifying your medicine use, no matter how complex'. Link below.
www.nairaland.com/1452895/world-pharmacy-day-simplifying-medicines

This year, World Pharmacists Day is set on the
theme Pharmacists – Access to Pharmacists is Access to Health.

The pharmacist, as an integral part of healthcare,
is strategically positioned to help you manage your
health. From prevention to timely intervention and
continued management or care, your pharmacist is
there for you.

Worldwide, the community pharmacy is the first
point of call for healthcare needs and the
pharmacist indisputably the most readily
accessible healthcare professional. Dynamism is the mantra of professional courses in this century. As such, the profession has evolved into more patient-centred care than products. Expanded roles and collaborative care with other health professionals is no doubt important.
Services you can get from your pharmacist in
Nigeria:

• Counselling
o Your pharmacist offers you professional advice
on the best way to use your medication to get the
most out of it while minimizing or eliminating
(where possible) the adverse effect(s)

• Medication Therapy Management (MTM)
o Your pharmacist can work with you and other
healthcare professionals to solve your medication-
related problems like over or under dose,
unattended-to conditions, exaggerated conditions,
conflicting medications etc.

• Disease prevention strategies such as
o Hand washing – proper hand-washing
techniques or use of the right hand-sanitizer
(where there is no access to water and soap) to
kill germs including viruses like ebola.
o Use of insecticide- treated bed nets, mosquito
repellants, insecticides etc. to prevent malaria

• Immunization
o There are about 27 vaccine-preventable
diseases. Everybody (the young, the old, the ill and
the healthy) all need one vaccine or the other.
Your pharmacist can help you to know the vaccine
you need, access it and get it administered. Please
ask your pharmacist.
• Rapid tests for Cholesterol, Blood Pressure,
Sugar, Malaria, Hepatitis , etc.
• HIV counselling and testing

• Family planning
o Your pharmacist can provide you with
information on the best ways to space your
children, assist with sex-selection at conception,
assist with conception, care of pregnancy etc.

• Family wellness
o Your pharmacist can help you to promote the
well-being of your family

• Pharmaceutical care for chronic conditions like:
o Hypertension
o Diabetes
o Asthma

• Medication Use Review (MUR)
o Your pharmacist can help you solve medication-
related problems like poor adherence, unnecessary
or avoidable costs, unnecessary medications etc.

• Drug Information (DI)
o You can ask your pharmacist any question on
your medication, he will give you expert
information.

• Documentation of your medical matters for
continuum of care
o Your pharmacist will help you keep a record of
all your medications and interventions thereby
making it easier for other healthcare professionals
to participate effectively in your management and
make you an active participant in managing your
health. For instance, you can get a copy of Medical
Diary from your pharmacist.
• Online consulting.
• Home delivery
• Home visits

• Referral to other Healthcare Providers
o Your pharmacist knows when to invite in other
healthcare professionals into your management
and is well-trained to refer you promptly and
appropriately.

• Public health services and campaign
o Your pharmacist can proffer community
interventions through health care services targeted
at the community e.g. group immunization
services, community health talks, health talks in
schools, churches and mosques etc.

• Customized First Aid kits
o Your pharmacist can help you equip your First
Aid kit or box to suit you, taking into consideration
your family, environment, medical condition, work
etc.
• Training for healthcare providers and care givers
on Rational Use of Medicines, Medication Errors,
etc.
Visit registered pharmacies to access health. How
do you recognize registered pharmacies?
Registered pharmacies have registered pharmacy
emblems the display of which is mandatory.

Eeeehyaaa

missterious: Yes na

*plants a kiss on her cheek*

How's you?

#Teamvirgins

missterious: I'm here

Can I.....?

How come no one is wooing ggrin?

Marverick: yes o mr adeola ,our able PANS president wz able to bring eminent personalities including pharm.mrs bukky george to our annual pharmacy health week,I saw O.O.U and O.A.U reps at our akin deko auditorium,it seems dey came for the sir(pharm)ifeanyi atueyi national essay and debate competition.@adeola u can confirm if datz true, AS MEN OF HONOUR...............

You see, it's so sad that I'm not in Benin right now.. I just got to school today and my PANS president said he's already in Benin. *sad*

Do enjoy and keep us posted.

Where is missterious

START. THE. FREAKING. SHOW!!!!!

No one mentioned the great BEAF. That guy was a serious warrior. He couldn't have been paid anything less than 100K to support GEJ on NL. Babanla E-warrior, it only took Gbawe to rip him off his job








RIP beaf

Uniben is having their PANS week at the moment. Is that true?

ggrin:

I wonder how many Arsenal fans wee die when Fabregas scores against them

CoCoLav: OMG! this is sooo dangerous

Like kids go through this everyday?

I will NEVER allow my kids do this. WTH!!

I will rather home school my kids

Dey there! I'd love it for myself tho.. The adventure go maaaad!

linnyx: Are you suprised? You shouldn't be. For me his silence speaks VOLUMES...

You mean his silence is loud?

gunuvi: if na you loose your younger brother you go happy. hell rufai lost 3 children in a year and just lost his BH brother last week. pls let us leave him to mourn his useless anti Nigeria goats

I mean..

Ggrin.. How old are you?

gbenga4sure: . My babe.which to know u beta.hook up with me @kukoyigbengaakinlolu@facebook

Just no chill. No chill at all..

FrancisTony: Believe me when I tell you Sisiafrika knoweth me not(when it comes to my real gender identity).

Ermm, about the twitter handle, it's for my little bro that just finished secondary school this year. He ain't on Nairaland sef and I am just helping him to attract followers on his twitter page. That's all.

The obynofranc blog on your signature is for your younger bro too? Okay sir