₦airaland Forum

creolehunt:
Are pharmacists even licensed to give injections? Please do not ever play with your health, even the smallest of mistakes can be disastrous.

That said, if you walk into any Federal Teaching Hospital today, you'd find that Pharmacy is probably the most useless department amongst the clinical. They are basically dispensers and the task they carry out can easily be performed by anyone who has same access to the doctors prescriptions and knows his way around the shelves of medications. Even the porters assisting the pharmacists, sometimes step in to assist.

In some, Pharmacists aren't even allowed to swap a brand of prescription let alone prescribe by themselves.

In the scheme of things, the hierarchy is Doctors, Nurses, Lab Scientists, before pharmacists and co

OlujobaSamuel:
Medical care isn't affordable anywhere, govt makes it affordable.
People seeks for the most efficient means, Dr's should have been the most efficient but it's not due to the system we found ourselves.
Having a long queue to see the Dr, put on another waiting list after first visit, then comes the cost of treatment that most can't afford due to our economy.
What's the alternative, Nurses, Auxiliary Nurse, Lab Scientist, Pharmacist, etc, with all having an idea even though it's not their speciality, the one with likelihood of giving the right answer takes the stage, in this case Pharmacist, fortunately or unfortunately, same is the seller of the drugs, so it becomes the cheapest of the lots.

onyxo76:
just like going to the man selling kickstarter instead of visiting your rewire abi? the day your pharm go give you wrong drug na that day you go know adverse drug reactions dey.

onyxo76:
just like going to the man selling kickstarter instead of visiting your rewire abi? the day your pharm go give you wrong drug na that day you go know adverse drug reactions dey.

Risingblue008:
Even oyibo fears malaria more than any other sickness

nairalanda1:
Pharmacists do far more than you think, old chap


NO, I am not a pharmacist.

Onlinetutor7:
Pharmacist know more about drugs than Doctors and there are Clinical pharmacist that can carry out diagnosis.

Love800:
I have not fallen ill of malaria dis year. Let me see whether it will reach ending of dis year, so i can confirm whether the stuff am taking is for real and sure!

Basic123:
The job description and trainings are different bro.

Health goes beyond just DRUGS

Silentgroper:
Lol Malaria that can even be treated by a quack..

Malaria and typhoid is the easiest sickness to treat out there ... So definitely a pharmacist would definitely treat that ...


But e risky oo ..Do you know the amount of sickness that has similar symptoms to malaria ??

Dey play. You better be confirming through test first ..


Remind us of the day I had one severe stomach ache .. I go pharmacist, they say na typhoid, small time Dem say na ulcer ..
I be won die until then carry me go hospital and it turns out it was UTI ..

nairalanda1:
Pharmacists do far more than you think, old chap


NO, I am not a pharmacist.

Danandosky:
I don't think you know anything about Pharmacists, according to u, pharmacist are not licenced to give injection in Nigeria, a country with a chaotic health system but quacks, CHEWs, boys that served their oga at head bridge can give injections... Is like you are still in the stone age, pharmacist are well trained, clinical pharmacist are integral part of the health care team in developed countries, and can counter doctors prescriptions if deemed to be inappropriate, in fact doctors seek their input in many situations of drug therapy.... There are consultant pharmacists in Nigeria for your information...and to add to this, remove the pharmacy department from any teaching hospital and see if the facility can generate any reasonable revenue again...over 80% of patients that come to the hospital go home with one medication or another.... For u to even say anybody that understand the shelf drug arrangement can do the work of the pharmacist shows that you are myopic in ur thought... Know that any mistake a pharmacist make can be deadly, like giving the wrong drug, not explaining side effects, wrong dosing, etc

There are lots of cases of kidney failure and liver damage in the country because majority of the people who handle and dispense drugs are non pharmacist and lack the necessary knowledge, dey give wrong drugs, at wrong doses, without even knowing what the cause of the condition is... leading to serious organ damage... especially with painkillers, antibiotics.... U better ask questions or better still, do your research well before coming to talk in public space like someone who's not enlightened

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RetroviralS:
👉 Have you ever had a pharmacist make you feel better with their advice, care, or even just a kind word?

Share your story.

nairalanda1:
Still, they do more than you think.

Tolupage:
Just left GH Gwarinpa some 2 hours ago, a facility where doctors are scarce and tens were turned back cause no doctor at the GOPD, managed to find a Dr at the A&E to interpret my test result and give some prescription... Something he did grindingly and in haste, not because he's busy or there were clients but because he thought my case wasn't "an emergency".

Anyways went to the pharm to get the prescription and I was attended to by an amazing pharm. She welcomed me with a smile, politely offering me a seat, answered my questions including those beyond the prescription I came with.

She service was a 10/10.

You are a pharmacist!

Onlinetutor7:
Pharmacist know more about drugs than Doctors and there are Clinical pharmacist that can carry out diagnosis.

Onlinetutor7:
You are very ignorant and definitely a 70 years old man who does not know the reality on ground.

Pharmacy profession have evolved to a more clinical basis.
There is now the Doctor of pharmacy degree that offers strong clinical background to the pharmacy, making them efficient in diagnosis.

Traditionally doctors are better in diagnosis but pharmacist are better prescribers because they know the drugs more.

Basic123:
There is nothing special in being a "CONSULTANT"....you can be a consultant in anything.There are consultants in finance,engineering even among cleaners

BUT..Let people know that the training of a medical doctor and a pharmacist are different
You guys need to stop misinforming people.

While pharmacists think drugs
Lab scientist thinks Tests
Physiotherapist thinks maneuvers
Doctors thinks holistic management which go beyond just Tests,drugs,maneuvers,symptoms...etc

The training is different and each professionals are important in the health ecosystem

Danandosky:
So u now know that each health care professional is important in the health ecosystem, but u have done your hierarchy and placed pharmacist as the least important, , that their roles can be carried out by anyone, I don't blame you, it's the country we find ourselves, I believe u know what pharmacists are in a functional system in developed countries, learn not to talk down on any professional as being least important in the scheme of things...

creolehunt:
Are pharmacists even licensed to give injections? Please do not ever play with your health, even the smallest of mistakes can be disastrous.

That said, if you walk into any Federal Teaching Hospital today, you'd find that Pharmacy is probably the most useless department amongst the clinical. They are basically dispensers and the task they carry out can easily be performed by anyone who has same access to the doctors prescriptions and knows his way around the shelves of medications. Even the porters assisting the pharmacists, sometimes step in to assist.

In some, Pharmacists aren't even allowed to swap a brand of prescription let alone prescribe by themselves.

In the scheme of things, the hierarchy is Doctors, Nurses, Lab Scientists, before pharmacists and co

onyxo76:
just like going to the man selling kickstarter instead of visiting your rewire abi? the day your pharm go give you wrong drug na that day you go know adverse drug reactions dey.

webincomeplus:
Anybody can do anything, misinformed chap. The question is are they licensed to give injections? In Nigeria, they are not. Go and verify!

Basic123:
They are pharmacists not medical doctors.
The training and job descriptions are different with just little overlap.

Health care system goes beyond DRUG!