Pharmacist Career Information : How to Become a Pharmacist

[amblisky]

yeah, the worlds not like this anymore........

[eksine53]

She is so hot

[en10]

@IRANisPERSIA1 this isnt junk.

[moonlight89841]

There is not a high demand anymore. Sucks for the 2011 grads like myself, you are practically begging for a job, even with a company you have been with for many years

[LMPianoPlayer]

@moonlight89841

That's not entirely true... I read in my health science book that in 2012 hiring rate will boom once again for pharamacists! :D so don't give your hopes up!

[patriciagala]

shortage? really? bombshell alright!

[giorga2004]

Shes a bombshell!!!

[yingdiskette]

@IRANisPERSIA1 I agree.

[WorldOfBoomCraft]

This just talks about how to get employed or get a job as a Pharmacist, pretty much. I was expecting info on school, etc.

[YumYumDumplingsxD]

Is she a pharmacy technician? Isn't a technian position avaiilable after just an undergrad egree in pharmacy? Or is she one of those pharmacists that work with the doctors?

[JohnnyTheWolfLupino]

Sounds like my ideal career, just got to go back to Uni and study!

[magickunderpants]

I started out pre pharmacy got better grades than my class mates who got in pharmacy school and graduated. Gave that up got a chemistry degree had a hard time getting work with that so I went and got a BSN I am an RN now who can not get a job due to ObamaCare and the ObamaEconomy. If I had the time and money I would go and become a pharmacist.

[andresblazeit420]

I'm a random windstorm, shaky shaky.

[directway13]

we can do alot

only if we want to

u will get the money anyway

peace be upon u

[directway13]

our job and our info are great dude

believe me... am working in Saudi arabia in ARAMCO company and aloot of american patients came gto me complaining abt their doctors and how stupid they were and they didnt get any benefit from their prescriptions!!

as long as i can prescribe anything i want ( we dont really stick to the rules)

i gave him two drugs and he came after 4 days and was willing to kiss my foot!!!

it was BPH

and many othr women came and thanked me cus of the same thing

[directway13]

i tried that many times with physicians

believe me they know nothing except their speciality

can u believe that some neurologist didnt know what is Azithromycin( Zithromax) and how he should give it to his child?!!!!

i told him abt it its side effects and after meal or before and why

how it will act and what he should do else

and he was like!!! am back to school!!!

[azorean2000]

Also the demand for pharmacists has dramatically decreased due to the economy and the abundant of freshly minted students form dozens of new pharmacy schools.The chains have really slowed expension, and for me it was very hard getting places, even though I had been with my company for 5 years. We have also expereinced a hiring freeze in my company.Unless you are planning to live in the middle for nowhere I doubt you will get a sign on bonus. Before you consider this profession try it out first

[azorean2000]

Sorry to be negative BUT here is the scoop on pharmacy. I am 25 years old and graduated 5 months ago from Pharmacy school. I moved to Florida because my area was saturated and it was hard getting emplyment, especially with the economy. Pharmacy is good but if you are in it just for the money you are going to be miserable. There is a HUGE work load, tech hours are being cut left and right, you are expected to do more with less and at times you get little repect from patient's, RN, and MDs.

[directway13]

@azorean2000 so this kind of disrespect is everywhere for us even in the usa

but am gonna tell u sth

u can force ur customer whoever he is specially doctors to respect u and reconsider any word he is willing to tell

by showing him ur info abt his medication and case

[GCOOL75]

She is so freaking hot!

[Leeeeeeeeeeeeeee25]

shes pretty......hot

[blindskater1994]

yes, pharmacy is a very competitive career but with the demand for pharmacists in canada and the us, salaries will only be going up to encourage people to become pharmacists. In canada you can make like 80,000 - 130,000 a year. in america you can make like 70,000 - 110,000 a year. expect to see the canadian salary raise since we keep losing medical doctorates to america.

anything is possible if you take the initiative.

[WarrenAch]

@blindskater1994 Actually,Walgreen starting salaries for Pharmacists are 130k in 95% of areas in U.S. + a signing bonus averaging 30k,pretty good in my opinion.

The advantage with Pharmacy,is that you can work as much OT as you want,you may end up billing for 250k/year if you worked 90 hours/week like an MD.

There's also no malpractice fees(Specialist Physicians have to burn up to 50% of their yearly salary because of this crap...)

[WoWKoest]

Nobody that just wants to do this for the money will make it through. I thought I wanted the money but 2 years into a PharmD it takes a lot of dedication

[Ngelcanfly]

If someone is dedicated to earning a lot of money, then they will work hard to become a pharmacist :D

[esca8652]

I wanna be a pharmacist :). It sounds like fun. The school sounds like a bitch, but it doesn't dissuade me, the pay is pretty fricking good, and it doesn't last forever, not to mention i used to be pretty big into drugs(i'm completely clean now though) and remembering drug interactions, side effects, generic names and such comes pretty easy to me, i could certainly get it with repetition, hell i still remember some of the stuff i researched and that was a few years ago.

[WoWKoest]

Good luck, pharmacy schools are extremely competitive.

[xyrzagamb]

i am a pharmacy student freshman and i am a filipino it is a very difficult course but it's okay it pays high that's why i chose it

[saweet999]

you guys are idiots, u should think if you can do the job, if you are good with chemistry...etc. if you want to make money go sell real estate

[esca8652]

selling real estate, that sounds boring, not to mention the economy's down now. Yes it will pick up, but that sounds boring as hell, and gees the schooling for that would be excruciatingly boring, pharmacy school is really difficult, but i like chemistry and i love biology so it fits me fairly well, however i'm not the best at math, but you can achieve anything if you're dedicated enough.

[raindropz24]

I've researched a lot about Pharmacy because I really want to be one, it's like, my dream job. (I don't know why. Maybe cause it pays really high.) Here in Canada the average is about 35 dollars an hour. Kaching kaching. :) And about the whole research thing.. yeah... I go obsessed with stuff. LOL. I saw a really cute cupcake, and wanted to learn how to bake, so I started. :) Maybe that's a good thing?

[IVAnonymous]

LOL Retail Pharmacists here in America get normally 55 dollars an hour XD

[himehime90]

@raindropz24 What !!! here in Jordan some drug stores pay less than 180 dollars a month :'( so we don't like pharmacies we prefer to find a job in a company,if it's so well paid I'll come to canada after graduating :P

[Nihilanthe]

kaching kaching on 35 dollars an hour? are you insane? it's more about 100 an hour... My dad works at a local store that also has a pharmacy and the guys there get paid 108 bucks an hour...now that's kaching kaching hhaa

[HomeworkHelper1]

In the U.S. pharmacists often make $100,000 a year on salary.

[Ot3n]

yeah i hear they make a bunch thats why im quite curious on this

[samtron77v]

cool how much do pharmacists usually make? around 80-100? I wana be one!