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Role Of Pharmacy In Pharmacy

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Pharmacy as a profession plays a very important part in the overall wellbeing of a patient. This is an occupation that deals with the administration and pharmacology of medications. A pharmacist is part of the team that ensures that a patient is nursed to full health, thereby improving the quality of life. I was twelve years old when I decided that whatever occupation I end up doing, I will be positively impacting the health of people. I made this decision one summer after school just let out when I got inflicted with typhoid. I was very upset not just because of the severe pain, but also because I couldn’t go out and play since the illness didn’t seem to be dissipating even after a few days. It is common practice in Nigeria for people to self-medicate with drugs like Paracetamol and Panadol. This is because hospital bills are very expensive and treatment doesn’t begin until payment is made. Therefore, my mom administered these painkillers to me for the first couple of days although my condition continued to worsen. Finally, we went to the hospital where I was diagnosed with typhoid and directed to a pharmacist. A few days after taking the medications given to me by the pharmacist, I started feeling better. This just goes to show that a doctor’s job is incomplete without a pharmacist. There have also been other instances where I have marveled at the wonder that is medicine. For example, when my mom got diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and it wasn’t an issue so long as she

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