WALKING AWAY??? Think again! Who really is to gain from the Pharmacist’s counselling?

Tales abound to the injuries attributed to DRUG MISUSE AND ABUSE. We have lives, fertility and huge finance lost to septic abortion, for young and mature ladies who tried an abortion adventure with Misoprostol and D & C.

WALKING AWAY??? Think again! Who really is to gain from the Pharmacist’s counselling?

Tales abound to the injuries attributed to DRUG MISUSE AND ABUSE. We have lives, fertility and huge finance lost to septic abortion, for young and mature ladies who tried an abortion adventure with Misoprostol and D & C.

WHY HIV CANNOT BE DEFEATED IN NIGERIA BY 2070... - ODUDU AKPAETE

Pharmacist Odudu Akpaete 

A Community Pharmacist, Odudu Akpaete practicing in Akwa Ibom State has lamented the abysmal attitude of some members of the society towards the HIV infection and their health.

"Di-clo-fe-nicle Or DICLOFENAC" See how a woman could have possibly put herself in trouble...

DICLOFENICLE VS DICLOFENAC – X-raying the Importance of proper writing, spelling and pronunciation of Drug names…

Madam, did the Doctor write out any drug for you to buy? I asked, as I assessed the medication profile of one of my patients at a female surgical and Orthopaedic ward. She quickly replied, Yes O! Diclo-fe-ni-cle!!! I have sent my sister to buy it for me? 
Nooo Ma! I replied politely with a smile, It is Di-clo-fe-nac and not Di-clo-fe-nicle. There is an antibiotic called Chloramphenicol and it is different from the analgesic Diclofenac. If she tells them Di-clo-fe-nicle, a careless dispenser who may not be a Pharmacist may issue out the wrong drug and this can lead to treatment failure as well as adverse effects.

HOW IS IT POSSIBLE THAT PHARMACIES KEEP AND DISPENSE POISONS?

Yes, Pharmacies keep and dispense poisons when prescribed for a patient by a recognized and an appropriate prescriber! In addition, Pharmacies have a “Poisons Register” where the “receiver” signs for the poisons he or she receives and the prescription sheets are kept back there for record purposes.

"THE AMPICLOX CRAZE" - BEEEEEECHAM? I MEAN, BEEEEEECHAAAM!!!

Community Pharmacists and others who handle and sell drugs in our country can attest to the reality that AMPICLOX is greatly misused in our society. AMPICLOX is the short form for the antibacterial combination, Ampicillin & Cloxacillin.

It is not rare to find someone rush into the shop and request for Ampiclox for whatever reasons.

Ampiclox is misused for so many reasons and in so many ways such as: