chronicles of an Eko Pharmacist
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What started in January 2011 has now become a reality. I was mocked, laughed at, called an olodo and tagged unserious, i lost faith and believe in myself and my intellectual capacity, i was depressed, i chop breakfast in the process sef😂😂😂.
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I failed, it was hard, it was tough, i cried tears and blood, i was depressed, i attempted suicide, i picked myself up I ignored the comments, I fought, I struggled, I hustled I won and it is becoming a reality......this is the story of my life....
#ChroniclesOfAnEkoPharmacist
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As Twitter no do me paranran, I go do am myself....Happy Birthday to Me🤸🤸🤸
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I remember after being withdrawn from
@ifepharmacy
in 2017 after spending 7 YEARS there, I was siting at the sports center one evening, thinking about my life and a random person walked up to me and told me these words
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So a patient came into the pharmacy today an he is one which I have not seen around in a while, also he was looking really sick and emaciated. Apparently he has been suffering from a tooth ache for a while and the "Chemist"
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Me sef collect blom-blom from Twitter oooo.....happy birthday to me
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The way I unapologetically chip in Peter Obi into every discussions I am having these days is really amazing to even me myself. In the bus, once people start lamenting about the state of the country, I try to make hem know that there are other options aside from APC and PDP
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Pharmacists taking to the street of Twitter and other social media platform to talk about drug issues is something quite commendable, it makes people see the importance and relevance of the profession more as well as differentiate between it and other health professions
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One important skill you need to posses as a pharmacist is the skill to know when to refer patients. Oga pharmacist, no be every case you fit handle and knowing when to say "pls go and see a doctor" is very important. No go dey do pass yourself ooo, sat Dem call you doctor no
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Patient Counselling is a major skill every pharmacist must learn, but you see counselling Nigerian patients is another course on it's own cos it's not a skill oo, it is a calling, a purpose and a vision😂😂...Nigerians are just difficult in all spheres😂😂
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I say make I update una say me sef don go collect my PVC and na Peter Obi
@PeterObi
I dey vote for....
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The way I refuse to sell antibiotics to patients who want to abuse it or have no solid need for it is beginning to scare me sef, cos make these patients no go way lay me for road one day😂😂. But in all seriousness, the rate at
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In all sincerity, I think it's high time
@PCN_Registry
or is it
@PSN
look into this internship thing for young pharmacists. The hustle is real. Young pharmacists staying for months and in some cases years just to get internship placement is ridiculous. While the problem in some
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Any tweet I see the
#PayUCHinterns
I dey retweet straight...we all cannot be mad I this country.....over 4 months of work with no pay....no be juju be that?
#PayUCHinterns
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I can never forget the first time I encountered SARS, I was a student of
@GreatIfeNG
and I was in 200level, I was stopped just as idropped from the bus that brought me from Ife to Lagos just at Berger but this was before the garage was constructed. They stopped me because I had
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pharmacies are still the first point of health care in Nigeria and the earlier we wake up to this fact the better for us all. i know many health professionals would want to come up with narrative of what should be and what it is but i think it is right to make you all know that
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@simplyEromz
Still haven't lost this comic side of you......na God when mode I dey so....😂😂😂.......invite me for dinner too na, I no even need wine, bigi cola don do😂😂😂
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Abeg ooo, is it just me or do y'all also have that period where you are just not in the zone in the pharmacy. I mean that few seconds or minutes where you just seem to forget everything pharmacy and no matter how hard you try to remember, it just doesn't come you then feel like
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Ok, like seriously, parents should stop sending kids to the pharmacy to buy drugs. There are so many information about the drug(s) and so many questions to ask about the patient that that kid cannot answer,
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Live at
@emzornigeria
today alongside
@PANSOOU
....many thanks to
@YimikaM
and the entire
@emzornigeria
team for a productive meeting.something great is definitely cooking...
@AdefisoyeLawal
@FemiKepler
@pharmradio
@pharmparrot
@onehealthng
@itawodein
@AdesuaEtomiW
@isacisse
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Narrow spectrum antibiotics over broad spectrum anytime.....I am not saying broad spectrum antibiotics are bad but I am saying that they facilitate AMR more. Narrow spectrum are more specific in action and tend to target the specific causative organism leaving out other naturally
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Dem don dey drink arteether injection for this Ekiti oooo, I don taya😂😂😂. Arteether injection + 7up with a sprinkle is salt twice daily for 3 days is the new one I saw today oo😂😂😂
@ObiakorNkem
@pharmparrot
@PANSOOU
@AprokoPhamacist
@aproko_doctor
@YimikaM
@pharmradio
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You can't locum your way out of poverty, you can't fulltime your way out of poverty but I think you can still own and run a pharmacy business to find your way out of poverty. I think the money in pharmacy in Nigeria is in owning it.
@ThisDeolaSef
@ab_ennie
@ObiakorNkem
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@dino_melaye
We are coming form you too, jus let's finish with
#EndSARS
#EndSWAT
first.....olorubiruku senators
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Pharmacist Amosun Olutola reporting for duty.
My Pharmacy school story is long and contains loads of down moments and tears, but the day to share the details is not today, let me blow first then maybe I would write a book or make it into a NETFLIX MOVIE, who knows. But for today,
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It's official now, "Ampiclox" is the most abused antibiotics in Nigeria.
omo I don Taya for Nigerians and their regular bid to abuse this drug....you trying to save the chick from the hawk but it keeps complaining about you not letting it feed from the heap of waste....
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@TheRuqayyah
This trend brings so much memory. I remember vividly when I had my first ever failure in Pharmacy school, I attempted suicide cos before then I had never failed before so I was new to this failure thing. When the news of my suicide attempt go to my father, he couldn't drive down
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If you stay around ipaja, Ayobo, iyana-ipaja, Egbeda, Idumu, Ikotun and it's environs, you can visit any of these pharmacies tomorrow for a free Hepatitis screening and consultation. I personally will be at one of the venues. Don't miss this chance.
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I was in a keke yesterday and I saw the protesters marching by, the Keke ma literarily suggested we joined the protest even if it was for one hour before we continue our trip, I was glad. We ended up spending the whole day there becos we must
#EndSARS
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Today is the day to appreciate your first point of healthcare in Nigeria. Its sad how much the effort and roles of pharmacists are being underplayed in this country. From the quack who writes trash for you and call it prescription, to the ignorant ones who comes to buy the
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I am glad to call myself a Member of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (MPSN). Shout out to all my friends all over the globe who supported and encouraged me.
Finally, the dream has come true and so I present to you with evidence your EKO PHARMACIST.
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It's another webinar session this Sunday on Twitter space with your one and only
@AmosunTola
and the beautiful
@pharmparrot
. All thanks to
@ifepharmacy
and
@admap_pansoau
for this opportunity. Don't miss it.
@itawodein
@wealthbamiji
@ObiakorNkem
@kofipharmacist
@Abdulkareem_ID
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Dear community pharmacists, be prepared to get several cases of Disulfiram-like reactions from tomorrow till Sunday bcos these people will still shack odeku, top am with chivita cone still chop goat meat and apku with it then when they start to purge, they will quickly
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But in all these, I found love, friendship, companionship, and support from both family and friends. The love was massive, the cheers were loud, friends both home and abroad were reaching out and encouraging me, and today after 13 years and two Universities, evidence don dey,
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person call me Pharm. Amosun this evening and my body do cooooleeeee!!!! una no tell me say na like this una dey feel when they call una pharm something something ooo.....
@ObiakorNkem
@YimikaM
@aproko_doctor
@AprokoPhamacist
@aprokonurse1
@NaijaFlyingDr
@the_beardedsina
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Pharmacists are here for you, use us, don't kill yourself out of ignorance....
#SayNoToDrugAbuseAndMisuse
.....
#ChroniclesOfAnEkoPharmacist
@aproko_doctor
@Kike_Sowemimo
@DemiladeKale
@jemmy_tea
@pansnationalsec
@PANSOOU
@ifepharmacy
@JobaOjelabi
@TheAloSetofunmi
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Young pharmacists are in Lagos chopping the life of their head and me I dey here, still telling these patients not to abuse dexamethasone and NSAIDs. This life of a community pharmacist is nothing but sacrifice mehn😭😭
@ObiakorNkem
@pharmparrot
@pharmradio
@YimikaM
@RxYulan_
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Dear patients, when we ask you detail about your prescription or the medication you are demanding for, I is not because we are interested in your story telling but rather because those information are important in counselling you on how to use your medications.
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I have decided to commit myself to calling in on radio stations today and say one thing and one thing only, and that is
#EndSARS
, our voice must be heard and actions must be taken.
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"Don't worry Tola, God would put you together in front of those who broke you".
those words came back to me today like a flash and I can say indeed, God did it.
#ChroniclesOfAnEkoPharmacist
@Nkemchor_
@ObiakorNkem
@ChiomaFavy
@aproko_doctor
@AprokoPhamacist
@AdefisoyeLawal
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Nigerian patients are difficult, I repeat, Nigerian patients are difficult😂😂. As a professional you need extra patience mixed with a blend of big English and constant smile (even if it is fake), then stores in a chiller
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I feel more comfortable writing my post in a blend of English and pidgin, I feel people can relate to it better and it resounds deeper and sounds more familiar. So when I post with a touch of pidgin, no be say I no Sabi English oo😂😂😂
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@Mochievous
To actually think of the fact that I sat in the same SAT class with
@simplyEromz
in 2010 and seeing all he is doing and going through for a better Nigeria makes me want to do more for this country in any little way I can...Nigeria breaks my heart daily😭😭
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Still on another episode of seeing shege😂😂, a woman came to the pharmacy today to complain that her viginal discharge had not stopped even after her doctor prescribed klovinal for her. Apparently she was swallowing the pessrary😂😂😂
@ObiakorNkem
@YimikaM
@Yhuwhyy
@Defunke22
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If the fruit of the holy spirit that you need is patience then come and practice community pharmacy in Nigeria, it will really help you to exercise it. If you can practice community pharmacy in Nigeria for a month without loosing your cool at any point then you are the SI unit
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Fellow health professionals, pls how do you manage a patients that is practically throwing sexual advanced at you?
Abeg hear this gist ooo....
So apparently this girl is a fine girl, pink lips with all the needed endowment in all the needed places. She also has a very cool
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Common Lingua for some medicines in Nigeria:
Red & Black capsule = Ampicillin
Red & Yellow capsule = Tetracycline
Red & Cream capsule = Amoxicillin/Amoxil
Black & Purple capsule = Ampiclox
White capsule = Chloraphenicol
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What part of your practice as a health professional excites you the most?
Mine is the interaction with patients, especially the point where I have to figure out their drug problems, I always feel like a good when I am able to decifer the interactions in their medications.😂😂
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Good morning guys and happy new month😁😁💃🏿💃🏿💃🏿.
So I just started work today in a new pharmacy and it seems to be an interesting place. My boss is really pretty (lucky me right😂😂) but married😂😂.
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Dear Men, please stop fornicating around, stick to that one woman you have chosen please and lets make these girls stop calling good guys like us scums😂.
Naso I jam one patient now wey don go play away match carry kasala ooo. These things are no longer funny because his poor
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As a young Nigerian, let leaving this country be a priority to you. leave, gather the needed resources and skills, make the right connections and get the right exposure, then make your choice to either help in fixing this country from abroad or come home to contribute your
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Everybody help me thank the lord ooo, he won the battle for me. The devil came raging yesterday ooo, e no funny at all, all my human tactics and wits failed me because I can't explain
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The face I make when they are serving jollof😂😂😂
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I was sexually harrased by a drunk woman today at the pharmacy store, she came in and literarily flipped out her breast on me, thank God it was not in the office.
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@TheRuqayyah
In my new school, I called him screaming "Daddy I agree, I am not an olodo, I sabi book!!!" he laughed so hard and said, no child of mine is dumb, you just allowed fear to take the better part of you and now that you know you can shine, go out and shine boy... Omooor that was
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Currently live at
@voicefm
Ado Ekiti speaking to people about who pharmacists are and what we do, we are also taking about drug abuse and misuse too.
@ObiakorNkem
@pharmparrot
@YimikaM
@PANSOOU
@VictorIsrael_
@RxYulan_
@THEOLAOSEGBA
@pharmradio
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Nurse Eliza don prescribe aspirin 300mg for a 2yo child ooo, she tell the mama to dissolve it in water and give the child to drink.....thank God I asked the mother who the aspirin was for, na so she for just give the innocent child acid to drink....sincerely I don tayataya
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In another episode of the Shege wey I dey see, one Nurse Eliza don prescribe the combination of these three drugs for typhoid oo.
@ObiakorNkem
@pharmparrot
@AprokoPhamacist
@pharmradio
@AdedejiRx
@ifepharmacy
@PANSUNILAG
@pansnationalsec
@PANSOOU
@AdedejiRx
@BariduleMonday
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Another Session to Educate Ekiti people on their health live on Voice FM in Ado-Ekiti...
Today we are talking about Antimicrobial Resistance On radio...Ekiti people must hear word by force😂😂😂
@ObiakorNkem
@pharmparrot
@YimikaM
@PANSOOU
@aproko_doctor
@THEOLAOSEGBA
@pharmradio
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Ok so something funny happened yesterday, I was at the pharmacy with my boss who is also a pharmacist when a man came in and saw shouting at my boss and creating a scene. I remembered the man cos he came into the pharmacy about 3weeks ago too and I remembered what happened the
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@proudnursemj
Interdisciplinary dependence for optimum patient care is the goal. I learn from the nurses I work with daily and they learn from me too. Doctors who are humble enough to seek my opinion gets the best of it but you see those hoodlums, I dey always give them hot hot.
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@lollypeezle
These herbs actually d work, the only problem we have is the problem of standardization, which mean running experiments and clinical trials to ascertain what quantity is suitable for what age and the actual side or toxic effects of these drugs if there are any.
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I had a patient who came to the pharmacy some days ago and told me she felt a lump in her breast, and literarily almost her breast out for me to examine. I actually did not but beckoned on a nurse who also works in the pharmacy to help with the examination.
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Why are Nigerians like this?🤦🏿♂️🤦🏿♂️🤦🏿♂️
A patient just walked in now and asked to buy white capsule, funny enough I knew what he was referring to but I had to correct him that chloraphenicol capsule was what he wanted to buy and he said that was it.
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Shey you people remember that gist I told you all that day about that fine Rep that collected my number but did not call me, okay, so she came around today and as I saw her again, shiver just ran down my spine. She said she lost her phone and was not able to get my number again
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The first and the best
Lori iro😂😂😂
@AdefisoyeLawal
@aproko_doctor
@pharmradio
@the_marymae
@prof_rx
@RxYulan_
@AmeboPharmacist
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So I shared my experiences with
@PoliceNG
and SARS today with my parents, they were shocked and mute, now they know that not only Yahoo boys get harrassed by SARS. I have never sagged or had an haircut other than a low cut in my life, my only offence was being a young Nigerian,
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Do you know that antacids, diary food, multivitamins or any other substance containing multivalent cations such as iron (ferrous), magnesium, calcium, Aluminium e.t.c should not be taken together with quinolones and
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medication and please do consult your pharmacist before using any drug, drug information in community pharmacies are free, stroll into anyone and ask to see the pharmacist, they will gladly advice your medication use.
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E don happen again too, I don see things again today.
Na so e happen today ooo, this boy enter the pharmacy say him daddy say make he buy pain reliever, so I
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Not everyone will lick your butts just because they have money!!!
Just now a Nigerian with a French accentual twist to his English drove into the pharmacy asking to buy Diazepam without a prescription.
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Omooor drug design no be beans ooo, see as receptors and structures just dey fly everywhere for this conference...omoor I don confuse😂😂😂
#DDA
#DrugDesignAfrica2022
@ObiakorNkem
@michael_oyewusi
@gideon_olubiyi
@YimikaM
@pharmparrot
@pharmradio
@THEOLAOSEGBA
@RxYulan_
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As it stands now, to see internship placement don hard pass to gain admission into pharmacy school ooo...if you still dey school, please stay there😂😂..don't graduate yet cos internship no dey ooo😂😂....
@ObiakorNkem
@__Folarin__
@aproko_doctor
@notgwendalupe
@PharmacistDeep
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Oya make everybody drop advice ooo.
A patient came into the pharmacy with a bottle of anti-retroviral drugs. She asked me if she could be using them bcos her boyfriend told her to. She said he told her hat it prevents pregnancy and infections and that she should be using it
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Omooor finally on fine girl sent me a love song this morning....I don dey hear the song since morning...does this mean I am leaving this single life soon? Does it mean I will son be posting things like
@pharmradio
posted yesterday? But the song dey sweet me sha😂😂
@itawodein
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I really want to put this out here cos it's becoming a serious menace.
Dear Patient, common cold does not require ampiclox, amoxicillin or any other antibiotics. Common cold is viral, consumption of fruits, some antipyretics and other non antibiotic drugs recommended by your
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Omoor, one thing I thank God for on a daily is the gift of friends and aquintance. Shout out to
@YimikaM
@pharmparrot
@ObiakorNkem
@THEOLAOSEGBA
@goke_sola
@IsiakaMO
@tayanwa_stephen
@michael_oyewusi
@OgundipeOluwap2
@gideon_olubiyi
@folexydave
@itawodein
@wealthbamiji
@nyererx
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when it comes to drug information. a collaborative work between all health professionals will go a long way in ensuring optimum patient care delivery.
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The way these Ekiti people dey call me doctor ehn, NMA suppose just come give me license nii. After multiple corrections, na just like 3 people don adjust. Dem don call me doctor, nurse, and many other news except pharm😂😂😂. I don taya😂😂
@ObiakorNkem
@ChiefPharmacst
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Naso this fine girl stroll enter my pharmacy yesterday oo, omo this girl fine die, her smile dey give me joy😂😂, he diction show say her papa no waste money for the English teacher wey teach am. As aunty enter na, me sef package go meet am over the counter,
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Hmm, come and Chee chonchin ooo!!! Na so one sales rep come my pharmacy on Saturday, very fine Bobo like that, well dressed with swag, as baba say good morning pharm, I added 6 ft to the social distance wey I don observe before, even my nose mask no fit help the smell
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Don't focus too much on the fine girl, focus on the price...oya you sef follow drop your video via the link below...
No go dull am ooo, the money is real😂😂...
@ObiakorNkem
@pharmparrot
@pharmradio
@Pharm_austin
@THEOLAOSEGBA
@Pharm_Bob
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It also helps bring health information and most especially drug information to the palms of patients, potential patients and the general public.
When it comes to drug information, listen to your pharmacists.
@AmeboPharmacist
@aproko_doctor
@Aprokophamacist
@AprokoPharmcist
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Good morning my people!!!
Pls and pls, there is nothing like washing or flushing the body system!!!! Your body is not a toilet abeg😂😂😂.
So today's gist is about a fine man who came to the pharmacy this morning asking to buy an antibiotics.
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the pharmacy profession is daily becoming more clinically oriented and more patient oriented which makes pharmacist qualified to handle basic ailments and in some countries, administer vaccines. but then, pharmacists must know when to refer and doctors must learn to listen to
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So yesterday I had a patient come around to complain of erectile dysfunction (ED). He was a diabetic patient who has a co-morbidity of hypertension too. In the course of our discussion I had to explain that aside from the fact that his condition can precipitate ED, his drugs too
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Omooor these session dey give me joy.....to speak Yoruba on radio hard small OOO😂😂...na to go back to English ooo...Yoruba Le😂😂😂
@ObiakorNkem
@pharmparrot
@YimikaM
@PANSOOU
@RxYulan_
@THEOLAOSEGBA
@aproko_doctor
@ktolabanji
@pharmradio
@
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I am OBIdient to the core, nothing can ever shake that. As for those who are ATIKUlated or Beatified, I say God be with you, but remember that your bad decision will affect even your next generation and this is not a curse, it is the dividend of being disOBIdient.
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Inside this ignite wey I dey dey flex, na so wahala wan come find me come but u know as e dey go na, wahala be like bicycle and me I be machine rider, e no dey meet me unprepared😂😂....
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Yesterday was awesome @ the
#Teen
-TeamGivingBack program where a
#MedicalOutreach
was carried out. Mass education on
#AntimicrobialAbuse
and
#AMR
was done. Also counselling on the proper use of medication was carried out. It was indeed an experience.
#TheTolaAmosunStory
.
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Nurse Eliza don write amitryptiline for patients wey dey get gestational hypertension. The husband came to the pharmacy to buy and I asked my usual questions plus the fact that it is a POM drug, naso I realize say na gestational hypertension dey do the patient oo, I refered to
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This is why I said we all should bombard those radio stations with calls, tag them on social media and don't let their phones stop ringing, let every call they get be about
#EndSARS
this matter affects us all, they can only broadcast if they have living people listening to them
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The way I look at my Ekiti patients when they tell me they use Rifampicin to clear their system and to prevent STD before have random, uncontrolled unprotected sex...
@ObiakorNkem
@pharmparrot
@pharmradio
@AprokoPhamacist
@YimikaM
@chillynchi
@PANSOOU
@RxYulan_
@AdefisoyeLawal
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If he saw a pharmacist, he would have been told not to dissolve ASPIRIN in water, this leads to the hydrolysis of the drug into SALICYLIC ACID which erodes the mucosa layer of the gastrointestinal tract thereby leading to ulcer.
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Another trend I am noticing now is the increase in resistance to antimaaria especially the Arthemether + Lumefantrine combinations...is it just me noticing or are there other health professionals who have noticed this too? Oya drop your view make we discuss.
@aproko_doctor
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