PHARMACEUTIC RECOMMENDED?!

The salary of a practicing pharmacist will vary widely depending on the geographic location of the pharmacy and the type of company they work for. They range from $68,000 to upwards of $150,000.

If you are interested in drugs, you should not be afraid to move ahead. You must be good in math! You will also learn the Trade names and generics for every drug known to man. You must learn the side effects, contradictions, and benefits of each drug, as well as drug interactions.

Pharmacists graduating from college today are required to have a PharmD, or doctorate of Pharmacy degree. College students can start a four-year pharmacy program after successfully completing two years of undergraduate coursework and earning a passing score on the PCAT (Pharmacy college admission test). Coursework in pharmacy and pre-pharmacy includes chemistry, physics, biology, anatomy, and physiology.

Additionally, PharmD students must complete a series of rotations in a variety of clinical and pharmaceutical settings. The length and quantity of rotations varies, but the average PharmD program requires 7-10 rotations, each of which is 4-6 weeks in length.

If a student knows early in his or her college career that they would like to become a pharmacist, one could graduate with a PharmD in about 6 years. Many college students do not decide until later in college or after college to become a pharmacist; therefore, many pharmacists have completed eight years of college.

Good luck my friend and Merry Christmas.

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A pharmaceutic is a drug---not a profession. A pharmarcist is the person who dispenses the pharmaceuticals---and in order to become a pharmarcist you have to study---stuff like chemistry etc.etc. and then you have to take a test to be board certified, another one to be state certified......