Pharmers

08/01/2026

Unpopular opinion to pharmacists:

The step ladder of responsibility is taking ownership of the authority you currently have to act on what you can before expecting someone else to do the same especially on a bigger scale.

Ownership laws are disadvanaging the profession and those are high level issues but what about ownership of advocacy in your office?
Do you own your current level of power?
Do you report fraudulent colleagues?
Doctors who malpractice?
Do you put your foot down when it is required?

Don't expect someone else to do more at their level then what you are incapable of doing now at yours.

No one does a big power play without having done several smaller ones prior.

It's not pharmacology.

08/01/2026

If you apply today, you could have your license by end of Feb!

07/01/2026

A win is a win but why all the unnecessary stress?
https://youtu.be/XPkTZ6PIr3g

06/01/2026

I hadn't seen the late, pathetic excuse for an official communication by KZN DoH... here is my commentary:

https://youtu.be/7jf_T1EteHI?si=H9oNVonz9IAn_kTa

05/01/2026

This year its KZN Dep of Health's turn to discriminate against pharmacist interns

Are we tired or are we tired ...

We are tired of the treatment. systematically being marginalized and discriminated against. uts no longer a mistake its design.

05/01/2026

DID YOU MISS US?

05/01/2026

Do you know where to find us?

01/01/2026

Choose effortless end-to-end regulatory compliance in 2026!

01/01/2026

A very prosperous 2026 year to all of you!

24/12/2025

Merry Christmas to you and yours.

14/12/2025

Pharmacist are not general practitioners.
They don't typically diagnose and initiate treatments; what they do is verify the accuracy of the treatments prescribed against the diagnosis according to national treatment guidelines and authorize use.

Pharmacists are not nurses.
They don't typically administer treatments and physical care to patients; what they do is ensure correct actives at correct doses are issued at the appropriate intervals to the right patients according to therapeutic indications and medicine usage guidelines.

Pharmacists are not patients. They don't typically require pharmacotherapy interventions or counseling to avoid drug-drug, drug-disease, drug-food and drug-gene issues. They instead provide screenings, insight and consolidation on complex regimens where patients have multiple prescriptions and prescribers.

Pharmacists are pharmacists. They are the patient treatment bridge. Connecting and confirming medicine usage, regimens and management of therapeutic agents while eliminating risk. They ensure all medicine users utilize quality products (source, expiry etc), that are compatible (orally, renally & hepatically etc.), and optimised (adjusted for dynamics + kinetics in different health states or conditions) for their best possible health outcomes of safety and efficacy.

Pharmacists are so cool, they will do all that and still optimize for cost to improve patient affordability and adherence.

Such undercover versatile ninjas 🙌🤸🥷

13/12/2025

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You know much about human health products and the ICH guidelines, but do you know about VICH?
The animals also deserve dedicated attention and guidelines don't you think?

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VICH and its guidelines (adopted)
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Clinical trials for vet medicines
Emergency use and unregistered products

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