What's the difference between pharmacy and pharmacology?

Question

i want to major in pharmacy but then i heard about this pharmacology and i don't know which one is best for me.

i want to be a pharmacist and i know they make a lot of money (i think around 100k) ...but how about if you major in pharmacology? what do they do and how much do they get paid??

Answer 1

Actually, there are degrees offered in pharmacology. Here's a list of universities offering graduate study in the area. To get in to these programs you need a good background in chemistry and biology. http://www.f1study.com/html/pgmid92.html

As a pharmacist, you'd be the person sitting behind the counter, filling prescriptions. With a pharmacology degree, you'd actually be doing research on whether or not drugs like Viagra or Prozac are effective for companies like Merck or GlaxoSmithKline.

As far as actual jobs go, there are high paying jobs everywhere for pharmacists. You could work for Walgreen's or your local drug store. Remember, though, that it is still competitive to get into a good pharmacy program to begin with. Acceptance rates to doctoral programs are as competitive as the Ivy Leagues. The degree you would end up with eventually would be a PharmD, or Doctorate in Pharmacy. You can find programs out there that will accept you into a doctorate program as early as your sophomore year of college.

How does this work? Basically, you go to a university with a pharmacy school, and take a couple of chemistry classes your first two years. Sometime during your sophomore year, you apply to the pharmacy school. If you get accepted, then 4-6 years later you will be filling prescriptions and making a cool $100,000 a year.

Pharmacology jobs are harder to attain because you have to prove yourself capable of doing research to come up with ideas for new drugs. With the billions of dollars drug companies make, its no surprise that pharmacologists can make several hundred thousand dollars a year.

You do need to understand though, that these are intense academic programs. Not everyone makes it through, even after spending thousands on their education. If you are only interested in the field for financial reasons, you might consider engineering instead. They make a little less, but they do spend less time in school and have a lot of employers that want to hire them.

If you want to be self-employed, then you could also consider a career in street pharmacy. It might not be legal, but you'll always have interesting clients.

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What's the difference between pharmacy and pharmacology?
i want to major in pharmacy but then i heard about this pharmacology and i don't know which one is best for me.

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Pharmacologist Vs Pharmacist

Answer 5

pharmacology is the study of how drugs work. It is one area of study.
Pharmacy is the synthesis of pharmocology, pharmaceutics, pharmacokinetics, pathophysiology, jurisprudence etc.

Perhaps this might help. Pharmacy is to pharmacology as general contractor is to electrician.

There is not a job classification per se of pharmacologist. People that study how medications work call themselves that sometimes, but I guarantee they got a degree in something named something else.

Answer 6

Pharmacy is a physical place.

Pharmacy tech is the workers that fill bottles.

Pharmacology is the "study of medications and their applications"

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