What does /sci/ think of pharmaceutics? I consider studying

Finished pharmacy. Too many historical blabering about drugs used like 20 years ago. Not so many mechanisms of action explained fully. Still I think it's worth it because I can easier see through all the scam medicines and can cure myself and my family better.

Ask me Anything

>>9112951
Are memory pills obvious scams? so are anti-depressants that damage you for life?

>>9112979
Sometimes being damaged for life is better than succumbing to untreated mental problems. Some psychiatrists I've spoken to are pretty realistic about that.

>>9112983
>Some psychiatrists I've spoken to [...]
Why do you care about the opinion of lesser human beings?

>>9112992
Because I was legally forced to.

saturated beyond saturated
might aswell go to med school if ur gonna be that much in debt and only making 100k starting.

>>9113011
Well we don't have to pay student loans where i live so thats not really a problem

>>9113015
What kind of job are you getting after you graduate. Dispensing seems boring af. Are you open to pursuing pharmacology, orgo chem research or getting a job in industry. Asking because i'm a pharmacy student myself

>>9113255
i don't really know, since i haven't even started studying yet.
What do you want to do?

>>9112983
jesus that's cynical. What happened to do no harm?

>>9113255
Which country?

>>9114535
United Kingdom

>>9112979
Memory pills are no scam. But everything needs to be dosed correctly and when you overdose or take something too long you always have to pay the consequences.

Ant-depressants should be always second to psychotherapy. They are not so bad as people may think because they can save you from hard mental problems and 0/10 life quality.

Still I am treating myself with herbal and natural medicine first. Every time. If it's not working than it's time for something more. If You want to have a good health then You shouldn't look for a miracle medicine that will keep You healthy. When I start to get ill I drink herbal infusions 3 times a day.

>>9113255
The future is in the clinical pharmacology, especially in the pharmacokinetics.

The other branch that is going to expand quickly is phamacogenomics - studying human genome to learn interaction of drugs with genetics.