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As a Catholic I find the Holy rosary fascinating. It gives me a sense of confidence and strength whenever I need to. It’s a bead symbolizing humanity, human nature, community, environment, universe and everything else. I find joy carrying one in my bag. I wear it sometimes but not so often. I keep it on my palms and hold into it whenever I am weary and confused. It’s interesting to note how my faith is restored whenever I do that. It may be a placebo effect, a psychological factor to that kind; but for me the effect is surreal. As a person who overanalyzes events I find the World confusing and chaotic. I wonder how I was able to survive the agony of living. But it would be unfair to only see the bad things. I have also experienced happiness and inner peace at some point. For the most part anxiousness, bitterness and weakness envelopes my soul. This might sound a surprise to some people who sees me as strong person. But in fact I am very unstable with a growing inner turmoil. A me...

Just like any other course, Pharmacy requires patience and a love of learning. When you are not so passionate about the educational path you are enrolled in, you might want to reconsider. Four to five years of studying is not a breeze and takes a long time. By now you should have decided to pursue what you want, not because you are force to. To those who are planning to pursue this career opportunity or for those who are already enrolled in the program, this section of the blog will try to uncover 7 tips on how to survive the grueling path of Pharma. This is based on experience as a student before and of course feedback from my colleagues and former students. 7. Listen to your Professor/ Instructor. Focusing on lectures and complying with all the requirements are key to academic success. That is why Instructors are hired to teach you the basic concepts you need for future practice. Listening to lectures will also provide you a basic understanding of pharmaceutical principles ...

A lot of senior high students are considering courses in Pharmacy for college. But they are confused as to what this is about. Many think that pharmacy is easy, as they tend to associate salesman/saleslady on the counter, counting pills and dispensing drug. While counting pills and selling is part of retail work on the drug store, there are more responsibilities for the pharmacist to do. Let us try to list five of them here and examine them one by one.     1.  Pharmacist check for drug interactions. Prescription volumes are increasing over the years. Studies show that in 2016, there were more than a billion of prescriptions filled in the U.S. alone. Vulnerable populations including pedia, elderly and pregnant women with special needs require more than 2 medications a day. When you are being treated for hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes mellitus and arthritis all at the same time, you will need more than one drug as maintenance. Just as you think it is easy to r...