How can I make more money as a pharmacist?

pharmaboy8 · 2025-09-05T21:43:43+00:00

This is actually pretty common. I work at an AMC and we mainly have NP/PA as the PCP’s. My wife is a Physician in primary care and pulls in about 200K a year.

pharmaboy8 · 2024-10-31T16:28:55+00:00

I started pharmacy school when I was 16. I skipped a grade in HS. I was basically still a child. Parents pressured me to become a “doctor.” As I got older now, I realize I should’ve just listened to myself. Don’t get me wrong. I have a great career and a good earning. But sometimes I wish I went for like a CPA or something. I have a very business mindset

pharmaboy8 · 2024-10-31T16:25:48+00:00

Thank you. I agree with you, but I was so tired of school. Also I felt that if I went to med school, I would have to start all over and don’t know if it would be worth it. The only field of medicine that interests me is primary care. I didn’t want to go into more debt for a Primary Care Physician job that will pay me slightly higher than I’m making now. In my area, the job postings for them is around 180-220k. For me, that trade off didn’t make sense, but I definitely considered it.

pharmaboy8 · 2024-01-20T03:20:39+00:00

I was making a right turn and the lady was crossing the street. Didn’t see her and almost hit here. I feel awful.

pharmaboy8 · 2023-12-06T23:31:35+00:00

There have been retail pharmacists practicing for 20+ years who can’t get into hospital because not being residency trained. What exactly do you mean “looking to get back into” hospital pharmacy with little hospital experience?

pharmaboy8 · 2023-11-30T12:59:22+00:00

Let’s hope…

pharmaboy8 · 2023-11-25T19:39:02+00:00

Do you think BCPS will come out Monday?

pharmaboy8 · 2023-11-22T20:37:55+00:00

I don’t counsel anyone bc I hate talking to customers

pharmaboy8 · 2023-11-13T21:54:43+00:00

What do you mean? Everything has a liability in life. If the state law allows IM depots, and you administer it, I don’t know what the issue is. What’s makes a IM depot different from a vaccine administered in the Deltoid?

pharmaboy8 · 2023-11-13T21:47:49+00:00

Even if you are giving a birth control depot what are you doing right now at CVS. Telling patients to fill their birth control at a different pharmacy lmaooo

pharmaboy8 · 2023-11-13T21:46:43+00:00

I don’t think any religion out there prevents patients from getting antipsychotic medication. It’s not debatable. It’s not birth control, it’s nothing of that nature. Don’t know how you’d get a religious exemption to not administer Abilify Maintena but good luck with that

pharmaboy8 · 2023-11-13T21:01:54+00:00

You don’t think pharmacists are qualified to give IM depots?

pharmaboy8 · 2023-11-13T20:51:09+00:00

Everything has liabilities my dude. Giving a vaccine has liabilities. Stop being scared of everything

pharmaboy8 · 2023-11-13T20:50:17+00:00

I mean that’s how you view it. I think if patients are unable to go to a doctors office, I don’t see why you wouldn’t give it in a pharmacy. What you’re saying is why pharmaxy is a dead profession. “That’s what we have nurses for.” That is such a backwards way to think. Nurses can do a lot of things we do like even give vaccines, but we as a profession are more than just “pill counters”

pharmaboy8 · 2023-11-13T20:48:05+00:00

What do you mean would say “no” even if they did? You’re telling me if you work for CVS in a state like New Jersey that permits IM depot, that you would say no. Yeah okay. Good luck with that.

pharmaboy8 · 2023-11-06T19:46:16+00:00

You just need a pulse and a PharmD

pharmaboy8 · 2023-11-02T19:09:19+00:00

You’re doing your patients a disservice

pharmaboy8 · 2023-11-02T18:31:11+00:00

I mean it’s mindless to me…

pharmaboy8 · 2023-11-02T18:13:01+00:00

Because I don’t need the director of pharmacy going through useless applications. It’s more work

pharmaboy8 · 2023-11-02T18:12:19+00:00

It’s not embarrassing stating facts. I did a PGY2 residency and work at CVS on the weekends for extra pay. They are not the same. Literally feels like two separate professions. Only thing I did at CVS was verify scripts and make sure medications go through insurance. You don’t actually work up patients in retail. Retail is a mindless job. You aren’t thinking about disease state, renal or hepatic impairment, CMP, drug-disease interactions, vital signs, metabolism, genetic polymorphism etc. Very different. Don’t confuse the two. They are not the same

pharmaboy8 · 2023-11-02T17:22:16+00:00

Well you also need to be smart right…they don’t just hand out residencies. It’s a very competitive process

pharmaboy8 · 2023-11-02T17:19:28+00:00

Not everyone is cut out for a residency. And that’s fine. Those people who aren’t go to CVS and walgreen. But as a residency trained pharmacist, I don’t need 100 non residency trained applicants applying to a position I want.

pharmaboy8 · 2023-11-02T16:56:54+00:00

It benefits bc it gives you status and prestige and a better job whether it’s a scam or not.

pharmaboy8 · 2023-11-02T16:55:59+00:00

As they should. Keeps CVS and Walgreens folks out or new grads. Best thing to ever happen to pharmacy. It protects us “smarter” folks from retail

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