What are some of the specific jobs you can have if you enter the field of pharmacology?
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Pharmacolgists DO NOT work in pharmacies, this is a common misconception.  Pharmacologists and pharmacists both know a lot about drugs, but there are significant differences in both their educational training and professional roles.  In fact, the differnces between these two fields are best summed up by their dictionary definitions:\n\nphar·ma·cy (fär'mə-sē)  n. 1) The art of preparing and dispensing drugs.\n\nphar·ma·col·o·gy (fär'mə-kŏl'ə-jē)  n.  1) The science of drugs, including their composition, uses, and effects.  2)  The characteristics or properties of a drug, especially those that make it medically effective.\n\nThings that pharamacologists actually do:\n\n1) Pharmacologists play an important role in pharmaceutical development.  Some pharmacologists focus mainly on 'pharmacokinetics' and therefore, determine characteristics of a candidate drug such as drug absorption, distribution, and clearance.  Pharmacokinetic studies are generally animal studies (typically in rodents).  Other pharmacologists may be more involved in 'drug targeting', which is the process of tailoring a drug so that it acts on a specific molecular target or set of related targets.\n\n2) There are also pharmacologists working in universities.  They tend to a have a bit more freedom when it comes to the direction of their research.  They generally focus on determining the exact mechanisms of drug action at the cellular and molecular levels.  That is, they study "how" a drug works.\n\n3)Lastly, there is a place for pharmacologists in government agencies.  For example, in the US FDA, pharmacologists help to determine whether new drugs should be released onto the U.S. market.
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Pharmacology..because it is more diverse.
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Pharmaceutical chemistry is a sub-field in chemistry geared towards the discovery of drugs.  While many academic programs and departments are called pharmaceutical chemistry, in practice, the chemistry that is done actually in the pharmaceutical industry is named differently.\n\nMedicinal chemistry is taking potential drug candidates and altering the compound in order to make the drug more potent, more selective, or show higher affinity to the target protein.\n\nProcess chemistry takes medicinal chemistry's best compound and "scales up" synthesis of the drug.  That is, they figure out cheaper and purer ways of making the drug for larger quantities.\n\nChemical engineers usually take this new process and design ways that a chemical manufacturing plant can efficiently produce drug on a huge scale.\n\nPharmaceutical science works on formulation.  Can we make this drug into a tablet? a capsule? an intravenous formulation? etc.
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probably a rad tech. much better pay and a more stable job. you have to go to school for a year or two though to be a rad tech and its just onsite training for pharm techs (all you need is a HS diploma) in most states
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take a certification program or a masters degree... either that, or go to medical schools... at least that's what i'm planning to do after taking up bs biology... ;p\n\ni'm not sure if you can take a certification program to be a pharmacist, but you can take up a masters degree in pharmacy in the fields of industrial pharmacy, pharmaceutical chemistry and hospital pharmacy among others... although you would have to take the pre-requisite courses offered in the undergraduate program for some of your masters courses.\n\nif you do this, i think your educational background would be bs biology and ms in pharmacy...
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Surely there are. Here are some of the jobs I can think of are:\n\n-Research Associate\n-Apprentice
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I enjoy pharmceuticals!  Heh!  Use the link below to find out about different careers.  You can also view government statistics on various careers at the Bureau of Labor Statistics' website at www.bls.gov.\n\nGood luck!
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You can pursue a master's degree in nutrition, as well as a PhD, however there is a license you will need to acquire as a Registered Dietitian, which any accredited master's program will offer.  As a Registered Dietitian you can educate people on proper nutrition.  Many registered dietitians do not go into research though.  As a biochemist, you don't necessarily advise people on nutrition, but you can go into research on metabolism (mainly as a PhD), or toxicology.  As for the GRE subject test for pharmacology, you would probably want to take the chemistry subject test.  It would be best to even call the schools you are thinking of applying to and asking their admissions dept. their advice on which subject test to take.  Good Luck!
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You can...\n\n1. teach highschool chemistry\n2. work in a chem lab\n3. work in a chemical factory developing stuff (R&D)\n4. work at a research institute
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Any of the hard sciences. You will be required to have completed a classic hard science grounding (Inorganic/organic chemistry, physics, calculus, biology, physiology) just to apply.\n\nHad I not got into Pharmacy school, I would have likely become a bitter drunk. Once I got in, I wasn't bitter......just drunk frequently.
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1) Chemist in pharmaceutical company like Glaxo, Dey's medical\n2) Drug Inspector in Govt\n3) Medical Representative .....Sales line\n4) You can get license to manufacture medicines, injections ...\n5) Lecturer\n6) Reasearch ....R&D department
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Many. All pharmaceutical companies have huge research facilities with large departments in Molecular biology. All Universities have the same, but the students do the research. Most chemical companies have large chem facilities, although here, it would be more qualitity control than research. If you have five years experience, you already know where to find a job...pick up a journal and start some research on a job. Good luck
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You would move up to VP at a pharm or bio company.  Look in your professional journals.  Some of them have People sections, which focus on who has moved up in what companies and what degrees they have.  I noticed in the Journal of Chemical Engineering that all of the VPs had MBAs with science or engineering degrees.
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Pharmacology is the study of how drugs work like drug interactions within the body and such. A pharmacist will learn pharmacology but also learns how to correctly dispense medicines and such.\n\nPharmacology in a degree is not limited to pharmacy it can be found in the general science degree where you can major in pharmacology\n\nJobs for a pharmacologist includes working for a pharmaceutical company to help develop a drug. Combined with other majors such as public relations can also lead you to be a drug representative for a pharmaceutical company
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Chemical engineering is a great field to be in!\n\nThe work at manufacturing plants doing process design\n\nThey work as environmental engineers\n\nThe work at pharmaceutical companies doing development\n\nThey work for national labs creating new materials\n\nThey are never in the lab doing titrations, that's a chemist.
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I'm going to graduate school to study organic chemistry, possibly to work in the pharmaceutical industry when I graduate.\n\nYou can:\n\n1) Teach at H.S.\n2) Go into industry as a technician\n3) Go to graduate schoo\n4) Go to law school/med school\n5) Do something outside your degree (like technical manual writing)\n6) Get involved in chemical sales, or other business applications
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academic\nresearcher\nafter your ph.d. of course\n\nwith just a bachelor's you can work for med schools doing research, data collection and organization. It really depends on the kind of skills you acquire.