Is there anything like a fitness pharmacist

[lsexie]

Just wondering if a position like this exists and is it possible? What would it involve?

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[kendrick lamar]

Lol I don't think so. Are you talking about like nutritional supplement type stuff? I have a friend who got his phD from the pharmaceutical sciences branch of the pharmacy school and found his own company creating jello energy shots as a pre-workout formula for people who do mod/heavy exercise. I've never heard of anybody in pharmacy practice involved in that kind of stuff. I was also once researching sports medicine pharmacy, I think there is something but still not very prominent/minimal in the pharmacy community.

 

[BidingMyTime]

I have no idea what you mean by a "fitness" pharmacist, although this sounds like a specialty an independent pharmacy might delve into.

 

[TheWeeIceMan]

You mean, like, a pharmacist that works out a lot?

 

[trailerpark]

I'd say it's a pharmacist that gets a personal training certificate and does personal training on the side. Or a pharmacist who works part time at GNC and educates the public about all the dietary supplements and lack of placebo controlled double-blind studies or basically any study demonstrating safety and efficacy for their products.

 

[trailerpark]

I was kind of kidding.

 

[lsexie]

I was thinking more like an independent type of pharmacist that specializes in fitness and nutrition?

 

[Mad Jack]

Yep. There's this jacked guy always trying to sell people test in the locker room. I'm assuming he's a fitness pharmacist.

 

[gtpederson]

I was thinking more like an independent type of pharmacist that specializes in fitness and nutrition?

Like a cross between a personal trainer and a dietician?

 

[MatCauthon]

Maybe an independent pharmacy with a gym and juice bar in it? That sounds kind of fun actually

 

[gtpederson]

Trading oxy-seekers for clenbuterol-seekers.

 

[Ackj]

I could see this sort of thing in Eastern Europe where steroids are acceptable. You'd have your whole inventory of vials of various anabolics, conveniently located in a gym.

 

[Gombrich12]

If you just sign the loan promissory note you can do anything with a PharmD.