Pharmacy and pharmacology are VERY different programs.
A degree in pharmacy allows you to be a pharmacist - a pharmacist is basically an encyclopedia of known information about currently existing drugs, what they treat and how, and how they interact with other drugs or conditions. Most pharmacists work directly with patients, in a pharmacy, either in a retail setting (like Walgreens, where they end up being highly paid store clerks), or in a hospital pharmacy. A few pharmacists work only "in the back", making special preparations of particular drugs, like chemotherapy treatments, that have to be prepared specially and uniquely for each patient.
Pharmacologists are researchers who investigate how drugs work in the body as a tool for developing new drugs. They do things like computer modeling of receptors and cell surfaces as a tool for finding a molecule (a potential new drug) that might interact with the receptor, and animal testing of potential drug leads, or making chemical modifications to existing drugs to increase their effectiveness or reduce their side effects. They generally work in a research laboratory for a business or university.
A pharmacist is a painter, a pharmacologist searches for new colors of paint.
A degree in pharmacy allows you to be a pharmacist - a pharmacist is basically an encyclopedia of known information about currently existing drugs, what they treat and how, and how they interact with other drugs or conditions. Most pharmacists work directly with patients, in a pharmacy, either in a retail setting (like Walgreens, where they end up being highly paid store clerks), or in a hospital pharmacy. A few pharmacists work only "in the back", making special preparations of particular drugs, like chemotherapy treatments, that have to be prepared specially and uniquely for each patient.
Pharmacologists are researchers who investigate how drugs work in the body as a tool for developing new drugs. They do things like computer modeling of receptors and cell surfaces as a tool for finding a molecule (a potential new drug) that might interact with the receptor, and animal testing of potential drug leads, or making chemical modifications to existing drugs to increase their effectiveness or reduce their side effects. They generally work in a research laboratory for a business or university.
A pharmacist is a painter, a pharmacologist searches for new colors of paint.