Pharmacy, like the rest of the world, has been turned upside down since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. With all of the changes that have come about over the past few months and fewer kids getting normal illnesses that come with being together in school, maybe your flavoring program hasn’t been a priority. Now that we’re heading into cough, cold, and flu and season, it’s time to dust off those bottles of Bubblegum and Sweetening Enhancer and get back to helping kids take their medicine. 

While most medicines for pets could be improved by adding a flavor, there are a few medicines that you should always offer to flavor, every time they’re dispensed. Whether the medicine has a particularly bad taste that makes it difficult to give to a pet, or the medicine is extremely important to the pet’s health, adding a tasty flavor ensures that the pet takes the entire dose. Here are five of our "must flavor" medicines for pets, and what you can do to make the medication process easier on both pets and their humans:

1.Gabapentin (Neurontin)

As a pharmacy professional, you've probably witnessed the benefit FLAVORx can have for children's health. But kids aren't the only members of the family whose health is often affected by failure to comply to a medication regimen. Pets need their medicine too, and trying to give it to them can often lead to a scared pet, a stressed pet owner, and an incomplete dose. 

When FLAVORx first began 28 years ago, we were a small company with a big idea about helping kids take their medicine. We would never be where we are today without the pharmacies that believed in our mission since the very beginning. Apple Discount Drugs, located on Maryland's Eastern Shore, is one of those pharmacies that has been with us since we got started in 1995 and is still one of our valued partners to this day.

We spoke with Marketing Director Tish Withers, who gave us some insight on what makes this local pharmacy so special and what FLAVORx means to their pharmacy. As we celebrate our 28th anniversary, we'd like to take a moment to spotlight this pharmacy that has been with us throughout this journey.

As we celebrate FLAVORx's 25th anniversary, it's important to recognize that we are only where we are today thanks to the hard-working, dedicated people that have joined the FLAVORx family over the years. A few members of our team shared what makes working at FLAVORx so special (besides working in an office that smells like bubblegum every day!).  Can you tell we're all smiles under the masks? 😄