FLAVORx Donates Over 150 Flavoring Systems to Pharmacy Schools and Pharmacy Technician Programs; Flavoring Information Now Included in Popular Pharmacy Textbook

FLAVORx provides pharmacy schools and technician programs with the tools and resources necessary to educate students about the role of flavoring with respect to medication adherence and the patient experience. Using the FLAVORx system, faculty members encourage their students to recognize the importance of taste barriers and personalization when it comes to pediatric medication adherence.

Technology is Making Medications Tastier to Swallow For Children
Just a spoon full of flavor makes the medicine go down easier for kids.
By Sarah Lieu

CHARLESTON -- When it comes to antibiotics, pharmacists at Loop Pharmarcy are mixing up tastier medicine the high-tech way. Technology is making it more interactive for parents and their kids to pick the flavor. A new machine at Loop Pharmacy's location in Kanawha City in Charleston lets the pharmacist scan the bar code from the prescription bottle. Information about the prescription flashes on the screen with the exact amount of flavoring that should go into the medication. "With this new tool, everything is done visually. In fact, it's so fast that it takes five minutes instead of 30 minutes these days," said pharmacy owner Bill McFarland.