Did you know amoxicillin is the #1 most flavored medicine with FLAVORx? Last year, pharmacies used the Recipe Generator and their Auto, Pro, and Plus dispensers to flavor amoxicillin over half a million times! 🤯

But why flavor amoxicillin? Doesn't it already come flavored? Surely a gross medicine like clindamycin would be flavored more often, right? Read on to find out why amoxicillin has become such a popular candidate for flavoring.

From flu shots to allergy medicine, plenty of your pharmacy’s products and services are seasonal, so much of your advertising is probably focused around the time of year these things are most needed. Flavoring is no exception! Kids heading back to school marks the beginning of an uptick in liquid prescriptions that continues to rise into winter and cough, cold, and flu season. As these prescription volumes rise, it's important to make sure your patients and community are aware that your pharmacy is ready to help kids take their liquid medicine. To help your pharmacy effectively get the word out to families about your flavoring service, we're sharing our favorite tips for FLAVORx success.

In 1989, Jim Gibbs opened Gibbs Pharmacy in the town of Lebanon, Tennessee, hoping to bring personalized, friendly care to the community. By building an excellent team and installing state-of-the-art pharmacy automation technology, Gibbs was dedicated to running a business that helped patients take care of all aspects of their health. Thirty years later, the pharmacy team continues to find new ways to give patients the best possible care. To learn more about life at Gibbs Pharmacy, we spoke with CPhT and Specialty Operations Coordinator, Christian Bardon, who gave us some insight into how the pharmacy staff works together behind the counter and out in the community. 

Pharmacy owners Jim Gibbs and Andrew Byrd focus on building strong relationships with the community

Since 1943, Medi-Thrift Pharmacy has been the place the residents of Jamestown, TN can trust with their health. From making important adherence-focused services accessible to all patients, to participating in events supporting their community, the pharmacy staff always goes the extra mile for the people they serve. To learn more about our FLAVORx Pharmacy of the Month, we spoke with marketing consultant Emily Sewell who told us, "We are an independent, locally-owned pharmacy that takes pride in making a personal connection with our patients." 

Cough, cold, and flu season is always a busy time in the pharmacy filled with antibiotic scripts, OTCs, and so. much. Tamiflu©. This year, with back-to-back COVID tests and vaccines plus customers on the  hunt for the elusive home test, there doesn't seem to be a spare minute in the day to think about the other illnesses that have patients feeling yucky. In spite of the COVID chaos, we want to help make it easy for you to continue helping your patients take their medicine. We've put together these top tips for cough, cold, and flu season flavoring success: