Goodbye winter, hello spring! The sun is shining and the weather is warm, which for kids around the country means a return to outdoor sports and long days playing outdoors. While lots of time spent outside typically makes spring a happy time for kids, seasonal allergies can put a damper on those high spirits.

Fortunately for parents, they have their pick of antihistamines they can use to ease kids' allergies. Kids are in luck too - pharmacies can customize the taste of their allergy medicine with a favorite flavor. To make sure sniffles, sneezes, and itchy eyes don't keep kids from enjoying their time outside, we're sharing the top medications to flavor during allergy season.

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.

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:

James Drug Store of Denham Springs, LA has the kind of rich history that only a business that's served its community for almost 90 years can have. From the Great Depression, World War II, the eradication of Polio, 4 LSU Tiger Football National Championships, and now the fight against COVID-19, the pharmacy has been there to support their town through the ups, the downs, and everything in between. By staying on the forefront of pharmacy technology and providing excellent patient care, the team at James Drug Store has blended the old with the new to create something great. We spoke with pharmacist in charge Patrick Brian to learn how James Drug Store puts their motto, "where old-fashioned personal service meets modern day medicine" into action.

Geaux Tigers! The James Drug team decked out in their purple and gold for an LSU win