After a demanding and difficult 2020, it’s time to get ready for a fresh start. While we’re looking forward to a new year, 2021 will surely present challenges of its own, especially in healthcare fields. The coming months will see pharmacy professionals slammed with immunizations and vaccinations, so set your pharmacy up for success by getting your FLAVORx service ready now. That way, you’re already prepared to help kids take their medicine, despite the many other things you will have going on. Here are our tips for getting your FLAVORx materials ready for the new year!

Check flavor stock and reorder if necessary

Look over your flavor inventory and make sure you are fully stocked and ready to flavor. Double-check that you have plenty of kid favorites like Bubblegum and Grape. Don’t forget about essentials like Sweetening Enhancer and Bitterness Suppressor; you can’t flavor without them! To reorder any
supplies, you can order from your wholesaler, contact us at 800-884-5771 or shoot an email to reorders@flavorx.com.

Full list of FLAVORx flavors: Apple, Banana, Bubblegum, Cherry, Grape, Lemon, Mango, Orange Raspberry, Strawberry, Watermelon, Sweetening Enhancer, Bitterness Suppressor, Vitamin/Iron Masking Agent

Fillmaster Auto flavors: Apple, Banana, Bubblegum, Cherry, Grape, Lemon, Mango, Raspberry, Strawberry, Watermelon, Sweetening Enhancer, Bitterness Suppressor

It’s that time of year again: the air’s getting cooler, leaves are starting to change, and kids are coming home from school with coughs and runny noses. Sometimes it seems impossible to keep our little ones from getting sick. I mean… it’s not like we can follow them to school! But don’t despair. There are a few things you can do to keep your family sniffle-free this fall.

Most people working in pharmacy have probably witnessed an exhausted, stressed-out parent trudging towards the pharmacy counter with a sick, cranky child in tow. Both would probably much rather be home in bed, but there’s still the stress of getting the yucky medicine down when they get home. In fact, 7 in 10 parents report medicine-time struggle. Get ready to put on your superhero cape because your pharmacy can help!

Offer a Choice

At FLAVORx, our pharmacy partners are dedicated to helping kids and parents have an easier medicine-time experience. Pharmacy staff can offer kids a choice of over 16 fun flavors for their medicine, including favorites like blastin’ bubblegum, giggly grape, and wacky watermelon. Not only will adding a flavor improve the taste of the medicine, having a choice allows kids to take ownership of their medicine-time experience. Medicine turns from something forced on them to something they were able to have some control over.

Be a Hero

As a pharmacy professional, offering the flavoring service is a small thing you can do to make a huge impact on families. It’s as easy as asking patients, “how would you like your medicine to taste today?” Many parents don’t even know that custom medication-flavoring is an option. By letting them in on the secret, you just might be a life-saver!

Make a Lasting Impact

An easier medicine-time experience is something that parents won’t soon forget. Check out the following parent testimonials to see how pharmacies have helped families by flavoring medicine:

“My 20-month old son, Hayes, does NOT do well with any kind of medicine. I haven’t been able to get him to take an antibiotic until our Pharmacist suggested adding flavor to the medicine. It’s a miracle worker! We added the grape flavor to his antibiotic and he’s easily downed every dose! Can I get an AMEN?” – Haley B.

“My little cousin had to take clindamycin liquid and I could even agree- it smelt like dirty socks. I made a request at the pharmacy and they helped us figure out how to flavor it since applesauce was not helping. The pharmacy flavored the medicine and it made it more manageable for him to tolerate. So happy that the pharmacy had this in stock as a way to help him take the medicine!” -Michael D.

Strong relationships between physicians and pharmacies ensure customers get the best quality care at the most cost-effective price.

Networking with doctors is smart business for Thomas Garza, head pharmacist at The Medicine Shoppe, a San Benito, Texas-based pharmacy.“Our pediatrician colleagues work well with us because they know we work well with their patients,” said Thomas Garza. “When patients have issues, concerns, or questions about their medication, the doctors know our staff gives their full attention to the sick child and their parents.”

Here are three ways Thomas Garza and The Medicine Shoppe win patient referrals from local physicians.