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Community/retail pharmacy is a good business venture in Nigeria. It takes time to build customer base. However, after a while the business generate regular profit. OTC supplements Every business wants to succeed and grow. Most community pharmacy attain such growth with provision of medical advice and prescription refill. But there is one simple secret to increased profit. The sale of over the counter supplements. Over The Counter (OTC) Supplements The sales of OTC otherwise called front end products is ever growing. From what is on ground, it is not stopping anytime soon. It is a good place to invest time and energy on. This is because even sales assistant can contribute in selling these products. That makes it a potential to increase sales. So what are the strategies to use in this area? Market Research To be able to key into OTC supplements, you need to do a little bit of market survey. These supplements are actually used to supplement treatment of disease conditions....

Community or retail pharmacy business is a profitable venture in Nigeria. However, operators of community pharmacy all face a common enemy; sales. Some find it difficult to stay afloat. Still others notice a reduction in sales. All this is attributed to so many factors. But if some have been able to increase sales that means all hope is not lost. How A Community Pharmacy Was Revive Community/retail pharmacy There was certain strategy management use to revive a dying community pharmacy within a village in about a year. The sales output tripled. Adopting their strategy can work for others. However, one strategy cannot work for all especially with different location. What Was On Ground One sales assistant and one pharmacist. No computer or modern sales management plan. Low stock. To make it worse, the pharmacist is not always on the ground. Whenever the pharmacist travels for a long time, the community pharmacy shop closed for business until the pharmacist comes back. The sa...

Medical abbreviation used in pharmacy can be complicating. They are so many and no single course subject was it taught. Many pharmacists have to learn it on the job. Learning about medical abbreviation is one thing, understanding medical doctor writing is another. Most patients come to the pharmacy with a written prescription sheet. With the poorly written prescription, the patient is now at the mercy of the pharmacist to decode the writing. Read Also: Information in a drug information leaftlet Pharmacists must learn medical abbreviations. However, patients can do well to grab the basics just for fun because your pharmacist will always be available to guide you in dosage. Medical abbreviations covers so many aspects of prescription. From the name of the drug to the dosage form, dose, dose frequency, etc, the prescription needs an interpreter. Some of the abbreviations are meant for medical laboratory scientist to decode when carrying out laboratory test. Reasons For Medical...