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Community pharmacy Community pharmacists have a lot of funny moonlight tales to tell. Conversing with different customers with different needs everyday provide opportunities to meet strange characters in the world. One of the most funny scenarios is when a customer is asking if the pharmacist have use the drug they are prescribing. The above question may not be funny in some context. But when you consider some context, it becomes funny and to some extent weird. Take for instance, how can you ask a female pharmacist is she have ever use a particular brand of male condom just because she recommends it. Or asking a male pharmacist if he has ever use clomiphene tablet. If the question is about their partner, it will make sense. It does not add up at all if the question is about them personally. In such a situation, many pharmacists find it difficult on what to say. Read Also: How supplements can help boost sales The truth is that pharmacists are drug experts. They know about th...

The word 'flu shot' is not very common in Nigeria. That is because is is not in Nigeria. This makes it strange in the ears of most pharmacists and medical doctors including others in the health sector. Flu Shot (influenza vaccine) Nigeria need influenza vaccine. It is among the world health organisation (WHO) list of essential medicine. The infection is rampant and the current treatment is the use of anti allergy medications. Unfortunately, most of these medications have some unwanted side effects or way expensive. And they only provide temporary relief from the symptoms. Read Also : How to prevent sickness during raining season The infection affects the quality of life of the sufferer. It can lead to unproductivity of the person. Anything to prevent infection should be welcome. That is better than treatment plan. There are many strains of the virus. Immunity is developed after each infection with one particular strain. However, this immunity is not against the ...

Pharmaceutical companies are companies that produce, import or market a drug or medical equipment. That can be an active pharmaceutical ingredient (API), a medicine or any medical equipment. Before any company will venture into it, they carry out many analysis. They find out about other products in the market, market share, profitability, etc. To source for the above information is not easy. That is why they normally pay other companies who already did those analysis. The pharmaceutical company now uses those data to decide whether to venture into production or marketing or what they may need to tweak to attract sales. That is, they use it to plan marketing strategy. Any company that fails to put this into consideration may not survive. Read Also : Pharmacuetical sales representative job description For a pharmaceutical company to succeed, their product must be effective or of quality. Without this, any other marketing strategy will fail. The marketing approach for a company pro...

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...