Book

[xoo]

I am a P2 now and this year we don't learn much about retail pharmacy. We focused mostly on hospital pharmacy and research. Is there a book I can buy that is designed for retail pharmacy? We covered over-the-counter products very briefly and I feel like I know little about them. I also want this book to contain all the important information we need to know about the top 200 or top 300 drugs.

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[EBT12]

I'm not sure about the top 200-300 drugs - you will likely go over them in therapeutics if you haven't already.

For OTC/self-care products, here is a very thorough, but readable book. It includes a section on natural products (which could be important in a retail setting if you do not have a separate natural products course) and there are also cases in each chapter I believe.

http://www.amazon.com/Handbook-Nonp...=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1324388826&sr=1-1

 

[Rouelle]

For the top drugs perhaps you could try Sigler's drug cards.

 

[Chris co2012]

Learning retail comes with experience. The knowledge you gain from pharmacy school is more geared towards therapeutics because retail is like the red-headed step child and looked down upon.

When it comes to being a retail pharmacist, here is what you need to focus on:

-Law
-Quickly and efficiently handling insurance and technological problems
-Customer service/empathy/etc


You get the drug knowledge through school. No need to buy a book.

 

[Carboxide]

I'm not sure about the top 200-300 drugs - you will likely go over them in therapeutics if you haven't already.

For OTC/self-care products, here is a very thorough, but readable book. It includes a section on natural products (which could be important in a retail setting if you do not have a separate natural products course) and there are also cases in each chapter I believe.

http://www.amazon.com/Handbook-Nonp...=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1324388826&sr=1-1

This. That sucker is golden.

 

[Praziquantel86]

The knowledge base (as far as mechanisms, drug interactions, pathophysiology) is definitely covered in the pharmacy school curriculum. The APhA book is great for the OTC/counseling point end of things. State law is the other big thing that you can get from school, so just study up on the relevant state/federal laws.

The other aspects of retail - customer service, insurance adjudication, inventory management - are all learned practically. Paid interning is a great way to do this, just because a rotation block doesn't necessarily give you the time to become an expert in it.

 

[rph3664]

If you to know about retail pharmacy from a profane and caustic point of view, check out The Angry Pharmacist - but not at work!