How To Navigate

Retail Pharmacy
By: Benjamin Sendo, PharmD Candidate-Manchester University
College of Pharmacy & Vivian Kadus, PharmD- PGY1 Pharmacy
Resident Lutheran Hospital
Objectives
What are your
expectations for
today?
What is retail pharmacy?
https://ncpa.org
 The process of a prescription

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How to avoid calls from your retail
pharmacies?
Prednisone Tapers
Prednisone Taper Example

Prednisone 10 mg tablets: 3 tabs by mouth once daily

x3days, then 2 tabs by mouth once daily x3days then 1 tab
by mouth once daily x3days then ½ t by mouth once daily
x3days
Reconstituted Antibiotics
Ophthalmic and Otic Antibiotics
Check Your Units and Quantity
Questions? And answers!

Questions?
References

● Uptrend_pfsp. (2021, September 24). Specialty Pharmacy vs. Retail Pharmacy: What is
the difference? PFSP. Retrieved October 5, 2022, from
https://www.pfsprx.com/2021/09/15/specialty-pharmacy-vs-retail-pharmacy-what-is-the-
difference/