Drug details (pharmacy items)

Record the pharmaceutical information for a medicine — generic name, strength, form, schedule, manufacturer and NAFDAC number — so your catalogue reads like a real drug list and the system can enforce prescription rules and group drugs by therapeutic class.

Before you start

• Drug details live on the Pharmacy tab of an inventory item. Create or open an item under Inventory → Products & Services first.
• These fields are all optional — only fill them for actual medicines. Ordinary stock items can ignore the Pharmacy tab entirely.
• To track batches and expiry for a drug, also tick Manage Expiration on the Stocking tab (see Batch & expiry tracking).

Steps

1. Open the item and go to the Pharmacy tab.
2. Drug identification:
   • Generic (INN) name — e.g. Paracetamol. The item name can stay the brand (e.g. Panadol).
   • Strength — e.g. 500mg or 125mg/5ml.
   • Dosage form — pick Tablet, Syrup, Injection … (or type your own).
   • Pack size — how it's bought, e.g. 10 x 10.
   • Unit of dispense — what you actually sell (tablet, strip, bottle).
   • Manufacturer.
3. Classification & regulatory:
   • Therapeutic class — pick the drug's group (Analgesics, Antibiotics …). Manage the list under therapeutic classes; you can search here.
   • Schedule — OTC (over-the-counter), POM (prescription-only), or Controlled.
   • Requires prescription — tick for POM/controlled drugs. (Enforcement at the dispensing counter arrives with the pharmacy dispensing feature.)
   • NAFDAC reg. number.
4. Save the item as usual.

Tips

• Setting Requires prescription now means the dispensing screens will already know to ask for a prescription once that feature is enabled — no rework later.
• Use the Generic name consistently so you can find every brand of the same molecule.
• The therapeutic class also powers reporting (sales by drug group) and future interaction checks.

Common problems

• No Pharmacy tab. → The tab shows on inventory items. Make sure you're editing an item (not a service or composite) and that you can access item setup (Inventory Master permission).
• My therapeutic class isn't in the list. → Add it first in the therapeutic classes list, then reopen the item and pick it.
• The fields look empty on an old drug. → Existing items simply weren't classified yet — fill the Pharmacy tab once and save.