Guest guest Posted April 10, 2006 Report Share Posted April 10, 2006 Does anyone have any experience prescribing herbs using drop-shipping services, such as the one Mayway provides? It seems like a great idea for practitioners who aren't in a position to have their own herbal pharmacy. I'm just wondering how patients respond, if they feel it's convenient, or if they're annoyed at having to wait for herbs to arrive etc. I'd appreciate any feedback from those who have tried this. Thanks! Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 10, 2006 Report Share Posted April 10, 2006 I seriously thought about it when I started but decided not to, for my own reasons: * Certain prescriptions are for immediate application, e.g., treating Shang Han; if the symptoms are changing faster than the delivery time this obviously doesn't work. * Trust (including patients' confidence of the vendor not making a mistake) was not there yet. * As I didn't plan to operate a very busy clinic, outsourcing service wasn't really necessary. This is just my own experience and these reasons remain true today. I'd be happy to hear others' thought. Mike L. These are tcm_paul <tcm_paul wrote: Does anyone have any experience prescribing herbs using drop-shipping services, such as the one Mayway provides? It seems like a great idea for practitioners who aren't in a position to have their own herbal pharmacy. I'm just wondering how patients respond, if they feel it's convenient, or if they're annoyed at having to wait for herbs to arrive etc. I'd appreciate any feedback from those who have tried this. Thanks! Paul Chinese Herbal Medicine offers various professional services, including board approved continuing education classes, an annual conference and a free discussion forum in Chinese Herbal Medicine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 11, 2006 Report Share Posted April 11, 2006 On the other side of that, I drop ship to other folks Px. It works fine, I have a fast turnaround, and generally I'm cheaper than the other local clinics because of my low overhead (charming basement pharmacy). I think other considerations must include: -How many herbs are you prepared to stock, and how much time and energy are you going to sink into the pharmacy? -How many scrips are you going to fill a week, and how much time will that take away from patients? -If you get a drop shipper that allows for markup then how much more are you really going to make selling it your self when you figure in the time for maintaining the pharmacy and making up the herbs? On the plus side, if you pop in the needles and go and make up a Rx and have it in their hands before they leave compliance seems to be higher.You can also adjust prices if you have a special needs case. Also, as Mike said, if you treat much in the way of fast moving stuff it makes sense to have onsite herbs, as delivery will be an issue. This goes double for infertility patients, as they can get super antsy when their herbs aren't there the next day, pretty much every delivery problem I've had has been with infertility Px, which figures. The other nice thing about having herbs onsite is that you get to fiddle with them, which is always fun! Par Scott - " Mike Liaw " <mikeliaw Tuesday, April 11, 2006 1:44 AM Re: Drop-shipping herbs I seriously thought about it when I started but decided not to, for my own reasons: * Certain prescriptions are for immediate application, e.g., treating Shang Han; if the symptoms are changing faster than the delivery time this obviously doesn't work. * Trust (including patients' confidence of the vendor not making a mistake) was not there yet. * As I didn't plan to operate a very busy clinic, outsourcing service wasn't really necessary. This is just my own experience and these reasons remain true today. I'd be happy to hear others' thought. Mike L. These are tcm_paul <tcm_paul wrote: Does anyone have any experience prescribing herbs using drop-shipping services, such as the one Mayway provides? It seems like a great idea for practitioners who aren't in a position to have their own herbal pharmacy. I'm just wondering how patients respond, if they feel it's convenient, or if they're annoyed at having to wait for herbs to arrive etc. I'd appreciate any feedback from those who have tried this. Thanks! Paul Chinese Herbal Medicine offers various professional services, including board approved continuing education classes, an annual conference and a free discussion forum in Chinese Herbal Medicine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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