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Find the Same-Molecule Alternative When a Medicine Runs Out

When a box is off the shelf, you no longer have to turn the patient away. digabloPos surfaces the products in your stock that share the same active ingredient, you keep the call on substitution, and the sale goes through. It all works with no internet.

The patient is at the counter, the box is gone

A patient hands over a prescription. The medicine is out of stock, or you never carried that exact brand. You know an equivalent exists with the same active ingredient, but you have to recall it, check the strength, and confirm it is actually in a drawer. Meanwhile the patient waits, and if they leave they will find today's treatment somewhere else. In pharmacies where supply of certain lines is irregular, this plays out several times a day. That is the moment digabloPos steps in.

The molecule is attached to each product, not typed by hand

You enter nothing beyond your usual workflow. As soon as a product is recognized in the built-in catalogue, its International Nonproprietary Name is attached to it. When a medicine is missing, digabloPos reads that molecule and pulls up the other products in your stock that share it, with their strength, form, and the number of boxes actually on hand. One tap adds the equivalent to the cart instead.

  • Active ingredient (INN) recognized automatically when the product enters the catalogue
  • Alternatives shown with strength, dosage form, and real stock on hand
  • Add the alternative to the cart in a single tap
  • No extra record to fill in beyond your normal entry

The pharmacist decides, the software suggests

digabloPos never substitutes for you. It shows what is available and shares the same molecule, but the decision to dispense a generic, to honour a do-not-substitute note, or to advise the patient stays entirely yours. It is a selling and counselling aid, not autopilot. The pharmacist keeps responsibility for the act, as it should be.

It answers when the connection drops

An internet outage should not cut you off from the information right when you need it. Because the molecule is stored on the device alongside the rest of your catalogue, the equivalents lookup works offline, exactly like the sale and the receipt print. When the connection returns, everything syncs without you having to think about it.

Substitute without throwing off your stock or margin

A generic and a brand do not carry the same price or the same margin. When you swap the prescribed line for the equivalent you chose, it is that product that leaves stock and its price that applies. Your inventory stays accurate, your receipt shows what the patient actually bought, and your margin reports follow the real sale rather than a guess.

  • The product actually dispensed is deducted from stock, not the original
  • Generic price and margin applied at the right amount
  • Detailed receipt matching what left the shelf
  • Sales and margin reports aligned with the substitution

Use Cases

Pharmacy with irregular supply

Some lines arrive in waves and run out often. When a patient asks for a missing box, the pharmacist instantly sees which generics of the same molecule are on the shelf and offers an alternative instead of sending them away.

Night shift, one assistant

Alone at the counter at two in the morning, with no time to search the drawers, the assistant pulls up the available equivalent of the prescribed molecule in one tap and serves the patient without a mix-up.

The patient cannot afford the brand

The branded box is there, but its price is beyond the patient's budget. The pharmacist shows the generics of the same molecule, offers a cheaper one, and closes a sale that might never have happened.

Key benefits

Fewer patients leave empty-handed

A stockout no longer means a lost sale. You see the available alternative right away and offer it before the patient reaches the door.

Substitution stays your call

The software lists equivalents, you decide. Nothing is swapped automatically, and do-not-substitute notes and counselling keep their place.

Available during outages

The molecule lives on your device. The equivalents lookup answers with no internet, like the rest of your pharmacy.

The price of what actually sold

The chosen generic is the one that leaves stock and sets the price. Your inventory and margins stay exact.

Nothing to re-enter

The INN attaches to the product the moment it is recognized in the catalogue. Not one extra record to fill in.

Frequently asked questions

Free plan available

Stop Turning Patients Away for Lack of an Alternative

Install digabloPos for free and give your counter a view of the same-molecule equivalent the moment a medicine runs out. No commitment.

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