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Speaker 1: Welcome to my show. I'm Rashon McDonald, a host of

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Speaker 1: let's get this podcast started. My next guest is doctor

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Speaker 1: Yolanda D. McElroy. She's a registered pharmacist in the state

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Speaker 1: of Louisiana. Been there many times. She's been there nearly

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Speaker 1: three decades of retail and hospital experience. In her children's books,

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Speaker 1: It's Not Candy, she incorporates a beautiful tapestry of music

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Speaker 1: and medicine that is fun yet conveys the important message

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Speaker 1: of medications. Please, welcome to the Money Making Conversation Masterclass

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Speaker 1: Doctor Ylanda D. McElroy.

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Speaker 2: Hi, thank you for having me.

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Speaker 1: Now, how did you get in the pharmaceutical field? What

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Speaker 1: attracted you there? In you know, pharmacy, Right.

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Speaker 2: Like a lot of kids in high school, you really

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Speaker 2: don't know what direction you want to go in. So

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Speaker 2: I started off in in chemistry. I went to Gramara

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Speaker 2: there in chemistry. I did some internships and I discovered

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Speaker 2: in our hometown, Monroe, there's a pharmacy school. So someone

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Speaker 2: suggested that I thought about it. I prayed about it,

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Speaker 2: of the best decisions that I made.

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Speaker 1: I didn't know that. So educate me a little bit.

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Speaker 1: So so, because I was tought you had to go

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Speaker 1: So you're telling me that it's a school specifically that

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Speaker 2: Well, now it's probably about six to seven years because

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Speaker 1: Do you know, you made it sounded like that was

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Speaker 1: Oh absolutely, But you know I'm telling you right now.

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Speaker 1: You made it sound like it was a couple of

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Speaker 1: When you said the word doctoral program, I went, okay,

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Speaker 1: now she's been there for a minute. Yes, that's what

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Speaker 2: That final test does matter.

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Speaker 1: It does matter, So congratulations on that now. Now one

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Speaker 2: Okay, Well, the mission of medi Managed is to just

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Speaker 2: help build a healthy community just by providing education on

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Speaker 2: the safe use of medications. So we want to prevent

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Speaker 1: Now when you say overall health outcomes, now, what did

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Speaker 2: A lot of parents disregarded. So there was a study

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Speaker 1: but some medicine might call for, you know, the little

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Speaker 2: Please stop doing that, because some medications have a delay reaction.

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Speaker 2: Ask questions. Try to learn your medications, learn the routine,

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Speaker 1: All I want is my medicine, But it looks like

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Speaker 1: Why is it they're knowing happy pharmacists?

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Speaker 2: I tell people, if you have set yourself a budget,

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Speaker 1: Now, doctor Yoyo, are you rapping in? Are you rapping

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Speaker 1: But I want to congratulate you because, like I said that,

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Speaker 1: It's needed and I want I'm happy I brought you

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Speaker 1: learn more about your incredible or book. It is not

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Speaker 2: Yes, you can go to doctor Yoyo dot org or

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Speaker 2: It's the most important thing because our children are important

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Speaker 1: Thank you, Doc Joyo for coming on Money Making Conversation, Massaclas,

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