The Importance of Checking Expiration Dates and Proper Disposal for Medication Safety
The mentioned expiration dates on prescription packages are very important for maintaining your safety and wellbeing. These dates may change based on the specific medication and how it is stored. Naturally, when dealing with mild illnesses...
The Potential Risks of Neglecting Prescription Refills
The Importance of Prescription Refills Prescription Refills simply mean that when you run out of your medication or need a refill on your prescription, you can conveniently obtain a new supply or dose from the pharmacy or medical suppliers...
Safe Traveling with Chronic Condition and Medication Management
The world is a vast and captivating place, ready to be explored. But what about those who face the daily challenges of a chronic condition? Traveling with a chronic condition requires careful attention and preparation to ensure a safe and...
Prescription Refills Made Easy!
What is a Prescription Refill? A prescription refill is required when your prescription runs out, you can get a new supply of medication from the pharmacy or medical suppliers without having to ask your doctor or prescriber for a new...
Spot Early Signs of Cancer
The effects of Cancer are common, affecting people of different ages, genders, and backgrounds all across the world. Beyond the people who are directly impacted, this dangerous disease imposes a heavy load on their loved ones who support them...
How Does Fasting Affect Blood Work
Things To Know About Fasting What is Fasting? Fasting simply means abstaining from eating or drinking for a set amount of time. The length of time a person should fast may depend on the certain blood test that is required by the doctor or...
What to Include In a Travel First Aid Kit?
What to Include In a Travel First Aid Kit? A travel first aid kit is an essential collection of medical materials and accessories to treat common injuries or diseases that can be caused during a journey. Traveling can expose people to various...
Transfer Your Prescriptions With Ease
Transfer Your Prescriptions With Ease It can be tiring to transfer your prescriptions to a new pharmacy, but it doesn’t have to be. Prescription transfers are a common process in pharmacy and medicine that involves transferring a patient’s...
Flue Shot Immunity – Is a second dose needed
Flue Shot Immunity - Is a second dose needed Flu shots, commonly referred to as influenza vaccines are a form of vaccine that aids in protecting against the flu. The influenza virus may cause respiratory illnesses and sometimes can be fatal and...
How Long Do Travel Vaccines Last?
When you're planning to travel overseas, getting vaccinated is crucial. Travel vaccinations are an essential part of ensuring you stay healthy and safe while traveling to different parts of the world. They not only protect you from a range of...
SAY “NO!” TO TOBACCO
One of the best things you can ever do to benefit your health is to quit smoking. Saying “NO!” to tobacco becomes easier when you get the right advice and support. Even if you’ve tried many times before, it’s never too late to achieve your goal of...
Travel Vaccinations Made Convenient at Pharmedic Pharmacy
Traveling can be an exciting adventure, but it’s important to remember that different parts of the world have different diseases that can put your health at risk. That’s why getting vaccinated before you go is an essential part of your pre-travel...
Side effects of senior flu shot
The flu shot is the most effective way to protect against seasonal flu. This is why, each year, millions of people get the influenza vaccine. The senior flu shot is a vaccine designed specifically for adults 65 and up to protect them from the flu...
Importance of A Medication Review
Have you ever felt scared when you receive medications and you’re not sure what medicines you’re taking or how they can affect your body? Or perhaps you're getting tired of remembering to take your pills from dawn to night? Well,...
How to Overcome Insomnia
What is Insomnia? Insomnia is not always easy to identify in an individual, especially overcoming it is not an easy thing as well. Usually, people define insomnia as a disorder where you can’t sleep and if it frequently occurs then it is known as...
Uses and Dosage of Tylenol for Kids
What is Tylenol? Acetaminophen, also known by the brand name Tylenol, is a popular pain and fever reliever in children.Tylenol is used to treat fevers and minor pain caused by colds or flu, headaches, muscle aches, arthritis, menstrual cramps, and...
Understanding Meningitis: Types and Causes
What is Meningitis and How Does a Person Get it? There are different reasons why meningitis can happen in a person. It can be either an injury, certain types of drugs or even cancer can be the reason behind it. Meningitis is where there is a...
Recognize Monkeypox By Its Symptoms
What Is Monkeypox? The monkeypox virus causes an infectious disease that causes a rash and flu-like symptoms. Monkeypox is currently spreading throughout the world and within the United States, primarily through close contact with an infected...
Manage Your Asthma During Flu Season!
What Seasons Trigger Asthma? Everyone is affected differently by seasonal Asthma. Some people discover that the chilly winter air makes their airways constrict, which results in coughing, wheezing, a tight chest, and shortness of breath. ...
Influenza Causes and Treatment
The influenza is a viral infection that affects your respiratory system, including your nose, throat, and lungs. The flu is a common term for influenza, however it is not the same as stomach "flu" viruses that cause diarrhea and vomiting. ...
How To Lower Cholesterol?
How to Reduce My Cholesterol? Try to eat less fatty food: especially food that includes saturated fat if you want to lower your cholesterol. Unsaturated fat is a more beneficial type of fat that is nevertheless present in some meals. To determine...
Can you fly without being vaccinated?
What vaccines do I need for traveling? Ensure that you have had all of your recommended vaccinations. While many diseases that can be prevented through routine immunization are not common in Canada, they are in other nations. Your healthcare...
What vaccines do I need to travel?
How do travel vaccines work? Vaccines vary from conventional prescription medications in two key respects. The first is that rather than treating disease, they are made to prevent it. They achieve this by training the immune system of the patient...
Can a pharmacist prescribe antibiotics?
Can pharmacists help with infections? They can provide over-the-counter medications and clinical advice as competent healthcare experts for a variety of minor diseases, including coughs, colds, sore throats, stomachaches, and aches and pains. All...
Care that Goes Beyond Just Prescriptions – Prescribing Pharmacists
We strongly believe that pharmacists should have the authority to prescribe independently. The modern provision of medical care is complex. The decision on what to prescribe and who to prescribe it is solely the decision of the pharmacist....
Why is it Important to Get Your Flu Shot?
Why is it Important to Get Your Flu Shot? Flu Shots and it’s Importance The idea of getting a flu shot is to reduce the risk of getting seriously ill from influenza or the flu. It is a safe and effective way, helps protect people as well. The flu...
Prescribing pharmacist-Why is it so important?
Prescribing pharmacist-Why is it so important? Can a pharmacist prescribe antibiotics? Pharmacists also can prescribe antibiotics. Antibiotics are no longer available without a prescription. As many people believe, not only doctors but also...
What is Medication Management???
“Some best medication management practices that we offer…..” We just want you to know that we want the best for you, ensuring that you have medications prescribed for a patient to ensure they are taken properly and achieving their planned,...
Flu Shots: Children, Adults and over 65 Years
Are Flu Shots Recommended for Everyone? Most adults and children can have the flu shot but people who have had a severe allergic reaction in the past and people who are ill with a high fever should avoid getting it. Getting the flu shot will...
PCR Test or Antigen Test. Which one to get?
Covid-19 continues to course through our country with new variants, requiring our knowledge of the virus to evolve with it. This includes not only understanding the vaccines but also understanding the types of tests available to us. The two...
What is stress
Stress is a reaction of our body to changing situations. A state of tension is created when we respond to situations or pressures that we have nocontrol over. Originally, stress manifested itself in our bodies as a response to physical danger. All...
What is diabetes?
Diabetes is a condition where your body either does not produce enough insulin, or cannot properly use the insulin it produces. Insulin is a hormone produced by the pancreas. Your body uses insulin to properly convertthe sugars and starches in the...
Who gets headaches?
About 90 percent of men and 95 percent of women experience at least one headache a year. However, some people have headaches that occur often and can greatly affect their quality of life. If you suffer from headaches, it is important to be able to...
Cholesterol
Cholesterol is a soft waxy substance (or lipid) that is found in all your body cells and in the bloodstream. Your body needs cholesterol because it is used to build cell membranes, help produce vitamin D and produce certain hormones. The...
Why discuss colds and flu together?
Why discuss colds and flu together?The common cold and the flu are very similar. They are both viruses and they cannot be treated with antibiotics which only work against bacteria . Both attack the nose, nasal sinuses, throat and upper breathing...
Asthma
What is asthma? Asthma is a chronic lung condition that causes a person's airways to become inflamed and extra sensitive. During an attack, the airways narrow, obstructing the flow of air and making it difficult to breath . Airways narrow due to...
Allergies
What is an allergy? An allergy is an overreaction of your body's immune system to something that is harmless to most people. Normally, your immune system acts in defense against a foreign substance like a virus or bacteria. It will try to destroy...
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