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Plain-language guides from our pharmacists. Questions about your own medication? Call either pharmacy and ask.

Medication Tips

To get the most out of a treatment, it’s important to take it as prescribed. However, you may sometimes run into some problems or have some questions. In such cases, you can count…

Taking Medication Correctly

In order to get the desired benefits out of a treatment, it’s important to take medication correctly. Put your health first and follow our tips to ensure you get the most out of…

Medication Management

Managing medication properly begins at the pharmacy and continues at home. In this article, you will find out more about the services provided by your pharmacist to help you renew…

Medication & Elderly Parents

You visit your parents one day and open the medicine cabinet to find an array of medication bottles, including one without a label that’s full of pills of different shapes and…

Caregivers

If you are one of the numerous individuals who act as a caregiver, it’s important that you take good care of your own health as well. Your pharmacist can offer advice to help you…

Preventing Spread Of Germs

When a cold, the flu, a tummy bug, or head lice arrive uninvited into your home, there are measures you can take to reduce the risk of everyone in the family getting infected.…

Urinary Incontinence

Urinary incontinence is a relatively common problem that can have a significant impact on quality of life. Choosing an absorbent product that retains urine effectively can allow…

Head Lice

Lice are tiny insects. In fact, they are considered parasites because they feed on human blood, much like mosquitoes. Lice, which reproduce very quickly, live at the surface of…

Otitis Media

Otitis media is an infection of the middle ear that affects mostly children. It is probably the reason for the majority of doctor visits made by children, from 6 months to 6 years…

Bed Wetting

Nocturnal enuresis is characterized by involuntary and unconscious micturition (passage of urine) when sleeping at night. It affects girls over 5 years of age and boys over 6…

ADHD

ADHD is a neurobehavioral disorder meaning the problem affects brain function. It can be explained as an imbalance of chemicals in the brain that control, among other things,…