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Nutritional Supplement Spotlight: BioG-MicroTabs Offer A Convenient and Cost Effective Way to Take Your Vitamins –– College Pharmacy

February 3, 2013 LIVING WELL Magazine Comments Off

Nutritional Supplement Spotlight: BioG-MicroTabs Offer A Convenient and Cost Effective Way to Take Your Vitamins

By Jerry Gillick, RPh, College Pharmacy, Colorado Springs LIVING WELL Magazine

Every day customers come into the pharmacy with the same problem: their healthcare practitioner has suggested that they need to start taking a good multi-vitamin, along with a list of other supplements targeted to specific health and wellness goals…and, they do not know where to begin. We go through the list, talk about different options, and end up with multiple products on the counter. The choices, the dosing, the regimen can be confusing! […]

Acetaminophen: What You Should Know –– Preston Road Pharmacy

January 7, 2013 LIVING WELL Magazine Comments Off

Acetaminophen: What You Should Know
By Adam W. Cooper, Pharm D, Preston Road Pharmacy, North Dallas LIVING WELL Magazine

“Tylenol” and Its Aliases

Most everyone has, at some point, stocked a medicine cabinet with Tylenol. The name is as ubiquitous as Coke and used almost as generically. We might ask someone if they have any Tylenol, when ibuprofen or any other pain reliever may suffice. However, even a cursory review of the Tylenol product line shows that this product is anything but generic. […]

Thyroid and Other Hormones –– Texas Star Pharmacy

December 22, 2012 LIVING WELL Magazine Comments Off

Thyroid and Other Hormones
By Donna S. Barsky, D.Ph., R.Ph., Collin County LIVING WELL Magazine

Do you sometimes feel like you are having heart palpitations? How about unusual sweating, sleeplessness and fatigue? These mysterious symptoms sometimes may have something to do with your thyroid gland […]

How’s Your Medicare D Plan?

December 10, 2012 LIVING WELL Magazine Comments Off

How’s Your Medicare D Plan?
By Mark Johnson R.CPhT., Texoma LIVING WELL Magazine

The time is here if you are needing to change your Medicare Part D plan or if you are wanting to change your Medicare Advantage plan. You also have the opportunity during this time to switch from a Medicare Advantage plan and go to original Medicare. The open enrollment period is from October 7 through December 15. […]

Hormones & Aging: Hormone Replacement Therapy…For Women & Men!

August 20, 2012 LIVING WELL Magazine Comments Off

Hormones & Aging: Hormone Replacement Therapy…For Women & Men!
By Jerry Gillick, RPh, College Pharmacy, Colorado Springs LIVING WELL Magazine

Hormone deficiencies currently affect over 55 million women and men in the U.S. With the average American age on the rise, more research is being done on the effects of aging, hormone decline, and hormone replacement therapy (HRT). Commonly referred to as menopause (women) and andropause (men), the decline in hormone production that results in a hormone deficiency often causes unpleasant side-effects. HRT can address these symptoms and restore hormone balance. […]

Is Your Plan Still Good For You?

July 15, 2012 LIVING WELL Magazine Comments Off

Is Your Plan Still Good For You?
By Mark Johnson R.CPhT., Texoma LIVING WELL Magazine
Every year just like clock work open enrollment comes around. You are bombarded with letters, cards, and various assortments of “pick me” unsolicited solicitations. […]

What you need to know about shingles

June 29, 2012 LIVING WELL Magazine Comments Off

Shingles
What You Should Know
By Adam W. Cooper, Pharm D, North Dallas LIVING WELL Magazine
Herpes zoster, or shingles, is a heavy hitting diagnosis generally occurring in adults over the age of 50. The disease will affect approximately one million adults each year and carries a nearly 30% lifetime chance of disease contraction. As one ages, the chance of experiencing the disease increases so much that approximately 50% of those aged 85 and older will experience shingles. These facts create a significant health care concern for this population. […]

Personalized Medicine Meets Your Needs

June 20, 2012 LIVING WELL Magazine Comments Off

Personalized Medicine Meets Your Needs

By Scott Vallee, R.Ph., Northshore LIVING WELL Magazine

Do you have exactly the same needs and wants as everyone else you know? Of course not. Then why do you have to settle for “one size fits all” treatment for your health? Most drugs today are mass-produced, mass-marketed medications. While standard prescription drugs have their place, sometimes you may need something different. On those occasions, compounded medications may be the best alternative. […]

Treating patients suffering from pain

May 15, 2012 LIVING WELL Magazine Comments Off

Treating Patients Suffering from Pain
By Donna S. Barsky, D.Ph., R.Ph., TexasStar Pharmacy, Collin LIVING WELL Magazine

Pain is the number one reason any of us go to see the doctor. Shockingly, recent reports have found that drug related deaths fueled by an increase in prescription narcotic overdoses now outnumber traffic fatalities in the U.S. […]

Looking for a new pharmacy? Majoria Drugs can help – LIVING WELL Magazine

March 22, 2012 LIVING WELL Magazine Comments Off

Looking For A New Pharmacy?

By Vic Welker, Manager, Majoria Drugs, New Orleans LIVING WELL Magazine
Because of a change in your insurance plan, are you forced to look for a new pharmacy to get your medication? This recently occurred in Louisiana. Those with Blue Cross, Blue Shield of Louisiana were forced to look for prescription services elsewhere when a national drug chain decided to no longer accept Blue Cross, Blue Shield of Louisiana. At the beginning of 2012, many were forced to seek out new pharmacies. […]