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Ask Your Pharmacist
Rx FAQ: What should I do if I forget to take my medication?
November 17, 2023
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Pharmacy 101
Acute or maintenance medications: What’s the difference?
August 25, 2022
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Ask Your Pharmacist
Surprising things your pharmacist can do for you
November 25, 2022

Recently Added

A pregnant woman discusses the safety of her medication with her doctor.
Health and Wellness
What medications are safe if I’m pregnant or planning to become pregnant?
December 21, 2022
All medications have the ability to cross the placenta. This means that anything you take while pregnant can potentially affect…
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Ask Your Pharmacist
Taking the time to check (and double-check) every single prescription
December 13, 2022
What could have been a quick prescription check led to a potentially life-saving call with the patient.
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Health and Wellness
Have a chronic health condition? It’s even more important to quit smoking.
December 06, 2022
Smoking can cause chronic health conditions and make existing ones worse. It can also interact with medications.
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Health and Wellness
Statins: They aren’t just for treating high cholesterol
November 18, 2022
There is growing evidence that statins can be beneficial for certain people even if their cholesterol levels are in the normal…
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Pharmacy 101
Medicine cabinet must-haves
November 14, 2022
What do you keep in your medicine cabinet? Here are some suggestions of what to keep on hand to help treat common illnesses and…
Christina Wilson-Smith, a registered pharmacist with Express Scripts® Pharmacy, smiles in her lab coat.
Ask Your Pharmacist
Helping patients take charge of their own health
October 25, 2022
When a patient called confused about her multiple medications and doses, registered pharmacist Christina Wilson-Smith talked…
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Pharmacy 101
The history of pharmacy
October 21, 2022
The origins of pharmacy can be traced back thousands of years. However, we’ll start our history a few hundred years prior to…
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Health and Wellness
Natural ways to manage stress and anxiety
October 08, 2022
Medication and therapy are two ways to treat high levels of anxiety or stress. However, there are a number of other options…
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Ask Your Pharmacist
Debunking 8 common birth control myths
October 04, 2022
From fear of putting on weight to infertility, here is the truth about some of the most common misconceptions about birth…
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Health and Wellness
Prediabetes is on the rise in adolescents: Here’s what parents can do to help
September 29, 2022
More kids and teens are being diagnosed with prediabetes than in the past. But there are things parents can do to delay or…
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Ask Your Pharmacist
Signs it’s time to switch your prescription birth control
September 21, 2022
Every woman’s body and life circumstances are different, and they can change over time. With that said, here are a few reasons…
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Health and Wellness
How “wearables” are changing pharmacy care for the better
September 13, 2022
Wearables aren’t just changing how people track their own healthcare data. They are also changing the way doctors and…
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