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What Can My Pharmacist Help Me With?

Help from Your Local Duarte Pharmacist

Your community Duarte pharmacists at Pax Pharmacy are qualified healthcare professionals that can assist you with clinical advice and information on a wide range of medical care. There are many reasons you can skip an additional call or visit to your doctor and visit your local Duarte pharmacist instead to save you time and effort.

Call Pax Pharmacy today to learn about the services we provide in our Duarte pharmacy!

What Services do Pharmacies Provide?

Your Pax Pharmacists are highly skilled in offering information about prescription and over-the-counter medication, providing advice on treatment for minor illnesses and ailments, administering health screenings and immunizations, providing disease management and lifestyle advice, and even helping you save prescription costs. Read on to learn the details about what your Duarte pharmacist at Pax Pharmacy can do for you!

    Medication Advice and Prescriptions

    Your local Duarte pharmacist is well-equipped to provide you with any answers to any questions you may have about your prescription when you have them filled. Detailed medication counseling can also help patients better understand their prescription medications better, including how they interact with other prescription drugs, food and lifestyle changes, common side effects, and other concerns. Pharmacists are also able to alter or change a prescription medication that is not working for you.

    Additionally, they may even be able to offer prescriptions without an additional visit to your PCP. In California, prescriptions that pharmacists can provide include:

    • Hormonal contraceptives, including Plan B medications
    • Travel medications
    • Naloxone
    • Prep medications
    • Nicotine replacement therapy
    • Vaccinations

    Help with Lowering Prescription Costs

    In addition to administering and filling prescription medication, your pharmacist can assist you with lowering your prescription costs. At Pax Pharmacy, we want to help patients afford their medication. We help navigating insurance pathways, selecting generic brands, and educating you with patient prescription assistance programs. Coupons and discount cards such as government discount cards, Good Rx, or Web MD prescription discounts can also be used at Pax Pharmacy.

    Treatment Advice for Minor Illnesses and Ailments

    If you’re trying to manage flu and cold symptoms such as a runny nose, sinus congestion, coughing or other minor symptoms, your pharmacist can determine the best over-the-counter treatment for you, including side-effects and what to take or not take with additional medications. Additionally, if you need information about minor ailments such as aches, pains, and even minor sprains and injuries, we can direct you to various treatments such as compress bandages, mobility and medical devices, first aid materials, and pain management.

    Additionally, if you need information about minor ailments such as aches, pains, and even minor sprains and injuries, we can direct you to various treatments such as compress bandages, mobility and medical devices, first aid materials, and pain management.

    Health Screenings

    Regular health screenings are an important facet of preventative care. At Pax Pharmacy in Duarte, we are proud to offer various health screenings to help you avoid the inconvenience of scheduling an appointment or visiting a busy clinic. Screenings we offer include:

    • Blood pressure testing
    • Body mass index (BMI)
    • Bone density testing
    • Cholesterol levels
    • Glucose levels
    • Vision screenings

    Administer Immunizations and Vaccinations

    Did you know you can get vaccinated at Pax Pharmacy in Duarte? Pax Pharmacy’s pharmacists receive training to administer immunizations and vaccines properly and safely. Our pharmacy prioritizes immunizations by offering a safe, effective, and convenient way to stay up to date with annual vaccinations as well as state required immunizations for school and work.

    Disease Management and Support

    Diabetes management is much easier with the help from your community pharmacists in Duarte. At Pax Pharmacy, we can help you select specific blood sugar testing and monitoring tools, as well as learn how to administer and understand injectable medications. Additionally, patients that have been diagnosed with high blood pressure or cholesterol, can receive help with medications, including navigating medication interactions with antibiotic or over-the-counter medications.

    Additionally, patients that have been diagnosed with high blood pressure or cholesterol, can receive help with medications, including navigating medication interactions with antibiotic or over-the-counter medications.

    How Your Pax Pharmacist Can Help You in Duarte

    Your Duarte Pharmacists at Pax Pharmacy are happy to provide you with the help and assistance needed, in the convenience of your own community. From answering dosage questions and cost assistance for your prescriptions, helping you understand over the counter medications for minor illnesses as well as non-medication treatment for certain ailments, lifestyle management and much more! Your pharmacists at Pax Pharmacy in Duarte are here to help

    Fill your prescriptions, purchase over-the-counter drugs, and get the advice you can trust at Pax Pharmacy in Duarte. Call now!