pharmacy

A Healthy Interaction: Get to Know your Pharmacist

Published by on May 21, 2013 | Leave a response
A Healthy Interaction: Get to Know your Pharmacist

I take great pride in telling others that I work for the Illinois Poison Center.  Our call center team is always available to answer questions or resolve concerns about potential drug interactions.  But there is another team of qualified individuals- your local pharmacists- who are able to help prevent medication errors.

To Flush or Not to Flush: How to Properly Dispose of Your Medications

Published by on April 24, 2012 | Leave a response
To Flush or Not to Flush: How to Properly Dispose of Your Medications

Is your medicine cabinet starting to look like a pharmacy?  Do you really need that bottle of ibuprofen that expired in the 1990s?  It’s probably time you cleaned out your medicine cabinet.  Stockpiling old or unused medications can lead to medication errors, unintentional ingestion by kids or pets and for some prescription drugs—abuse. So what … more