Hard to believe as it is, but it’s our 30 year anniversary. The doors of Stafford Pharmacy opened on a Monday morning July 15, 1985. A sprawling 980 sq. ft. space in the Stafford Plaza, at the corner of Stafford Drive and Saint Edward Boulevard North. We squeezed in between a pizza place and a […]
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The March issue of our newsletter, The Mortar & Pestle is available on our site, as well as previous issues. This month’s issue discusses Travel Medicine, new supplements from SISU and in recognition that March is Pharmacist Awareness Month across Canada, a focus on Pharmacist’s professional services. Pharmacists across Canada are quickly moving away from
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The term “Snake Oil Salesman” for most people brings to mind notions of a “charlatan”, the “huckster” who years gone by was noted for his peddling of worthless nostrums and quack remedies that made all manner of health claims. The salesman’s character was that of a fast talker who with a certain twisted charm and
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Homeopathy is a safe and effective treatment option for many, many minor health issues as well as for the treatment of more serious, complex disease when it is used by a knowledgable homeopathic practitioner. It’s true that a neat explanation for the mechanism of action seems to escape discovery by traditional scientific methods, but that does not mean it is not safe and certainly does not mean that we should not continue to use homeopathic remedies which have a proven track record, that is actually longer than traditional allopathic medicines.
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Think of us now as therapeutic problem solvers! We view our patient holistically and not just with a focus on the drug or even just on the drug therapy. Pharmacists have to consider the patient’s medical history; their current health status; previous drug therapy responses as well as drug adverse reactions and true allergies.
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Pharmacy has come a long way over the ages. The first practitioner of the art and science of pharmacy is considered to be the alchemist, physician, astrologer by the name of Paracelsus. This 16th Century practitioner, who received some of his early training as a result of work he did, as he traveled to several different mines
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