pharmacy

Get All Your Health and Beauty Needs Delivered to Your Door with HealthSnap.ca-Giveaway

November 23, 2015 by Kathryn 136 Comments

When I shop online, I have a little internal checklist of requirements that I go through. Some of my requirements are essentials in order for me to make a purchase. Others are just fringe benefits that make me more likely to be a return shopper. But when a store can fulfill almost every desire I have, it’s likely going to become a must-shop website for me.

Until recently, I didn’t have an online pharmacy that was a go-to for me. But that’s all changed since my first shopping experience on HealthSnap.ca! The company recently gave me a $50 credit to the website so that I could experience the shopping and ordering process firsthand, and I couldn’t wait to pick out some much needed items.

With temperatures that are likely now permanently below zero and a few bad bouts of flu in the house already, vitamins were at the top of my shopping list. My boys have a great stock of gummy vitamins on hand, but my significant other and I were almost out of multivitamins. I browsed the selection of vitamins at HealthSnap to see what I could find. [Read more…]

Help Your Family Feel Its Best for Back-to-School with Advice and Treatment from Your Shoppers Drug Mart Pharmacist

August 21, 2015 by Kathryn 45 Comments

One of the worst things about a minor ailment is often the hassle involved in getting treatment. Mild medical conditions like acne or seasonal allergies likely won’t cause any harm if left untreated, but they are incredibly frustrating at their worst and can certainly make comfortable day-to-day living much harder! Unfortunately, finding solutions often involves either weeks of waiting to see the family doctor or hours of waiting in a walk-in clinic, not to mention missing work or school in the process. No wonder it can be hard to decide whether the ailment or obtaining treatment is the bigger inconvenience!

Luckily for those in Saskatchewan and select other provinces, a doctor’s appointment isn’t the only way to get the treatment we need! A local Shoppers Drug Mart pharmacist is also able to evaluate minor ailments from cold sores to muscle pain and prescribe appropriate medications for the problem! And with back-to-school season just around the corner, I’ll soon be heading off to see my pharmacist and find the best solution for my family’s seasonal allergies. [Read more…]

Stop Relying on Doctor Google! Get Expert Advice and Treatment for Minor Ailments from Your Shoppers Drug Mart Pharmacist

May 27, 2015 by Kathryn 36 Comments

Despite the occasional cold or stuffy nose, my boys and I tend to be pretty healthy and I’m very happy about that. Considering the fact that the last time our family had to visit the emergency room, the wait was over six hours, it’s not an experience I enjoy. And most of the time, going to a walk-in medical clinic isn’t much better.

But of course, that doesn’t mean there aren’t still health concerns that I’d like to see a doctor about! It does mean that unless there’s a serious problem, trying to deal with it on my own is easier than braving the long waits at a doctor. And like so many others, that often used to mean that I’d turn to Doctor Google.

Cold sores were one of those medical issues that I wasn’t too concerned with seeing a doctor about. Instead, I kept a tube of Abreva in the bathroom, but often I wouldn’t realize I was about to have an outbreak in time and Abreva doesn’t do too much once the cold sore’s appeared. I tried almost every online remedy I could find to speed healing, from holding an ice cube on the sore to dabbing it with vanilla. Some helped slightly, but others seemed to make the sores even worse! [Read more…]

Staying Healthy this Winter is Easier with Rexall and AIR MILES

December 9, 2014 by Kathryn 218 Comments

Our small-town pharmacy is a Rexall store and I have to admit that before it joined the Rexall franchise, I hadn’t heard of the chain before. But it didn’t take me long to be won over by the great selection and low prices that Rexall offers. Now, Rexall is making a good thing even better thanks to a partnership with AIR MILES in Western Canada!

That’s right, now every time you shop at your nearest Rexall store, you can earn AIR MILES reward miles on your purchases that can be redeemed for vacations, merchandise or even AIR MILES cash at participating retailers! That means not only do you get AIR MILES reward miles for every purchase you make, you can redeem those miles for products at Rexall stores as well! [Read more…]

Be Ready for Cold and Flu Season by Joining in the #TargetPharmacyCA Twitter Party November 5 at 12pm EST-Giveaway

November 3, 2014 by Kathryn 3 Comments

About two weeks ago, the boys got one of the worst flus they’ve had in years. While the high fever only lasted about a day, Zackary and Benjamin both had hacking coughs for over a week. I noticed it most at night and sometimes Zackary would cough for a full thirty seconds straight. Just as they were recovering, I got the same illness and I can’t believe how sick it made me. At times I was gasping for breath because I was coughing so hard.

If I needed proof that flu season has arrived, this latest bout of sickness certainly provided that. And now that we’ve all pretty much recovered, I’m going to be doing everything I can to ensure that my boys stay healthy for the rest of the winter and, if a flu does strike, that we have the medications we need to minimize the symptoms. That’s why I love having a Target Pharmacy so close to me.

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