Professional Services Available in the Pharmacy
Your Brunet-affiliated pharmacist will help you take charge of your health ... because your health is all that matters.
Our pharmacists offer a full range of professional treatments that can help you treat an illness, stay healthy, and reach your health objectives.
Personalized Advice
Your pharmacist can help you with a variety of health problems. Are you suffering from side effects from a medication? Do you want to know if an over-the-counter medication can relieve your symptoms? Do you think you should go to the hospital emergency room? Your Brunet-affiliated pharmacist is always available to listen and offer advice.
Transferring Your File
Are you moving? The Brunet-affiliated pharmacies will make your life simpler by making sure that your pharmacy file is transferred. You’ll have access to personalized services and exclusive programs to help you take charge of your health, such as your MaSanté personal file. Consult your new Brunet-affiliated pharmacist for any information you need.
Delivery Service
Do you have trouble getting around? Is your child too sick for you to leave her alone? No matter what the situation, your Brunet-affiliated pharmacist offers a medication delivery service. Consult your pharmacy to find out its delivery schedules.
MaSanté Tip Sheets
The MaSanté tip sheets answer your questions so that you can better take charge of your health. They are available in all Brunet-affiliated pharmacies. Ask for them the next time you visit your pharmacy.
MaSanté Kits
The MaSanté kits can help relieve the symptoms of an illness, or even prevent it, in any season. The kits include over-the-counter medications and tips that make it easier to take charge of your health. Consult your pharmacist if you have specific needs; he or she will help you put together a personalized kit.
Blood Pressure Testing
Your pharmacist can take your blood pressure and help you reach your health objectives. High blood pressure (also known as hypertension) is a silent disease. Over time, untreated high blood pressure can affect a number of organs without you being aware of it. But you can keep this from happening. Take charge of your health and have your blood pressure taken regularly. Record your data in your personal MaSanté file or ask for a MaSanté diary at the pharmacy. When you are well informed and have your blood pressure taken regularly, you will be equipped to take charge of your health.
Blood Sugar Testing
Your pharmacist can provide support with testing your blood-sugar level. Diabetes that goes untreated or is not well controlled can affect your health and reduce your quality of life. Your pharmacist can give you information on the disease, advise you on the purchase of a blood glucose monitor that meets your needs, and teach you how to use it. Record your data in your MaSanté personal file or ask for your MaSanté diary in the pharmacy. When you are well informed and your blood sugar is tested regularly, you will be equipped to take charge of your health.
Monitoring Your Anticoagulant Therapy
You can have your anticoagulant dosage adjusted in participating Brunet-affiliated pharmacies. When you begin your anticoagulant treatment, you will be meeting with your pharmacist frequently. Your blood must be analyzed often until your INR (a way to measure clotting ability) is at the perfect level. Once your condition is stabilized, you will meet with your pharmacist less often.
Then, as long as you are receiving this treatment, your pharmacist will regularly contact your physician to provide information on your condition, modifications made to the dosage, and how the treatment is going. Your physician and your pharmacist will work together to take care of you, because your health is all that matters.
Specialized Orthopedics Service
The Brunet-affiliated pharmacists are known for their specialized orthopedics advice and their broad selection of home-care and mobility-assistance items.
If you have a short-term need or would like to try a product before buying it, our rental service offers you high-quality, clean, well-maintained items. From crutches to an electric bed, you’ll find what you need in our range of rental products. For more information or if you have questions, consult your Brunet-affiliated pharmacist.
Specialized Breastfeeding Service
In addition to being able to purchase a breast pump in all Brunet-affiliated pharmacies, you can rent one on a short-term or long-term basis. Your pharmacist can answer all your questions and give you good advice so that you can make the most of your time with your baby.
Filling Your Pill Organizer
Is taking all your medications at the right time a problem for you? The Brunet-affiliated pharmacists offer you several ways to manage your medications. In every pharmacy, you can have your pill organizer (Dosette, Dispill, etc.) filled. Some pharmacies will also print for you a photograph of medications in the Dispill organizer. Contact your Brunet-affiliated pharmacist for further information.
Large-print Labels
Is your vision beginning to fail, or does the print on your labels seem to be getting smaller? Either way, you can ask your pharmacist to use large print on the labels. It’s yet another professional service offered by your Brunet-affiliated pharmacist, because your health is all that matters.
Monitoring Chronic Illness
Your Brunet-affiliated pharmacist can help you gain a better understanding of your condition and put together an action plan to help you reach your health objectives. With personalized advice from your pharmacist, as well as programs available in the pharmacy and on the Internet, you can take charge of your health and take full advantage of life, today and in the future.
Medication Review
To help you take control of your medications, your Brunet-affiliated pharmacist can review them with you. Your pharmacist can meet with you personally and show you how to draw the greatest possible benefits from your treatments while reducing side effects and any accompanying discomfort.
Your pharmacist will:
- Make sure that your medications are effective
- Identify side effects and help you manage or eliminate them
- Detect possible interactions between your prescription medications and over-the-counter medications or natural health products that you take
Consult your pharmacist for further information.
Recovery of Expired Drugs and Used Needles
All Brunet-affiliated pharmacies will collect your expired drugs to make sure that they are destroyed in a way that is safe and respects the environment.
If you use syringes or needles to inject your medications, your pharmacist can give you a container specifically for used injection items. Your pharmacist will then dispose of them safely.
Recyclable, Ecological Pill Bottles
Your health is all that matters! With a view to our planet’s health, Brunet-affiliated pharmacies offer pill bottles, made of 100% recyclable plastic, that have less impact on the environment. For further information, ask your pharmacist.
Pregnancy Tests
Do you think you’re pregnant? Are you wondering about the results of a home pregnancy test? The Brunet-affiliated pharmacists offer you in-pharmacy pregnancy tests for fast, reliable results. Your pharmacist may also counsel you based on the result and your expectations.
Emergency Oral Contraception
All Brunet-affiliated pharmacies enable women to obtain emergency oral contraception (EOC) directly from the pharmacy after consulting the pharmacist. The cost of the consultation is reimbursed by the Régie de l'assurance maladie du Québec (RAMQ), and the medication is covered by private and public insurance. If you have questions or want personalized advice, consult your Brunet-affiliated pharmacist.
Flu Vaccination
Why cure when you can prevent! Participating Brunet-affiliated pharmacies can quickly provide flu vaccination at a time that suits you. For further information, consult participating pharmacies.
Blood Tests
To help you with monitoring and detecting numerous diseases and other health problems, and to see if a medication dosage should be adjusted, participating pharmacies offer blood testing. A nurse will take your blood and send the results to your physician.
Participating pharmacies can perform the following blood tests :
- Complete blood count (CBC)
- Measuring lipid levels
- Measuring thyroid hormone levels
If you have questions about blood tests or medical tests requiring a blood sample, you can get more information from Brunet-affiliated pharmacies offering these services.
Rapid Strep Test
The Brunet-affiliated pharmacies offer rapid strep tests, which verify whether you have been infected with the streptococcus bacterium. The result helps determine whether you need antibiotics, because your health is all that matters. For full information on the rapid strep test and use of antibiotics, consult your pharmacist.
