Services - "Brown Bag" Medicines Check

It is vital that each and every person young and old, take their prescription medications correctly. Our brown bag service will help you understand your medications and the most appropriate way of using them. It will involve you sitting down with one of our friendly pharmacists for 15 minutes and they will go through with you:

• What each of you medications is used for
• The best time and way to take them
• The best place to store them
• Certain over the counter medications to avoid while taking you prescription medications

They will also check that you are taking the correct medicines that your doctor has prescribed, check that all the medicines are within the expiry dates and that there are no interactions between the medicines.

Our Medicines Check-up is a good idea for all of us, but is especially important if:

• You don’t know how and when to take your medicines
• You’re not sure what your medicines do
• Your symptoms aren’t under control
• You have side effects
• You find it hard to remember when to take your medicines
• You find it difficult to take or swallow your medicines

It is important to understand that this does not take the place of a home medication review which is a much thorough check of your medications and involves collaboration with your doctor. For a home medication review refer to the home medicine review section of this web site.