Your Health, Our Priority
At The Medicine Shoppe Pharmacy in Courtenay, we offer a smaller, more welcoming pharmacy experience, where each patient gets personalized care. We enjoy being a trusted and knowledgeable part of your health care team. We provide education and services that can help you to achieve your health goals. This includes additional services, such as minor ailments assessments, diabetes education, fittings for compression stockings, urology and ostomy products, and more. For your convenience, we also offer online and mobile app prescription refills, virtual counselling, and free delivery in Courtenay and Comox.
Please take the time to browse our website. Find out more about our pharmacy on the “Prescriptions” and “Services” pages, and learn about pharmacy-related health topics on the “Your Health” page. To stay up-to-date on everything happening in the pharmacy, be sure to sign up for our monthly e-newsletter.
Recent News
Tips to Make Prescription Costs More Affordable
At this time of year, when PharmaCare and private insurance deductibles are reset, it can be difficult to budget for prescription expenses. We’ve got four tips to help reduce the cost of medications and spread out the expense more evenly through the year.
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Preventing Slips, Trips & Falls
November is Fall Prevention Month. For seniors, injuries related to falls cause 20 times as many hospitalizations as injuries from car accidents. What can you do to prevent falls? How can your pharmacist help?
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Does Overusing a Rescue Inhaler Cause Health Problems?
When asthma is well-controlled, it’s possible to be symptom-free. However, many people become over-reliant on rescue inhalers for quick relief — and that’s a problem. Find out how overuse can lead to health problems and how to prevent them.
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More Clinical Tools for Our Toolbox
Are you ready for additional pharmacist services? Pharmacists will soon be more involved in direct patient care through ordering of lab tests and expanded prescription adaptations.
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This Year’s Flu & COVID-19 Shots
It’s almost time to start the fall campaign for flu and COVID-19 vaccinations. Are you ready? Here’s a quick recap of how to book your appointments and which vaccines will be available.
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Limitations to Pharmacist Services
Pharmacists can prescribe for specific conditions, but there are many limitations. They can administer vaccines and some injectable drugs, but not others. They may renew some prescriptions, or provide only a small emergency fill, but why? It can be confusing! Find out more.
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Sprains vs. Strains: What’s the Difference
Have you ever twisted your ankle or pulled a muscle? One is sprain, one is a strain. What’s the difference? Let’s look closer and learn more about treatment and prevention.
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Men’s Mental Health Matters
Have you ever considered seeking treatment for mental health but are unsure of what to expect after seeing a doctor? This article discusses some common treatments and lists resources available in the Comox Valley.
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Training Site for Future Pharmacists
Each year, more than 200 students graduate from the UBC Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences and become licensed pharmacists. We have been active clinical instructors with UBC Pharm Sci since 2013 and find that the experience is as vital for us as it is for the students. We love being able to guide students in applying their classroom learning to real-world clinical practice. Our students assist with medication therapy management, counsel about medications, provide injections, and offer programs that benefit our patients. We also benefit from their up-to-date clinical and research skills. Please introduce yourselves to our students, join us in welcoming them to our pharmacy, and ask them questions related to your health care. They have a lot of knowledge to share.