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
Introducing Our New Pre-Travel Consultation Service!
Planning a getaway takes more than just booking flights and accommodation. Our pharmacists can provide a pre-travel consultation that focuses on your health, medication management, travel vaccinations, and more.
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How US Policy Affects Canadian Drug Pricing and Supply
Are you concerned that US tariffs could increase the cost and decrease availability of drugs in Canada? Let’s look at why buying Canadian is only a small, short-term solution to what is actually a long-standing problem affecting Canadian drug supply and distribution.
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Saving Money on Medications for Pets
Do you have a dog with anxiety? A cat with asthma? Many prescription medications that are taken by humans can also be used for our pets. Find out what’s safe, what’s not, and more.
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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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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.