Services
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Services
For a more extensive breakdown of our services or any questions feel free to contact us.
Blood Pressure Monitoring
Hypertension is the foremost risk factor for cardiovascular events globally and affects around a third of adults.
High blood pressure can affect people of all ages but does not always have symptoms. Untreated, high blood pressure may lead to conditions like heart disease or a stroke.
Monitoring your blood pressure for 24 hours can help work out if its consistently high. This would be particularly useful if you:
- Have family members with a history of high blood pressure.
- Suspect you have high or borderline high blood pressure.
- Experience variable blood pressure.
- Have conditions such as diabetes or high cholesterol.
- Already take medicines to reduce your blood pressure.
- Experience blood pressure that is hard to control.
- Want to check for Atrial Fibrillation (irregular heartbeat).
For convenience and proximity reasons, community pharmacies play an increasingly important role in hypertension screening and monitoring.
Our service involves fitting you with a device to wear, which includes a cuff around your arm that will measure your blood pressure for 24 hours.
| Blood Pressure Category | Systolic mm Hg (upper number) | Diastolic mm Hg (lower number) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | Less than 120 | and | Less than 80 |
| Elevated | 120-129 | and | Less than 80 |
| High Blood Pressure – Hypertension Stage 1 | 130-139 | or | 80-89 |
| High Blood Pressure – Hypertension Stage 2 | Higher than 140 | or | Higher than 90 |
| Hypertensive Crisis | Higher than 180 | and/or | Higher than 120 |
Cardiovascular Health Screening
Cardiovascular disease is the most common cause of death in Ireland, accounting for 36% of all deaths. Figures published by the HSE show that approximately 10,000 people die each year from cardiovascular disease - including coronary heart disease, stroke, and other circulatory diseases.
The heart is a muscle that pumps blood around your body. Oxygen-rich blood is pumped by the heart to the organs of your body through a network of arteries. The blood returns to your heart through veins before being pumped back to your lungs to pick up oxygen.
The heart gets its own supply of blood from a network of blood vessels on the surface of your heart, called coronary arteries.
Coronary heart disease is the term that describes what happens when your heart's blood supply is blocked or interrupted by a build-up of fatty substances in the coronary arteries. Narrowing of the arteries can restrict the blood flow to the heart muscle causing chest pains – angina. A complete blockage of the coronary artery can cause a heart attack.
Screening programs have been shown to detect high risk patients with early disease development and guide them toward controlling risk factors. As a result, cardiovascular disease morbidity and mortality can be reduced.
Screening helps to detect if you are high risk, and we can help with education, referral, and possible medication treatments.
Emergency Contraception
Emergency Hormonal Contraception (morning after pill) can be used to prevent unplanned pregnancy.
An unplanned pregnancy could occur due to mishaps with contraceptives, a missed pill, incorrect timing of patch or vaginal ring application.
Emergency contraception is not suitable as a regular method of contraception and it does not prevent pregnancy in every woman. It can be used by women of all ages to prevent unplanned pregnancy.
Emergency contraception is most effective if taken as soon as possible after unprotected sex.
However, if you are already pregnant, emergency contraceptive pills will not work.
Medical card holders can get emergency contraception directly from a pharmacy, free of charge, without having to go to their GP for a prescription.
Emergency contraception does not provide protection from sexually transmitted infections.
Our compassionate pharmacists provide access to emergency hormonal contraception (EHC) following a private consultation.
Flu Vaccination
Seasonal flu or influenza is an acute respiratory infection caused by flu viruses which circulate in all parts of the world.
Seasonal flu symptoms include a high temperature, a severe (usually dry) cough, headache, muscle pain, joint pain, sore throat, and a runny nose. A person with the flu will also feel extremely unwell.
Most people recover from the symptoms within a week or two without requiring medical attention. But flu can cause severe illness or death especially in people at high risk (see below).
Illnesses range from mild to severe and even death. Hospitalisation and death occur mainly among high risk groups.
The most effective way to prevent the flu is get vaccinated. An annual vaccination is recommended as immunity decreases over time. The flu vaccine can be administered as an injection or using an intra-nasal spray.
While everyone should consider getting a flu vaccine, it is especially important that the following groups get vaccinated:
- Persons aged 65 years and older.
- Persons with a chronic illness requiring regular follow up, e.g. chronic respiratory disease (including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cystic fibrosis, moderate or severe asthma and bronchopulmonary dysplasia), chronic heart disease (including acute coronary syndrome), chronic renal disease, diabetes mellitus, haemoglobinopathies, chronic liver disease, chronic neurological disease (including multiple sclerosis, hereditary and degenerative disorders of the central nervous system).
- Those who are immunosuppressed due to disease or treatment including those with missing or non-functioning spleens.
- All cancer patients.
- Patients with any condition that can compromise respiratory function, e.g. spinal cord injury, seizure disorder or other neuromuscular disorder.
- Persons with Down syndrome.
- Those with morbid obesity, i.e. body mass index over 40.
- All pregnant women (vaccine can be given at any stage of pregnancy).
- Healthcare workers.
- Household contacts of at-risk persons.
- Out-of-home care givers to at-risk persons.
- Residents of nursing homes and other long stay institutions.
- Carers.
- People with regular contact with pigs, poultry, or waterfowl.
Medication Usage Review
Our Medication Usage Review is a pre-booked consultation to discuss your medicines (prescribed and non-prescribed). The review helps increase your knowledge and understanding of your medicines, including how and why the medicines should be taken.
Our aim is to improve outcomes by helping you to better understand your health conditions and the medications used to manage them.
The review also provides an opportunity to highlight any issues, side effects or other medication-related problems and propose solutions if appropriate.
This review can be especially helpful for people who are older, have several chronic conditions, take multiple medications, have been using a specific medication over a longer period or are seen by multiple doctors.
Smoking Cessation
Every year in Ireland, nearly 6,000 people die because of smoking with many more suffering from smoking related diseases. The HSE estimates that 1,000 people are admitted to hospital every week with an illness caused by smoking.
In our pharmacy, we help smokers break nicotine addiction by recommending Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT). NRT comes in many different forms including patches and gums. It is important that the right option is chosen to suit individual needs.
Evidence has shown that if a smoker participates in a smoking cessation service that combines advice, support, and Nicotine Replacement Therapy that the smoker is 4 times more likely to quit compared to using willpower alone.
Vaccines and immunizations protect against disease. They also reduce the chance of spreading disease. Many vaccine-preventable diseases are contagious, like flu, pertussis (whooping cough), and meningitis.
Medication therapy management includes reviewing all the medications you’re taking, creating a single record of all them, counselling, and coordinating with prescribers.
Getting regular health checks and wellness screenings is key to maintaining wellbeing and detecting any potential issues early. Get in touch today to find out about the services we offer.
We can run a quick test to see if you have flu or strep. To learn more, contact us today.
Compounding is the creation of personalized medicine to fit the unique need of a patient. Trained pharmacists can personalize medicine for patients who need specific: strengths, dosage forms, flavors, or even ingredients excluded from medications due to allergies.
If you want to be able to pick up all of your medications in one stop at a time that suits you, talk to us about our medication Synchronization options.
Medication adherence is the extent to which you take medications correctly. If you have difficulty remembering to take medication on time, getting prescriptions filled or understanding the directions, talk to our helpful staff today.
We offer a variety of medical equipment and supplies. If you have a need for information on the products we supply, ask a staff member today
As a long-term care pharmacy (LTCP), we provide medications and consultant pharmacy services to long-term care facilities such as nursing homes. As a LTCP, we provide continuous access to a pharmacist as well as offer emergency delivery of medication. Our main focus is to ensure that patients have access to their medication therapies in a timely manner.
We offer support to manage your condition. Our staff can advise on diet, blood glucose monitoring and tips for healthy living. Talk to a member of staff to find out how we can help. :
We offer support to manage your condition. Our staff can advise on diet, blood glucose monitoring and tips for healthy living. Talk to a member of staff to find out how we can help.
If you take multiple medications and dosages, contact us to find out how to receive your medication in prescription dose packaging.
Vaccines and immunizations protect against disease. They also reduce the chance of spreading disease. Many vaccine-preventable diseases are contagious, like flu, pertussis (whooping cough), and meningitis. Talk to us today about the immunizations we offer.
Talk to us about Medicare plans. We can answer your questions and guide you towards the right plan for you.
We can package your pills into individual packets with multiple medications and dosages organised by time and date. If you take multiple medications, ask our staff about our pill packaging service.
Whether it be to discuss the management of a prescription, possible alternative medicines or chronic disease management. Feel free to get in touch about an appointment to discuss the available options and how we can help.
We proudly offer LEADER™ high-quality products which contain the same active ingredients as national brands, at a lower cost. LEADER™ has a wide selection of affordable, quality healthcare products: from cold medicine, to pain relief, to vitamins and more.
Vaccines and immunizations protect against disease. They also reduce the chance of spreading disease. Many vaccine-preventable diseases are contagious, like flu, pertussis (whooping cough), and meningitis.
Medication therapy management includes reviewing all the medications you’re taking, creating a single record of all them, counselling, and coordinating with prescribers.
Getting regular health checks and wellness screenings is key to maintaining wellbeing and detecting any potential issues early. Get in touch today to find out about the services we offer.
We can run a quick test to see if you have flu or strep. To learn more, contact us today.
Compounding is the creation of personalized medicine to fit the unique need of a patient. Trained pharmacists can personalize medicine for patients who need specific: strengths, dosage forms, flavors, or even ingredients excluded from medications due to allergies.
If you want to be able to pick up all of your medications in one stop at a time that suits you, talk to us about our medication Synchronization options.
Medication adherence is the extent to which you take medications correctly. If you have difficulty remembering to take medication on time, getting prescriptions filled or understanding the directions, talk to our helpful staff today.
We offer a variety of medical equipment and supplies. If you have a need for information on the products we supply, ask a staff member today
As a long-term care pharmacy (LTCP), we provide medications and consultant pharmacy services to long-term care facilities such as nursing homes. As a LTCP, we provide continuous access to a pharmacist as well as offer emergency delivery of medication. Our main focus is to ensure that patients have access to their medication therapies in a timely manner.
We offer support to manage your condition. Our staff can advise on diet, blood glucose monitoring and tips for healthy living. Talk to a member of staff to find out how we can help. :
We offer support to manage your condition. Our staff can advise on diet, blood glucose monitoring and tips for healthy living. Talk to a member of staff to find out how we can help.
If you take multiple medications and dosages, contact us to find out how to receive your medication in prescription dose packaging.
Vaccines and immunizations protect against disease. They also reduce the chance of spreading disease. Many vaccine-preventable diseases are contagious, like flu, pertussis (whooping cough), and meningitis. Talk to us today about the immunizations we offer.
Talk to us about Medicare plans. We can answer your questions and guide you towards the right plan for you.
We can package your pills into individual packets with multiple medications and dosages organised by time and date. If you take multiple medications, ask our staff about our pill packaging service.
Whether it be to discuss the management of a prescription, possible alternative medicines or chronic disease management. Feel free to get in touch about an appointment to discuss the available options and how we can help.
We proudly offer LEADER™ high-quality products which contain the same active ingredients as national brands, at a lower cost. LEADER™ has a wide selection of affordable, quality healthcare products: from cold medicine, to pain relief, to vitamins and more.
