Your Priceline Pharmacist is so much more than a pharmacist. Sure, they'll dispense your prescriptions and offer information on all your medicines, but they offer a whole lot more besides that. Like blood pressure and blood glucose tests, home medicine reviews, personal lifestyle advice and assistance with doing your own medical testing at home. There are many reasons to visit your local Priceline Pharmacist. Maybe it's time you visited yours today.

• Dose administration aid
• Home medicines review
• Consumer Medicines Information
• Blood glucose testing
• Blood pressure testing

Dose administration aid

Your medicine manager

If you have several tablets to take at specific times each day it can be really confusing remembering what's what. That's where a Dose Administration Aid (DAA) would come in handy.

Simple in design, yet extremely effective, a DAA is a sealed pack which stores all your medicines for the week in correct compartments according to your prescribed dose.

At the beginning of each week, simply allocate your tablets into the correct compartments for each day / time you need to take them. Think of the DAA as your medicine manager which helps:

• prevent mix-up of tablets or accidentally taking the wrong ones
• reduce the chance of forgetting your tablet, taking it twice or taking it at the wrong time of the day
• you better understand how your medicines work
• if you travel regularly
• if you have trouble remembering which tablet to take when.

Need some assistance?

Ask your Priceline Pharmacist to help by organising your DAA for you. We're happy to help manage your medicines.

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Home medicines review

Making sure it's all working correctly

If you have any queries or concerns regarding your current medication, perhaps you'd benefit from a Home Medicines Review? Only performed via referral from your GP, a HMR is when your Priceline Pharmacist visits you at home to check that every aspect of your prescribed medicine schedule is running smoothly.

A HMR gives you ultimate peace of mind that you're managing your medicines properly. It helps you understand exactly what your medicines are for, how to take them correctly, how they interact with each other, how to prevent mix-ups and how to store them. Your Priceline Pharmacist will even take away any unused or out-of-date medicines for you.

Once your personal HMR has been completed, your Priceline Pharmacist will pass the report onto your doctor who will then create a health care action plan with you and adjust any medication problems accordingly.

An HMR is useful for people from all walks of life, especially if:

• you've recently been discharged from hospital
• your medicines have changed
• your medicines need constant monitoring
• you have ever experienced side effects from a particular drug
• you are taking different kinds of medicines
• you need instruction on how to use a specific health device
• you have a chronic disease
• you come from a non-English speaking background

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Consumer Medicines Information

All your questions answered Would you like to be better informed about the medicine you're taking? Pick up a free Consumer Medicine Information (CMI) leaflet from your Priceline Pharmacy. It's filled with extremely useful information on every aspect of your prescribed medication. If you're in doubt about any aspect of your prescription, please speak with your Priceline Pharmacist.

An CMI leaflet includes all the following information:

• name of the medicine
• what conditions the medicine is taken for
• how it works and how it should be taken
• what to expect from your medicine
• possible side effects

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Blood glucose testing

It's a simple test

Your Priceline Pharmacy offers blood glucose testing instore. Consisting of a simple 'prick' test administered by the pharmacist, this is not just a test for people with diabetes; it's a good idea for everyone to have their blood glucose tested from time to time, especially if you've been exhibiting any diabetes symptoms recently or just want peace of mind.

Depending on the result of your blood glucose test,your Priceline Pharmacist may:

• offer expert lifestyle advice (such as nutrition) which may assist in keeping your blood glucose levels down
• provide you with medication advice as sometimes this can affect your blood glucose levels
• refer you to a doctor If you have already been diagnosed with diabetes, your Priceline Pharmacist will demonstrate how to test your own blood glucose and which monitor (from the range available in store) best suits your needs.

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Blood pressure testing

Help your heart stay healthy

Regardless of whether your blood pressure is high, low or normal, it's sensible to have it checked regularly by a qualified professional. Your local Priceline Pharmacist offers blood pressure testing instore.

Depending on the result of your blood pressure test, your Priceline Pharmacist may:

• offer expert lifestyle advice to assist in controlling your blood pressure. This could take the form of diet & exercise plans, stress management strategies and treatments for quitting smoking
• provide you with medication advice as this can sometimes affect your blood pressure
• offer information about vitamins & supplements
• refer you to a doctor

If you have already been diagnosed with high or low blood pressure and would like to take responsibility for your own testing, your Priceline Pharmacist is only too happy to show you how to do this at home. We stock a range of blood pressure monitors in store.

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