Easy access to healthcare services

Pharmacy follow-up can be offered to patients requiring anticoagulant therapy follow-up, as well as for the following conditions:

• Diabetes
• Hypertension
• Chronic pain
• Anticoagulant therapy
• Hypothyroidism
• Asthma and COPD
• Dyslipidemia
• Migraines

Here are the services your pharmacist can offer you as part of your treatment:

• Prescribe a blood test
• Measure blood pressure
• Monitor pain and ajust treatment
• Adjust warfarin (coumadin) according to INR result
• Support patients in drug withdrawal
• Teach injection techniques and the use of inhalation devices

• Vaccination against certain diseases, such as hepatitis and cholera. Ask your pharmacist for details (some fees may apply, depending on the vaccine).
• Prescription of medication to:
  • Treat manifestations of traveller’s diarrhea,
  • Treat diarrhea,
  • Prevent of malaria and altitude sickness for travellers.

• Contact dermatitis
• Mild acne
• Atopic dermatitis (Eczema)
• Fungal skin infection
• Diaper rash (for babies)

• Emergency oral contraception
• Hormonal contraception
• Prevention of nausea and vomiting during pregnancy
• Folic acid and vitamin supplements before and during pregnancy
• Menstrual pain (if you’ve received a similar prescription in the last five (5) years)
• Recent urinary tract infection in women (if you’ve received a similar prescription in the last five (5) years), when this health problem has been treated at most once in the last 6 months and at most twice in the last 12 months)
• Yeast infections (if you’ve received a similar prescription in the last five (5) years)

Your pharmacist can prescribe a medication if you’ve received a similar prescription in the last two (2) to five (5) years (depending on the condition) for these health conditions:

• Minor acne
• Mouth ulcers
• Allergic conjunctivitis
• Menstrual pain
• Eczema
• Diaper rash
• Hemorrhoids
• Cold sores
• Recent urinary tract infections for women
• Allergic rhinitis
• Yeast infections
• Fungal skin infection
• Oral Thrush
• Clear oral thrush from the use of corticosteroid inhalers
• Drug therapy to treat shingles

Your pharmacist can also prescribe medication for the following conditions that do not require a doctor consultation:

• Shingles
• COVID-19 in at-risk patients (with a positive test)
• Treatment of influenza for at-risk patients
• Pediculosis (head lice)
• Emergency oral contraception
• Hormonal contraception
• Prevention of nausea and vomiting
• Folic acid and vitamin supplements before and during pregnancy
• Treatment of diarrhea and prevention of malaria and altitude sickness for travellers
• Smoking cessation aids
• Antibiotic prophylaxis for valve patients and cytopraeotective prophylaxis for at-risk patients
• Treatment for gastroesophageal reflux and dyspepsia
• Vaccination
• Emergency requiring the administration of salbutamol
• Antiviral prevention for people at risk of developing influenza-related complications
• Post accidental exposure to HIV prophylaxis (PEP)
• Antibiotic prevention for people exposed to a tick bite (Lyme disease)
• Over-the-counter medication, including supplies and equipment when indicated for the proper use of medication
• Treatment of contact dermatitis

How does your pharmacist proceed in such circumstances?

• Your pharmacist assesses the situation.
• He decides whether to extend your prescription.
• He writes the prescription and informs your doctor.
• He enters the reasons for his decision in your file.

This way you can avoid having your treatment interrupted!

What does your pharmacist do in an emergency?

• Your pharmacist assesses your situation.
• He ascertains your physical and mental health to ensure an appropriate use of your medication.
• He decides whether to administer the medication.
• He enters the reasons for his decision in your file.
• If your pharmacist decides to administer the medication (i.e. through inhalation, subcutaneous/intramuscular injection), he:
  • prepares and administers the prescribed dose while explaining the procedure;
  • monitors your reactions to the medication until you leave (or until the arrival of the emergency services, if necessary).

How does your pharmacist demonstrate drug administration?

At your request or when the pharmacist deems it appropriate:

• He or she enters the information justifying the decision in your file;
• He prepares the prescribed dose to demonstrate its appropriate use (e.g.: subcutaneous, intramuscular or inhalation injection);
• With your consent, he administers the drug, explaining the procedure to be followed;
• Monitor your reactions to the drug.

Management services for patients in palliative care are offered to end-of-life patients treated at home, in a seniors’ residence, at a caregiver’s home or in a palliative care hospice, for medication included in the List of Medications, namely the list of medication covered by the Régie de l’assurance maladie du Québec (RAMQ).

Your pharmacist will carefully assess your file to make sure that you have access to your medication when you leave the hospital. This important step will ensure an easier return home, and that you receive the best treatments, suited to your situation.