INTEGRATIVE PHARMACIST CONSULTING

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Personalized consultation with a fellowship trained pharmacist who will work with your medical provider to improve health and optimize wellbeing. In addition, we provide individualized vitamin and herbal supplement recommendations based on an integrative medicine approach.

Charlene Vernak, RPh FAAMM

PERSONALIZED CONSULTATION

Comprehensive medical review which includes analysis of prescription medications, supplements, medical conditions and labs. We work with your medical providers to help you achieve your personal wellness goals.

We tailer the consultation to the individual primarily focusing on a patient – pharmacist – prescriber triad of care.

Our pharmacist has specialized training in compounding pharmacy and natural and integrative medicine. The bulk of our experience is in autoimmune disease, allergies, pediatrics, pain management, metabolic syndrome, detoxification and GI restoration programs, preventive medicine and custom bioidentical hormone replacement.

On the traditional side, many of our patients simply prefer to spend time getting a better understanding of how to take their already prescribed medications and what side effects, nutrient depletions or drug interactions to look for. We are available to make requests or recommendations to your doctor as needed. This can be beneficial for large families, patients on multiple medications or for individuals who feel like their requests are being ignored.

Purchase Pharmaceutical Grade Vitamins

Create an account with our online dispensary Wellevate where there is a comprehensive selection of reputable, therapeutic grade vitamins and minerals, nutritional supplements and herbal naturopathic treatments which are only offered by licensed medical providers. They are gluten free, dairy free, dye free and do not contain additional fillers. Our consultations are vitamin specific and are customizable to the individual patients labs and to their current state of health. It’s a nice option for those who are looking for the standard multivitamin, fish oil and probiotics or for those who are looking for in depth management of a medical condition utilizing a functional or integrative approach.

Part of our consultation process is to evaluate your current vitamin and supplement regimen and to make suggestions to both the patient and the prescriber to maximize the benefit that the patient is receiving from the supplements that are selected. Many times we see people taking multiple supplements that aren’t dosed at therapeutic levels and might not be given appropriately for the specified condition. It is important to look for supplements that have clinical evidence for multiple conditions or goals that might have been listed and to evaluate their effectiveness with labs.

Another benefit of creating an account is the ability to have continued access to the recommendations from your consultation as well as a stored history of your previous purchases and favorites. We select pharmaceutical grade supplements in our consultations that come from reputable sources and most often FDA inspected facilities who validate processes through potency testing.

Essential Oils

Essential oils have been recognized as effective medical treatments throughout the world for centuries. Many have well documented healing properties. They are often used as primary or adjunct therapies in many medical specialties. Often they are selected based on the ability to use alternate routes of therapy such as topical, inhaled or sublingual. Many have anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, antiseptic and antiviral properties. They are also know to improve relaxation and calmness which makes them great options for sleep, anxiety, depression and pain management.

Appropriate selection and incorporation of essential oils into a therapeutic wellness program can help to balance the body and the immune system restoring homeostasis naturally.

We respect personal preferences to treat medical conditions with essential oils and pharmaceutical grade vitamins and supplements as a first line treatment regimen. We offer access to Young Living Oils for those who would like to pursue these avenues of treatments.

INCLUDED IN ALL CONSULTATIONS

Meeting with a pharmacist to determine your greatest needs or opportunities for drug or natural (herbal or vitamin) alternatives to replace or augment traditional medical treatments.
Drug Interaction Review Utilizing Clinical Pharmacology Software taking into account current medications and disease states.
Assessment of Nutrient Depletions based on current medications, intake form and labs that may have been included.
Recommendations for Vitamin Supplements, Compounded Medications, and Suggestions for therapeutic modifications of current medication regimens are sent to the collaborating medical provider for further review.
Assistance with dosing and follow up treatment recommendations for compounded bioidentical hormone replacement.
Assistance with dosage adjustments or medication changes with alternative treatments such as medical marijuana and other non traditional or off label treatments. We will work in conjunction with your primary care provider and specialist.

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