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Medication Adherence and the Importance of Packaging

Lifewell Rx Pharmacy

To prevent this, patients must work with a pharmacy to store prescriptions correctly. For example, packaging plays a vital role in promoting medication adherence. As a reputable independent pharmacy in Louisville, Kentucky , LIFEWELL RX PHARMACY utilizes special packaging to help our patients adhere to their prescribed meds.

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The Benefits of Custom Packaging for Your Medications

Lifewell Rx Pharmacy

We know these challenges all too well as a community pharmacy in Kentucky at LIFEWELL RX PHARMACY so we have made sure to devise ways to help patients adhere to their medications. One of the main ways we do so is through our special packaging for medications in our independent pharmacy in Louisville, Kentucky.

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How to decode prescription labels for your patients

The Checkup by Singlecare

If you’ve worked in a community pharmacy, you’ve likely had the same frustrating conversations about prescription labels over and over. This little sticker is self-explanatory for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians but can confuse patients and caregivers. The expiration is usually one year from the fill date.

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What is a dosette box? How to get one?

Druggist

Dosette box is composed of small sealable compartments, which hold tablets removed from blister packaging (original pack). When a community pharmacy team prepares a dosette box, it is almost always this type of dosette box which is supplied to patients. These need to be kept in its original packaging.

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Why pharmacy technicians are important in education

The Checkup by Singlecare

The primary responsibilities of a pharmacy technician typically include preparing, packaging, and labeling pharmaceuticals, which are then carefully reviewed by the pharmacist for accuracy before being dispensed to the patient. Pharmacy technician roles are growing and evolving. Smith says.

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How AI can help pharmacists

The Checkup by Singlecare

According to Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy, AI can also be used to automate dispensing processes. Robotic dispensing systems help prepare prescriptions by packaging and labeling medications to improve efficiency. The bottom line AI technology has the potential to transform pharmacy practice.

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What is a Compounding Pharmacy?

BuzzRx

If your doctor’s office has given you a prescription with instructions to fill it at a compounding pharmacy, you might be wondering what exactly this means. There are 56,000 community pharmacies in the US. Only around 7,500 are compounding pharmacies, of which only 3,000 perform sterile compounding.