Special Meds For Special Pets

VETERINARY HEALTH 

We at Professional Village Pharmacy can help meet the unique needs of animals using the same expertise that has served their human companions well for 50 years.  For animals large and small, domestic and exotic, Professional Village Pharmacy can assist your veterinarian in developing a compounded medication to meet your animal's special needs.  Veterinary compounding can provide treatments that are not commercially available as well as offer more effective methods of administration for animals of all sizes and temperaments.  As anyone with pets can attest the, "one size fits all" mentality does not work with so many different breeds and sizes.

At Professional Village Pharmacy we can:

• Change dosages, strengths and flavors
• Compound formulations to your Veterinarian's specifications
• Eliminate preservatives
• Compound drugs that were voluntarily pulled from the market by  the manufacturer

Mens Health/Andropause

MENS HEALTH / HORMONE REPLACEMENT

What is andropause or male menopause?

Andropause is a medical phenomenon, similar to the female menopause that can affect men between the ages of 40 and 55.  Unlike women, men do not have a clear-cut signpost such as the cessation of menstruation to mark this transition.  Both, however, are distinguished by a drop in hormone levels.  Estrogen in the female, testosterone in the male.

What are some signs of the symptoms of andropause?

• Fatigue
• Lack of sex drive
• Depression
• Aches and pains
• Decreased strength and endurance
• Erectile dysfunction (ED)
• Hot flashes
• Osteoporosis
• Obesity
• Muscle loss

What can I do?

Regular exercise and a good diet are essential as well as a good form of stress reduction.  If these are not enough then Hormone Replacement Therapy might be an option.  Hormone Replacement Therapy may help reverse some of the negative effects of low testosterone.  Bio-Identical testosterone is the same molecular structure and might produce the same effects as the free form of testosterone produced by the testes.

Ostomy & Wound Care Supplies

Medical Supplies

Professional Village Pharmacy / Medical Supplies has been meeting the unique physical and lifestyle needs of our customers since 1959.  Our highly trained and attentive staff is well aware that having a choice in products can make life much easier.  Co-Owner Peggiann Donat-Rael R.N., B.S.N., Wound Ostomy Continence Nurse, is available for consults and can help customers make the right choices when determining which product is correct for your lifestyle.  Professional Village Pharmacy / Medical Supplies will assist you with payment processing, and we will work with you to determine the correct product.

                           

Womens Health/Hormone Replacement

WOMENS HEALTH / HORMONE REPLACEMENT

What is menopause?

Women typically associate menopause with night sweats, hot flashes, and the end of menstruation.  According to the North American Menopause Society, most women in the industrialized world experience natural menopause at about age fifty-one, but it can occur in the thirties and more rarely as late as in the late fifties.  From the medical standpoint, menopause is said to become "official" when a women goes without a menstrual period for twelve straight months.

How do I know if I am in menopause

1. Subjective signs of menopause:

• Hot flashes
• Night sweats
• Mood change
• Depression
• Minor anxiety
• Mental fogginess
• Forgetfulness
• Difficulty falling asleep
• Temperature swings
• Day-long fatigue
• Reduced stamina
• Dry eyes, skin, and vagina
• Loss of skin radiance
• Weight gain
• Increased back and joint pain
• Headaches and migraines

2. Laboratory tests to confirm deficiency.

3. Pelvic unltrasound.

What can I do?

Hormone replacement is not always the answer.  Many women do well with lifestyle changes including exercise, diet, and stress reduction.  However, after consulting with their physician, many women feel that hormone replacement is the solution that is best for them.  Bio-Identical hormone replacement utilized hormones that are Bio-Identical to what your body produces.  Working side-by-side with the patient and the physician, Professional Village Pharmacy can create an individualized dosage made specifically to meet your needs.

How can I find a practitioner tht will prescribe Bio-Identical hormones?

Please contact us at Professional Village Pharmacy.

Professional Village Pharmacy ...A Compounding Pharmacy

 I still find it amazing when a patient tells me "I never knew you guys were here".  We have been at 1701 Professional Dr. for 50 years.  We have been a compounding pharmacy since 1959 and are very proud to be such an important part of the medical community.  Please let us know if we can be of any help to you or someone you know in the future.  VISIT US ONLINE @ www.professionalvillagerx.com  Thanks...John

Swine Flu

Carson is out of the hospital and doing better.  He is starting to act like a 13 year old again so I guess that is a good thing.?.  Melissa and I seem to be fighting it off at this point so I am hoping for the best.  Thanks to everyone for all the positive thoughts and help.

Swine Flu Day2

Carson is currently being admitted to the hospital with swine flu. He has been throwing up and having diarrhea all day.  Severe headache,stomach ache and body aches.  He is getting dehydrated and has started coughing.  Everybody think good thoughts.

Swine Flu

Well it is official.  My family and I have been hit with the 21st century plague.  My son has come down with swine flu and we are running around frantic.

It all started on Wednesday when he came home and complained of a sore throat.  I just assumed it was an excuse to get out of seeing if he made the science olympiad team at school.  Next morning he wakes up and says he doesn't feel good so we take his temp and it's only 99.6.  We let him stay home because he is a good student and all.  Temp stays stable all day and he wants to get out of his room.  He is fine I tell myself and settle down for an evenings rest.

Wake up this morning to find him complaining of a sore throat and nausea.  We take his temp and it's 104 and we are freaked, two worriers don't make for a good pairing during times of childhood illness.  Call his pediatrician and they have us bring him in right away.  We show up and are whisked through the waiting room and taken straight into an exam room.  As we pass through the waiting room we are met with horrific looks from a pregnant woman and her son obviously there for some sort of well child visit.  Docotr tells us it is H1N1 and writes prescriptions for Tamiflu and Zofran for nausea.  We get the prescriptions filled and we give him the Tamiflu and he keeps it down for about 40 minutes and then throws it up.  My wife asks me, the pharmacist, if we should give him another dose. I don't know Tamiflu well enough to know that off the top of my head so as my wise father told me more than once "A wise person doesn't have to know everything he just needs to know where to find it", so I look through the package insert and find nothing.  Now remember that this is a drug known to cause this reaction as a side effect.

I decide to go to the source and I call the manufacturer, Roche Laboratories.  I get someone on the phone with me and I tell them in my best Pharmacist Voice that I need to know if I should give my son another dose and vomiting the first one up after only 40 minutes.  They tell me after a bunch of information gathering that they don't have any data on that and I should check with the perscriber.  WHAT?!  You make the stupid drug, What do you mean you don't know?  Why should I check with the perscriber that doesn't know anything about this drug other than what the drug rep tells him.

So here I sit waiting to give him "another" dose and hoping for the best.  Send us your good thoughts and lets hope that Big Pharma starts acting more like health care providers and less like drug pushers.

Who are we?

Serving the community since 1959, Professional Village Pharmacy has earned its reputation as the area's compounding and medical supply specialists.  We are a proud partner with our community and look forward to meeting its medical needs both now and for many years to come.  We are honored to be a training site for two of the top pharmacy schools in the nation for the science of compounding and retail pharmacy.

Our friendly, knowledgeable support staff specializes in responding to your prescription requests and ensuring that your medication reaches you in an accurate, timely and professional manner.  VISIT US AT http://www.professionalvillagerx.com/

UPCOMING SEMINARS at Professional Village Pharmacy

Professional Village Pharmacy will be sponsoring a FREE SEMINAR on BIO-IDENTICAL HORMONE REPLACEMENT in late January.  Please check back for times and guest speaker information.  Also check our website www.professionalvillagerx.com for more information.