Are your medicines working for you?

Do Your Medicines need a check up?

A MedsCheck or Diabetes MedsCheck    

will help you better manage your medicines.

It will help:

• Increase your knowledge about your medicines;
• Increase your confidence in using your medicines; and
• Reduce your risk of an avoidable trip to hospital

MedsCheck and Diabetes MedsCheck are services funded by the Australian government and involves a one-on-one consultation with one of our pharmacists, in the pharmacy, to review and discuss the best ways to manage and get the most out of all your medications. The focus of these services is the quality use of medicines. There is no cost for you to receive a MedsCheck or Diabetes MedsCheck if eligible*.

MedsCheck takes approximately 30 minutes while Diabetes MedsCheck takes approximately 30-40 minutes to complete.We are running a friday morning Medschek clinic, here at Cranes Pharmacy

The MedsCheck service will:

• Explain why you are taking each medicine and how each medication should be taken for optimal benefit
• Identify any potential medication-related problems
• Make you more confident that you are taking the right medicines at the right time
• Answer and questions you may have regarding your medicines
• Provide you with a documented “Action Plan” and a complete list of your medications

The Diabetes MedsCheck service will:

• Explain why you are taking each medicine and how each medication should be taken for optimal benefit
• Identify any potential medication-related problems
• Make you more confident that you are taking the right medicines at the right time
• Answer and questions you may have regarding your medicines
• Aim to improve your use of blood glucose monitoring devices through training and education
• Provide useful information to help improve your confidence in managing your diabetes and medication with the aim to improve blood glucose control
• Provide you with a documented “Action Plan” and a complete list of your medications

*check with one of our Pharmacists to see if you qualify

For more information speak to one of our friendly Pharmacists at one of our stores or ring 9969 4700 Now