WHO I AM
I am Frontline Primary Care, Community, Clinical & Compounding Pharmacist, who provides comprehensive pharmacy services, including specialty compounding, medication therapy and disease state management, immunization, point-of-care and pharmacogenetic testing, deprescribing, and prescribing for smoking cessation.
WHAT I DO
As a pharmacist, I provide a wide range of advice and education about prescriptions, over-the-counter medications, natural health products, medical devices, and much more. When counselling my clients, I assess potentially unnecessary medications (deprescribing) and teach them how to use medications safely and effectively, either alone or in combination with other medications, supplements and herbal products. I am also a speaker on different health-related topics and developed and taught more than 1000 hours of lectures for universities, government, and public and private educational programs.
If any of my clients are taking three or more chronic medications, have diabetes, are a resident at a long-term care home, or are physically unable to get in for a visit to their pharmacy, I can still book them for a “Clinical Pharmacist Consultation” appointment to review their prescription and non-prescription medications in detail.
If needed medications are not commercially available in the dose or form they were prescribed, being a certified compounding pharmacist, I may be able to compound ingredients from scratch to create a unique, tailored product for my clients. Additional services include:
- Pre-travel health advice and administration of travel vaccines
- On-site testing of blood sugar, HbA1c, cholesterol, and thyroid hormones
- DNA testing (pharmacogenetics) to identify medications that might pose additional risks of side-effects
- Smoking cessation coaching, advice, and treatment
- Anti-coagulation therapy monitoring and testing for people taking blood-thinning medications
- Medical Cannabis consultation
Articles
From Counting to Communicating: How to Benefit from the Evolving Role of Your Pharmacist - Originally Posted on KIHC.CA on June 1, 2018 When you have a question about your health or medication, who are you going to call first? Probably your pharmacist. Pharmacists consistently rank as one of the most trusted professions by Canadians. They are also the most accessible healthcare providers across the country and are often the… Read more From Counting to Communicating: How to Benefit from the Evolving Role of Your Pharmacist
What Happens Behind the Counter Stays Behind the Counter - Originally posted on KIHC.CA Website on August 1, 2018 Mrs. DK is one of my patients who is always on the run. Every time she comes to the pharmacy, she drops off a prescription that contains at least 5 medications. The first question she always asks is, “How long will it take?” No matter what… Read more What Happens Behind the Counter Stays Behind the Counter
A Pharmacist? What! Why? - Originally posted on KIHC.CA Website on April 14, 2018 I stood behind the pharmacy’s drop-off counter, across from the 13-year-old and her dad, when I heard her ask, “Is he the cashier?” “No, he’s the pharmacist,” her dad answered. “Pharmacist? Is that a cashier who gives the drugs?” Well, not exactly, I guess! At least… 
Tarek The Pharmacist 