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At Oak Medical Arts, we pride ourselves on elevating your pharmacy experience. Pharmacy care is so much more than just picking up your prescription.
At Oak, we provide fast and friendly service, with most prescriptions filled in 10 minutes or less. Our pharmacists are available and eager to speak with you to provide education and advice, and our team will go above and beyond to make getting your prescriptions as easy and convenient as possible.
As a locally owned pharmacy, we are dedicated to providing exceptional care to our community. Come in and experience the difference today!
Why Choose Oak Medical Arts Pharmacies?
✓ A Pharmacy Team that Goes Above and Beyond
Our experienced pharmacists are here to provide expert guidance and answer any questions you may have about your medications. We believe in empowering you with knowledge for informed health decisions, providing education and doing anything we can to make you as healthy as possible. Your health is our priority, and we promise to always stay on top of all of your medications, coordinating with your doctor, prescribing when needed, etc. You can put your trust in us.
✓ Prescriptions Made Easy at Oak
We know you're busy, so we fill most prescriptions in 10 minutes or less. We coordinate your refills to sync up and run out all at the same time (even with your other family members!), and we have automatic refill systems to make sure your prescriptions are ready when you need them.
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✓ Personalized Service
At Oak, we strive to provide friendly, personal care to every patient. You are more than your prescriptions! We are here to help you coordinate things with your doctor or NP, answer your questions when you call, greet you with a smile, and always take the time for you! No long wait times, no waiting on hold. Your health is our top priority.
Your Health, Our Priority
At Oak Medical Arts, we go beyond just filling prescriptions; we are your partners in health. Whether you have questions about potential interactions, need advice on managing side effects, or seek information about alternative options, our pharmacy team is here to assist you every step of the way.
Visit Us Today
Experience the Oak Medical Arts difference in prescription care. Visit any of our pharmacy locations, and let our friendly and knowledgeable pharmacy team take care of your health needs.
Prescriptions
Prescriptions
Prescriptions are an incredibly important part of your physical, mental and overall health. Our Oak Pharmacists are here to not only prepare your medications accurately when you need them, but also to ensure your medication is appropriate and safe for you.
Pharmacists are the experts on your medication, and we use this knowledge to inform you on why, how and when to take your medication, possible side effects, assess for interactions, and discuss the impact and efficacy of the medication on your medical conditions.
Licensed and regulated by the Ontario College of Pharmacists, our pharmacists are highly trained and continue to receive regular education and training to remain current in our field.
Hospital Discharges
Being discharged from hospital can be a challenging time, and your Pharmacist is here to help with making sure the process is smooth. Coordinating your medications from hospital to your home, any medication changes or health changes, and ensuring you have what you need when you’re discharged to be healthy and comfortable at home is our top priority.
Education and Advice
Education and Advice
Pharmacists are experts in medication and medication management, and our Pharmacists are an excellent resource for information on medications, proper doses, disease management, signs and symptoms, adverse reactions and drug interactions.
Our Pharmacists will provide education to you on how to take medication, side effects, effectiveness and evidence, overall disease management, interactions, instruction on how to use special devices such as glucose monitors, inhalers or injectable medications and more!
Medication Consultation
Our Pharmacists will meet with you one-on-one to assess all of your prescription medications, over-the-counter medications, your medical conditions and can provide a care plan and recommendations to you and your doctor.
Medication reviews are incredibly beneficial to continue to ensure we have all the most current information related to your medication, medical conditions, vitamins and supplements, lab work, etc. The Pharmacist will answer any questions you may have, provide advice or recommendations, and can work with your doctor or nurse practitioner as required.
Vitamin and Supplement Consults
Pharmacists are knowledgeable in the right vitamins and supplements that you should be taking to help with optimizing your health. Whether you’re younger, older, pregnant, taking medications that deplete vitamins or just want to know what has evidence for improving your health, our Pharmacists will provide consultation to provide you with a plan.
Quitting Smoking
Smoking is one of the number one causes of preventable diseases and death in Canada. Smoking increases your risk of hypertension, stroke, heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), damage to kidneys and eyes, asthma, lung cancer and other types of cancer.
Quitting smoking is one of the best ways to improve your health immediately and in the future! And even though many people know it’s good for their health, quitting smoking can be hard and challenging.
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Pharmacy Care Clinic
What is a Pharmacy Care Clinic
In 2023 the scope of practice for a Pharmacist expanded to include the ability to assess and treat some common ailments. A Pharmacy Care Clinic is a clinic run by a Pharmacist! The Pharmacist will assess the ailment the patient presents, and make recommendations. If appropriate the recommendations could include a prescription medication! Then you have the choice to fill the script on site with us. The Pharmacy Care Clinic is a fast and easy method for our community to access healthcare!
How Do I Access the Clinic
The clinic is operated both by appointment and walk in! The hours of the clinic are the operational hours of our pharmacy sites. Please bring your Ontario Health Card, an up to date medication list and your insurance card if you choose to fill your prescription with us. You do not need to be our patient to access this service!
Common Ailments
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Bacterial skin infection (impetigo)
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Canker sores
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Cold sores
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Diaper rash
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Eczema and allergic skin rash
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Heartburn and indigestion
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Hemorrhoids
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Insect bites and stings
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Joint and muscle pain
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Mild acne
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Menstrual pain
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Nasal allergies (i.e., hay fever)
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Nausea and vomiting of pregnancy
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Pink eye (due to allergies or bacteria)
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Pinworms and threadworms
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Thrush (fungal infection of the mouth)
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Yeast infection
Medication Syncronization
Our Pharmacists will synchronize or align your medication (and even your entire family’s medication) to be filled at the same time, on the same day - so you make one trip into the pharmacy for everything you need!
Automatic Refills
Let us take care of the worry of making sure you never run out of your medication. Our pharmacy team goes above and beyond with your prescriptions, but making sure that we have things filled when you need them.
Medication Packaging
Taking medications every single day can be hard - no matter if you take one or many medications. Statistics show that half of Canadians don’t take their medications as prescribed. Sometimes we all need a little help and reminding!
When medications are taken correctly, it means that your medication will work as it should to treat your medical conditions, your pharmacist, doctor or other healthcare professionals can better assess the effectiveness of the medication and make adjustments or changes with better information.
Immunizations
Our Pharmacists can provide annual influenza vaccination, COVID-19 vaccination and more, as well as provide education, advice and recommendations for general vaccinations that will help to optimize your health and wellness.
Online Prescription Ordering
Almost everything can be done online now - so can ordering your prescriptions. It's easy to get your prescription refills ordered, and know then they're ready for you to pick up from our online ordering platform.
Easy and Convenient
CLINICAL PHARMACY PROGRAMS
OPTIFAST
Optifast is a medically-monitored weight management program that provides full meal replacement, support and coaching, mindset work, exercise and lifestyle advice to help achieve long-lasting weight management. Our Pharmacists are an integral part of the Optifast program, and help with monitoring, advice and coaching.
INR MONITORING
When someone needs to take a blood thinning medication, it is important to monitor the INR to ensure the medication dosage is correct for the person’s medical condition. Our Pharmacists can do a finger-poke INR test in the pharmacy, and work with your doctor to ensure your medication is at the correct dosage.
DIABETES CONSULTATIONS
Our pharmacists will work closely with patients who have diabetes to manage their condition, medications, blood glucose monitoring and help to improve outcomes and control of diabetes overall. Our Pharmacist will help people with diabetes gain a firm understanding of their condition, and help motivate to take initiative in improving their own health.
BONE HEALTH
How old are your bones? Are you taking the right vitamins and supplements to support your bone health? Our Pharmacists can do a screening test to determine the age of your bones and make recommendations on optimizing your bone health.
Prescriptions
PAIN
OPTIMIZATION
Managing pain and pain medications is difficult and greatly benefits from having a Pharmacist involved. Working with your healthcare team, our Pharmacists can provide advice and education on making changes to your pain medication to ensure you are on medications that are working and not causing adverse effects.
GENETIC
TESTING
Genetic testing can help to decode the information in your genes to provide valuable information on how your body will respond to medications, what you eat or drink, exercise, etc. This can mean a more tailored approach to your health and medication.
TRAVEL
HEALTH​
Our Pharmacists can provide consultation to ensure you are safe and prepared when travelling. This includes administering some travel vaccines, recommending OTC products to make sure you travel with, compression stockings, and more!
HEART HEALTH
CONSULTATIONS
Assessing heart health can include blood pressure, cholesterol, smoking status, other medical conditions, etc. Our Pharmacists can help provide you with education, monitoring and testing that help to determine your heart health.
Locations Throughout Thunder Bay
Oak has four conveniently located pharmacy locations across Thunder Bay.