Medication Review
Side effects and conflicts of medications can be hard to keep track of, so we can help you review everything you are currently taking and ensure there are no issues or conflicts.
Custom Pill Packaging
Pill Packaging is when we organize and package your medication to help you remember what dose to take, and when to take it.
Quit Smoking
It’s never too late to quit smoking. Quitting smoking now improves your health and reduces your risk of heart disease, cancer, lung disease, and other smoking-related illnesses. Start Your Quitting Journey Today!
Diabetes Control
If you are living with diabetes or are at risk, we are here to help you manage it through nutritional care, blood sugar medication, foot care, and more.
Methadone & suboxone
Methadone and suboxone are long-acting opioid drugs used to replace the shorter-acting opioids that someone may be addicted to, such as heroin, oxycodone, fentanyl or hydromorphone. Our team will help you to have a good experience in your quitting journey.
Flu Vaccination
Don't forget your flu vaccine this year. Getting the flu vaccine not only protects you, it helps protect everyone around you.
Compression stockings
Compression stockings or socks that help gently squeeze your legs, increasing blood flow and treating various conditions such as swelling. These stockings are specialized custom-made socks that put gentle pressure on your legs in a way that helps improve blood flow. There are different variants that are focused on helping with different things, but generally speaking, they are tighter on the bottom to move blood up to your legs helping with swelling and various other complications.
Naloxone kit
Naloxone is a medication that can quickly reverse the effects of an overdose from opioids such as heroin, morphine, fentanyl, carfentanil, and codeine. Opioids are most often prescribed for pain relief. Naloxone kits are available to anyone who is currently using opioids or is a past opioid user who is at risk of returning to opioid use, or. a family member, friend or other person in a position to assist a person at risk of overdose from opioids. Have your free kit in GEMCare pharmacy
Prescriptions Renewals
Some prescriptions may expire before the condition is resolved, so we can provide free prescriptions renewals to help save time.
Minor Ailments Assessment
Pharmacists in Ontario are able to prescribe certain medications for 13 different medical conditions known as "minor illnesses". These are medical conditions that are short-term, require minimal treatment and don’t require lab tests. In GEMCare pharmacy Pharmacist can assess and help you treat your symptoms with a prescription or alternative approaches and can recommend measures to help reduce symptoms and/or prevent them from occurring again. In some cases you might be referred to your doctor, other primary care provider or emergency facilities.
Urinary Tract Infection (UTI)
Urinary tract infections (or UTIs) are very common, especially among women. Bacteria causes the lining of the bladder and urethra to become red and irritated.
Minor Ailments Assessment
Pharmacists in Ontario are able to prescribe certain medications for 13 different medical conditions known as "minor illnesses". These are medical conditions that are short-term, require minimal treatment and don’t require lab tests.
Nasal Allergies
Sneezing, itchy eyes, runny and itchy nose, and congestion can be bothersome. If you suffer from hay fever, we can help you control your symptoms.
Oral Thrush
Oral thrush is an infection in the mouth that is caused by a yeast called candida that produces a thick, white coating on the tongue, the inside of the cheeks and lips, or gums.
Pink Eye
Pink eye (or conjunctivitis) is irritation and inflammation of the eye caused by allergies, viruses, or bacteria. The best treatment for pink eye depends on the cause.
Eczema and Skin Rashes
At GEMCare Pharmacy, pharmacist can help you manage a skin rash such as eczema and contact dermatitis (from poison ivy or other sources).
Painful Menstruation
Menstrual cramps (or dysmenorrhea) can become severe enough to interfere with your enjoyment of life. There are medications and non-medicated strategies that can help.
Heartburn
When stomach acid flows back up into the esophagus and causes heartburn, the condition is called gastroesophageal reflux disease.
Hemorrhoids
Nearly 50% of Canadians experience hemorrhoids by age 50. Hemorrhoids are the result of swollen and irritated veins. Medications are available to help relieve the discomfort.
Cold Sore
The viruses that cause cold sores lie dormant until triggered by factors such as stress. Cold sores can be painful and cause unsightly sores on your lips and around your nose.
Impetigo
Impetigo is a contagious skin infection that occurs mostly in infants and children and begins with red, itchy sores most often on the face.
Insect Bites & Hives
Insect bites can cause itchy bumps on the skin known as hives that can be quite uncomfortable. At GEMCare pharmacy Pharmacist can help you find relief.
Sprains and strains
Sprains result from a stretch or tear of a ligament that connects one bone to another. Strains occur because of pulling or tearing of muscle fibres, for example in the leg.