There are a lot of pharmacies in Ottawa. Many of them can fill your prescription accurately and hand it to you in a reasonable amount of time. That is the baseline. It is not a philosophy.
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World Hunger Day: When Food Insecurity Affects Your Health and Your Medications
World Hunger Day is observed on May 28, and while the conversation often focuses on global food systems, food insecurity is a reality in Canadian communities too, including here in Ottawa. Over four million Canadians live in food-insecure households, meaning they regularly face uncertainty about whether they will have enough nutritious food to eat.
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Read the Label Every Time: A Cautionary Tale About Medication Storage
We want to share a story. We are not sharing it to alarm anyone, and we are not sharing it to embarrass anyone. We are sharing it because it happened, because it could happen to a lot of people, and because the lesson is simple and worth knowing.
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Coffee and Health: New Research on Aging, Liver Protection, and Heart Rhythm — What Patients Should Know
Coffee is one of the most widely consumed beverages in the world — and one of the most frequently studied. Over the past two decades, hundreds of large studies and meta-analyses have examined how coffee affects health, with many showing that moderate consumption is associated with meaningful benefits across multiple organ systems.
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Get Outside, Orléans. Your Neighbourhood Pharmacy Has You Covered.
There is real energy in Orléans right now.
The trails along the Ottawa River are busy again. Petrie Island is drawing families out on weekends. Parks and pathways across the community are filling up with people who have been waiting all winter for exactly this. And the #WhyNotOrléans movement is adding something to that momentum: a growing sense of pride in this community and what it is becoming.
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Tick Bite or Mosquito Exposure? Visit Centrum Pharmacy for Lyme Disease or West Nile Virus Support
Spring marks the start of tick and mosquito activity and with it comes increased risk of tick-borne and mosquito-borne illnesses like Lyme disease and West Nile Virus (WNv).
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Ontario’s July 1 Pharmacy Scope Expansion: What Patients and Pharmacists Need to Know
Ontario is taking another major step toward expanding access to frontline healthcare through pharmacies.
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One License, One Country – Pan-Canadian Licensing for Physicians & Pharmacists
Canada’s healthcare crisis is made worse by outdated, fragmented licensing. A Pan-Canadian license for physicians AND pharmacists would remove unnecessary red tape, let healthcare professionals work anywhere in the country, and improve patient access — especially in underserved areas.
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Alcohol Use Disorder Pharmacotherapy: How Centrum Pharmacy Supports Complete, Compassionate Care
Alcohol use is common in Canada. In 2023, approximately 79% of Canadians reported consuming alcohol within the previous 12 months. While many individuals drink socially, high-risk alcohol use is associated with significant health, social, and economic consequences—including cancer, liver disease, cardiovascular disease, cognitive decline, impaired judgment, and injury.
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Honouring All the Amazing Moms in Our Community
This Mother’s Day, we celebrate the strength, care, and love that mothers bring into our lives every day. Whether you’re a mom, stepmom, grandmother, or mother figure, your presence makes a difference. Thank you for all that you do — today and always.
Happy Mother’s Day from all of us at Centrum Pharmacy
