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Featured Articles

An older woman sorts her medication doses into a weekly pill organizer.
Ask Your Pharmacist
Rx FAQ: What should I do if I forget to take my medication?
November 17, 2023
A woman reviews the labels of her supplements and vitamins to check if they could interact with her prescription medication.
Pharmacy 101
Acute or maintenance medications: What’s the difference?
August 25, 2022
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Ask Your Pharmacist
Surprising things your pharmacist can do for you
November 25, 2022

Recently Added

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Health and Wellness
Give your heart the gift of good sleep
February 16, 2023
Prioritizing sleep is incredibly beneficial for overall health, but especially for maintaining good cardiac function.
A stressed teenage girl puts her hand to her forehead as she sits with her pediatrician.
News and Updates
What parents should know about new anxiety screening recommendations for kids and teens
February 09, 2023
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force is now recommending that primary care doctors screen all children 8 and older for…
A doctor has a video visit or telehealth appointment with a patient.
Health and Wellness
Have you tried telehealth or virtual doctor visits?
January 27, 2023
From urgent and primary care to therapy and dermatology, telehealth can support more than you might think.
A man talks to a pharmacist on his phone from his kitchen.
Ask Your Pharmacist
Speak up: 6 questions Medicare members should ask their pharmacist
January 18, 2023
As you get older, managing your health and medications can be more challenging than ever. Your pharmacist is there to help.
Two pharmacists with Express Scripts® Pharmacy look over a patient’s medication list on their tablet.Two pharmacists with Express Scripts® Pharmacy look over a patient’s medication list on their tablet.
Ask Your Pharmacist
Our pharmacists are changing lives for the better
January 06, 2023
Here are just a few of the ways our pharmacists are making a difference, one patient at a time.
A pregnant woman discusses the safety of her medication with her doctor.
Health and Wellness
What medications are safe if I’m pregnant or planning to become pregnant?
December 21, 2022
All medications have the ability to cross the placenta. This means that anything you take while pregnant can potentially affect…
Registered pharmacist David James in an Express Scripts® Pharmacy lab coat.
Ask Your Pharmacist
Taking the time to check (and double-check) every single prescription
December 13, 2022
What could have been a quick prescription check led to a potentially life-saving call with the patient.
A man breaks a cigarette into two pieces.
Health and Wellness
Have a chronic health condition? It’s even more important to quit smoking.
December 06, 2022
Smoking can cause chronic health conditions and make existing ones worse. It can also interact with medications.
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Health and Wellness
Statins: They aren’t just for treating high cholesterol
November 18, 2022
There is growing evidence that statins can be beneficial for certain people even if their cholesterol levels are in the normal…
A woman comforts her ill child while while she rests
Pharmacy 101
Medicine cabinet must-haves
November 14, 2022
What do you keep in your medicine cabinet? Here are some suggestions of what to keep on hand to help treat common illnesses and…
Christina Wilson-Smith, a registered pharmacist with Express Scripts® Pharmacy, smiles in her lab coat.
Ask Your Pharmacist
Helping patients take charge of their own health
October 25, 2022
When a patient called confused about her multiple medications and doses, registered pharmacist Christina Wilson-Smith talked…
A pharmacist rings up a customer at the register of a neighborhood pharmacy in the 1950s.
Pharmacy 101
The history of pharmacy
October 21, 2022
The origins of pharmacy can be traced back thousands of years. However, we’ll start our history a few hundred years prior to…
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