Category: Medicine

These posts provide information about different types of medicine. However, we highly suggest you contact your doctor before deciding to take medicine.

Finding the Right Pain Management Medication for You

Pain Medication | Burt's Pharmacy and Compounding Lab

If you are in pain, it’s likely that your pain changes you and your daily life. Whether you experience the occasional headache or migraine you suffer from serious conditions like Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), managing your pain effectively is an important part of good self-care. Unfortunately, pain management medication is a complex and difficult topic –… Read more »

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Understanding the Difference Between Compounding & Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

Pharmaceutics Packing Machine | Burt's Pharmacy and Compounding Lab

In the pharmacy, both compounding and pharmaceutical manufacturing touch every aspect of everything we do each day. Both processes focus on the creation and delivery of drugs to treat illnesses; without them, many modern medications wouldn’t be available or would only be available in limited formats. Patients with serious illnesses or complex health cases would… Read more »

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5 Questions to Ask Your Local Pharmacist

Local Pharmacist | Burt's Pharmacy

Your doctor may not be telling you everything you need to know about your medications. This isn’t necessarily malicious; today’s busy doctors have limited time with patients, and information often gets left behind. Sometimes, doctors realize that a prescribed drug works for your situation, but they aren’t familiar with the nitty gritty details. That’s not… Read more »

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5 Best Non-Addictive Pain Management Medications

Pain: it’s one of the most common complaints for Americans of all ages today. From tension headaches to more serious disorders like arthritis, dealing with and alleviating pain is often one of the biggest challenges medical professionals face. Overtreating and undertreating are both potentially dangerous; pain is the body’s way of telling us that something… Read more »

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