Dr Alex Latif PharmD, ABAAHP's blog

Northshore Pharmacy will be initiating a trial program for collecting expired and unwanted prescription and non-prescription medications. Please bring any medications you would like to dispose of to our Kilauea store, during our hours of operation. Let’s work together to keep Kaua’i safe and clean.

 
Reasons to Safely Dispose of Your Medication: Read more... about North Shore Pharmacy Drug Take Back Program

Northshore Pharmacy is the first PCAB accredited compounding pharmacy on Kauai! As of November 2015 North Shore Pharmacy is now PCAB (Pharmacy Compounding Accredidation Board) certified for both sterile and non-sterile compounding! PCAB accredidation further demonstrates our commitment to being held to the highest of national standards and following the industry best practices. We are commited to delivering the highest quality compounded prescriptions to our patients.  Read more... about PCAB Accreditation!

There are many types of exercise that we can partake in today, from high intensity interval training to olympic weightlifting. Each type of training brings a plethora of different benefits. An exercise that we hardly hear about today is walking. Walking may be the most underrated exercise in the world! Walking is known as a low intensity, steady state exercise, otherwise known as LISS. LISS exercises utilize free fatty acids in the body, rather than glycogen. Glycogen is found in the muscles and is used as fuel for moderate-vigorous activities. Humans obtain their glycogen stores from carbohydrates. Free fatty acids, on the other hand, are stored fat. This is the fuel that LISS exercise use. Read more... about Walking: The most underrated exercise!