What is it?

- Wegovy (semaglutide) is a once-weekly injectable prescription medication designed to help adults and children aged 12 years and older lose weight. On average, adults taking Wegovy lost roughly 15% body weight when used alongside a reduced calorie diet and increased physical activity.

How does it work?

- This medication may help you lose weight by reducing appetite and slowing digestion. As a result, you will feel fuller longer and eat less throughout the day. Additionally, some patients may see improvements in weight-related...

The FDA (Food and Drug Administration) recently approved Narcan® nasal spray, generic naloxone, for over-the-counter (OTC) use. Naloxone is a medication that quickly reverses the effects of opioid overdose. Manufacturers will begin converting Narcan® from prescription to OTC, which may take several months. Narcan nasal spray is predicted to be available in various locations, including convenience stores, grocery stores, vending machines, and gas stations, by late summer 2023.

Naloxone saves thousands of lives each year due to opioid overdose. Naloxone can reverse the overdose effects...

Unfortunately, drug shortages are not new to pharmacists and your team of Good Day pharmacists and technicians work to combat them daily. The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated many of these shortages such as antibiotics, flu medicine, children's acetaminophen, and ibuprofen shortages over the past winter. Also, since October of 2022 we have been facing a nationwide shortage of ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) medications such as Adderall, Vyvanse, Ritalin and their generic counterparts and alternatives. There appears to be no immediate end in sight according to multiple...

Like many pharmacies today, we are always wondering how we will have enough time in the day to focus on what our patients really need! They need our knowledge and expertise in providing clinical services and not just filling their medications. Well for us, the answer is medsync. It has been wonderful at streamlining our workflow process. It has allowed us the opportunity to be more proactive and less reactive in filling medications. Medsync has granted us more time in the day to focus on all the services we want to provide to our patients.

At a couple of our retail locations,...

Information was just released by Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing regarding vitamin D supplementation recommendations for older adults. "Vitamin D supplementation has been shown to have modest beneficial effects in older adults in reducing falls, fractures and perhaps other maladies such as respiratory infections, possibly including COVID-19. At this time, there are no definitive studies to indicate vitamin D supplementation prevents COVID-19 infection, or reduces severity of illness; however, there are studies showing an association between low vitamin D...

EpiPens with a current expiration date between Feb 2019 - Oct 2020 have been granted an extended 4 month expiration from the FDA. This means, your EpiPen will last you 4 months from it's prior expiration if it falls between the dates mentioned above. If you have questions, feel free to call us or ask the next time you visit our Northern Colorado local pharmacy!