NEVADA POLICE TAKING BACK UNWANTED PRESCRIPTION DRUGS APRIL 28 AT CITY HALL

On April 28 from 9:00 a.m. to Noon/12:00 p.m. the Nevada Police, NuCara Pharmacy and Youth & Shelter Services of Eastern Story County will partner with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to give the public another opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs.  Bring your medications for disposal to Nevada City Hall at 1209 Sixth Street.  The service is free and anonymous.

This initiative addresses a vital public safety and public health issue.  Medicines left unused in home medicine cabinets are highly susceptible to diversion, misuse, and abuse. Rates of prescription drug abuse in theU.S.are alarmingly high, as are the number of accidental poisonings and overdoses due to these drugs.  Studies show that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine cabinet. In addition, Americans are now advised that their usual methods for disposing of unused medicines—flushing them down the toilet or throwing them in the trash—both pose potential safety and health hazards.

Bring unused and expired over-the-counter and prescription medications to Nevada City Hall on Saturday morning, April 28.

Thanks for supporting this effort to keep our citizens safe!

Do you have Sleep Apnea? New Home Sleep Test can help you find out!

How would you feel about being able to perform a sleep study in the comfort of your own home? Recently, NuCara has added Home Sleep Testing to their services. It is a top-of-the-line service that not many home medical facilities are affiliated with yet.

Not only is this a very convenient method of receiving the same diagnosis that a sleep study facility can give, it is much cheaper and it allows for the comfort and privacy of your own home.

Vituox home sleep testing utilizes both Level III and Level IV Home sleep testing devices, monitoring oximetery, heart rate, respiration and chest movement and airflow.

Because Medicare does not allow the home medical provider to courier these devices, VirtuOx mails them to and from the patient’s home.

Because NuCara and Virtuox work so closely on the patient’s treatment, a CPAP/BIPAP can be given to a patient within a few days.

 “I am very excited to work with VirtuOx to provide patients with a much more convenient method of receiving the diagnosis a sleep lab can provide. This service allows me to provide an easier method for patients to receive the care they deserve.” Alyssa Barkalow, CRT.

Contact your local NuCara Pharmacy today for more information!

Article by Alyssa Barkalow, Respiratory Therapist at the Nevada NuCara Pharmacy location.

Minnesota Here Comes NuCara!

 Although most customers won’t notice many changes, Medical Arts Pharmacy in Duluth,MN, is operating under new ownership.

NuCara, which owns and operates ten other locations in Iowa, one in Illinois and one in Texas, recently purchased the pharmacy previously owned by Craig Witchall.

“We feel that the Medical Arts Pharmacy will fit perfectly under the NuCara umbrella. Their focus is on the customer and offering personal service that is often missed at big box pharmacies,” says Brian Wegmann, CEO of NuCara.

Besides some upgrades in technology and an expanded list of health care services, customers won’t see many other changes. NuCara assures them they’ll still be greeted by the same smiling faces they always have been.

“It’s been our long-time goal to preserve the essence of independent pharmacies while offering the health care services patient’s might not get elsewhere,” says Wegmann.

Besides retail pharmacy, NuCara is known for their quality of care in areas such as respiratory therapy, custom medication compounding, home infusion services, home medical equipment, after-breast surgery prosthetics, wound care, and diabetic supplies and services.

The location in Duluth is the first NuCara in the state of Minnesota.

To learn more about NuCara’s services, visit www.nucara.com.

Please Welcome…

Please help us welcome Deon Clabby to the NuCara Home Medical team. Deon has over 15 years of experience in the durable medical equipment field and is an expert in home assessments. Deon works with the elderly and disabled to make their homes safer. She has a marketing degree from Hawkeye Community College and will be working out of our Waterloo location and cover much of Eastern Iowa.

Congratulations to Our Elmhurst, Illinois Location

NuCara Pharmacy in Elmhurst, Illinois, has received the Reader’s Choice award for Best Medical Equipment Supply Store. This award is given out by Suburban Life Publications. Congratulations to our Elmhurst location…keep up the good work!