Health Mart Stories
Cholesterol Control
"My cholesterol needed to be controlled on medication, but recent tests showed that my liver was not tolerating my medications….or so it appeared. Even when my doctors stopped several of my cholesterol medications my liver problems persisted. My doctor was about to send me to a liver specialist if my test results didn’t improve soon.
"That’s when I went to visit my Health Mart pharmacist. He took the time to review and discuss all of my medications with me. A medication for a different condition that I had started taking at the time my liver problems started caught his attention.
"He reviewed the literature on that medication — which indicated that liver problems can be a side effect. Wayne suggested that I talk to my doctors about stopping that medication to see if that was the cause of the problem.
"Two weeks later, I called Wayne to tell him how grateful my doctors and I were for his feedback. Just as he had suspected — the new medication was causing my liver trouble. Thanks to his careful attention, my liver function was improving and so was my outlook on my health. My Health Mart Hero? His name is Wayne Macardy."