TOOLS & RESOURCES
The following list includes an array of resources and helpful articles aimed at helping our customers better understand their own health. Our team of caring professionals at BeWell&Shine Pharmacy is committed to making sure everyone who comes through our door is well informed and takes a more active role in their own health and wellbeing. Read below and subscribe to our newsletter for regular updates.
WHICH VITAMINS DO YOU REALLY NEED?
A vitamin is an organic molecule (or a set of molecules closely related chemically, i.e. vitamers) that is an essential micronutrient that an organism needs in small quantities for the proper functioning of its metabolism. Essential nutrients cannot be synthesized in the organism, either at all or not in sufficient quantities, and therefore must be obtained through the diet.
NEW GENERIC MEDICATIONS ANNOUNCED
A generic drug is a pharmaceutical drug that contains the same chemical substance as a drug that was originally protected by chemical patents. Generic drugs are allowed for sale after the patents on the original drugs expire. Because the active chemical substance is the same, the medical profile of generics is equivalent in performance.[1][2] A generic drug has the same active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) as the original, but it may differ in some characteristics such as the manufacturing process, formulation, excipients, color, taste, and packaging.