Diabetes has grown to become an epidemic in the United States with approximately 37,000,000 Americans being diabetic and another 96,000,000 being prediabetic. Simply put diabetes prevention, treatment ,and management is one of the greatest challenges faced by Americans. Yet based on studies as many as 1 in 5 diabetics and 8 in 10 prediabetics do not know they have this condition. Beyond diagnosis, due to the significant impact diet and exercise have on blood sugar, maintaining a healthy blood sugar becomes a daily and lifelong pursuit.
At Your Personal Pharmacy we are not only passionate about helping our patients with their Pharmacy needs, we’re equally passionate about helping patients with the aspects and challenges of their health beyond just prescriptions. This style of treatment, which we feel is necessary for good health outcomes, is unfortunately not a common practice industry wide today.
Due to the nature of diabetes, in order for a patient to be successful in achieving and maintaining optimal health the whole patient needs to be optimized, and not just their prescriptions. At Your Personal Pharmacy we seek to work with our patients and go miles beyond just filling your prescriptions. We also address the lifestyle aspects of diabetes success in a way your average pharmacy does not.
- Due to the pathophysiology of diabetes, in particular the harmful effects excess blood sugar creates, diabetics have an increased risk for many major diseases including approximately a 1.7x increased risk for cardiovascular disease events.
- This fact alone requires every diabetic patient to properly manage their health as the disease increases the chances of multiple other issues developing.
- Yet all too often when speaking with diabetic patients we do not find patients to be properly managed and prepared.
With all of the complex aspects of diabetes, both prescription and lifestyle related, how could a general pharmacy with no specialty or focus be able to manage such a challenge?
At Your Personal Pharmacy we strongly feel that the uniqueness of diabetes, as a disease, requires an equally unique approach. Diabetes is not a one size fits all disease and thinking a one size fits all Pharmacy provider will be able to fully meet your needs is in part why we feel so many patients continue to have uncontrolled diabetes.