Wellness Center Clinic Programs
The Wellness Center is a pharmacist directed health clinic that offers individuals
or groups of individuals Health Risk Assessment and Management services. Main
at Locust Pharmacy Clinic and Medical Supplies offers you 10 years’ experience
providing these services. Risk assessment and management are important for
early detection and prevention of chronic diseases. Pharmacists will focus
on patient education, early detection and screenings, and comprehensive medication
management. Whether you need ongoing health risk assessment and management,
a single service, or a wellness day screening, Main at Locust will meet your
needs.
Persons taking Coumadin® or Warfarin to "thin their blood" can have their "blood-clotting" ability monitored with a simple fingerstick. Results are sent the same day to your physician.
The CardioVision® System generates information about blood pressure, pulse, and the elasticity or flexibility of the brachial artery. This screening process determines your arterial elasticity index (AEI). The AEI correlates with arteriosclerosis. Arteriosclerosis is synonymous with "hardened arteries". It is important health information to obtain because hardening of the arteries leads to strain on the heart and eventually may lead to cardiovascular disease including heart attacks.
Persons with reactive airway disease or asthma may benefit from education, including proper medication use, individual inhaler techniques, and peak flow meter training. This program contains patient and physician directed goals to improve an individual's quality of life.
75% of individuals with high blood pressure are not adequately controlling their blood pressure and over 30% of individuals with high blood pressure are unaware their pressure is high. Blood pressure is the primary risk factor in heart disease. Monitoring blood pressure trends can detect cardiovascular problems before they occur.
Body Fat Measurements
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Body fat measurements are an excellent way to determine your healthy fat content or a good quantitative way to monitor fat loss. After all it is true, muscle weighs more than fat so your scale may go up as your size comes down. Your percent fat, however, would change as you lose fat and gain muscle.
Body Gem (Metabolic Fingerprinting)
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This machine will quickly and accurately measure metabolism for better health and fitness management. We have all heard the saying "calories in equal calories out", but how do you know how many calories your body expends on every day metabolic functions? This machine will measure your unique resting metabolic rate so that you can more accurately plan a diet regimen to match your fitness goals.
Women and men are susceptible to a condition of low bone mass called osteoporosis. This simple ultrasound heel scan will determine your relative risk of having a fracture due to low bone mass.
Cholesterol Screening
 • Total Cholesterol (TC) / Blood Glucose
• TC / HDL
• Total Lipid Panel (TLP)
• TLP / Blood Glucose
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$15.00
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$45.00
$50.00
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This Information is a useful tool when determining your risk for heart disease.
The Dermaview system identifies sun damage and problem areas before the results are visible on the surface of your face.
Persons living with diabetes may benefit from education, including proper medication use and blood glucose (sugar) monitoring, meal planning, and lifestyle modification suggestions. An initial education and planning session is performed with follow-up sessions as needed. Each follow-up is $40.00
(HRT) Consultations
Since the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) Trial HRT has become a hot topic of debate. When making the decision to initiate or discontinue hormone replacement, what are your options or alternatives? Main at Locust has knowledgeable pharmacists who can educate you on HRT and Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy (BHRT) options so you can make an informed decision regarding your health.
Liver Function Testing
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$30..00
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Certain medications can be damaging to the liver. When taking these medications periodic monitoring of your liver enzymes may be necessary. Main at Locust can perform this service with a simple fingerstick. We can moniter your ALT (alanine aminotransferase) and AST (aspartate aminotransferase).
Saliva Hormone Testing
| $30.00
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per hormone
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Saliva testing provides objective information to your physician about hormone imbalances that you may be experiencing and uses this information along with your subjective complaints to decide which bio-identical hormone replacement therapy is best for you. Saliva collection is easy and can be done any place at your convenience.
Everyone knows smoking is bad for your health. However, smoking still kills more than 400,000 persons each year in the United States. It has been shown that smoking cessation programs increase success rates to 99%. "QUIT" being a statistic and stop smoking today!
Visual Field analysis is a glaucoma screening service which tests your peripheral vision.
Everyone could use a little help managing lifestyle changes. Whether your goal is to lose weight, lower cholesterol, or just be more healthy, this program is for you! Follow-up visits are $10.00
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