You’ve been reading these blog posts for some time now. Thank you! But many of you don’t really know exactly what BetterMyMeds is. Why I, as a pharmacist, founded this business, or what value it adds to health care. Your health care, specifically. What does “BetterMyMeds” mean? My husband, Bruce, also a pharmacist, actually came up with that name. And it’s perfect. So many of us take medications to improve
Betty’s story Well, folks, I got my second COVID-19 vaccine on January 20! You should have seen the big smile on my face. I know that very soon I’ll be 95% less likely to come down with COVID. I also was vaccinating people at Chelsea hospital that day, and lots of people coming in for their first shots had huge smiles on THEIR faces too. A wonderful day. I’d hoped
The rollout of COVID-19 vaccinations is picking up speed. Many more people are eligible to be vaccinated now compared to a week or two ago. (You may not be able to get an appointment yet, but hopefully that will get easier soon.) In our recent article about COVID-19 vaccines, we described what mRNA vaccines are, how they work, and how effective they are. But concerns about safety may still have you
Greetings everyone! I hope this article finds you and your families doing well and staying safe! I’m writing this post in a different fashion than I have before. With the encouragement of Betty Chaffee, PharmD., I am going to share with you my personal experience of having been infected with COVID-19. The timeline: On January 1, 2021, I started to experience some minor nasal congestion. No big deal, right? Colds