Entries from February 2011

Apothecary Bowling Night!

Every year all the staff gets together at the Saugerties Bowler’s Club in Barlcay Heights for a fun family night out. Last night, February 19th was our 2011 outing!  The babies (Ava, Liv, Rowan, and Madelyn) were too young to stay up past 7, but the bigger kids...

Poison Prevention Week

National Poison Prevention week is March 20-26, so we are stressing to parents to use medicines CAUTIOUSLY in their children.  This goes DOUBLY for vitamins and supplements, as the safety studies are dramatically fewer. Iron, Benadryl, Tylenol, Vicks Vapo-Rub, and many...

Acetaminophen Changes Coming

By 2014, the FDA will phase out combination PRESCRIPTION pain medications that contain HIGH DOSE acetaminophen. This means that the doses of drugs like Vicodin, Lortab, or Percocet that have more than 325 mg of acetaminophen will no longer be available. This is an effort...

Vitality Works Founder Speaks On Quality

The founder of Vitality Works (the company who makes Cold & Sinus Blaster for us), Mitch Coven, recently was interviewed about quality in “Natural Foods Merchandiser.” He is a man after our own heart. Here’s an excerpt: Q:  Do the good manufacturing...