Author: Coastal Pharmacy & Wellness Staff

Our staff specialties range from pharmaceuticals to nutritional health and wellness, to sports nutrition. We are here to share that knowledge. If we don't know immediately, we'll find out. Stop into the pharmacy or nutritional health and wellness department to ask questions relating to your specific needs, or send us an email.

Love Your Mother

Posted on May 6, 2014
Category: General Health, Natural Beauty, Skincare, Supplements

Mother’s Day has evolved to include the many mothers we all have in our life – our parental mother, the woman who may mother our children, and friends or aunts or other significant women in our life who have mothered us in some ways. There are many ways to show love and appreciation for these... Read more »
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Happy National Kidney Month!

Posted on March 7, 2014
Category: Diabetes

March is National Kidney Month, and as the largest specialty pharmacy resource for transplant services in Maine, we wanted to send some love and appreciation to our fantastic clients and the local transplant medical community. To address the nation’s critical organ donation shortage and improve the organ matching and placement process, the U.S. Congress passed... Read more »
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CPW Featured Recipe: Rose Petal Elixir

Posted on February 10, 2014
Category: Natural Beauty, Seasonal Wellness

photo: www.healthygreenkitchen.com The rose is a timeless symbol of love and pleasure. Fossil evidence shows the genus Rosa existed 35 million years ago. Cultivation is evidenced up to 5,000 years ago in China, and the Roman Empire called the rose a symbol of mirth and pleasure, companion to wine. More than 10,000 types of roses... Read more »
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Introducing suki Beauty

Posted on January 18, 2014
Category: Natural Beauty, Skincare

We are pleased to announce suki® – strong solutions for skin problems. This Northampton, MA based company is independently owned by Suki Kramer, a woman who had sensitive, eczema-prone skin. Even after years of being told that she was “trying the impossible” she consulted with progressive industry chemists and leading practitioners and began formulating, resulting in... Read more »
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3 Natural Mood Enhancers

Posted on May 21, 2013
Category: Sleep, Supplements

  Giving your mood a boost can be as simple as getting a good night’s sleep or spending the day in the sunshine. But for people who have more severe symptoms of feeling down, such as seasonal affective disorder or depression, pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals or a combination of both may be able to improve their sense... Read more »
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Supplements to Help Manage Blood Glucose Levels

Posted on March 23, 2012
Category: Diabetes, Special Diets, Supplements

When you eat food, your body absorbs the food and turns it into sugar, causing your blood sugar levels, also called blood glucose levels, to rise. Normally, your body releases insulin to combat these increased glucose levels; however, in diabetes, either your body isn’t releasing insulin, or your body isn’t responding to the insulin, causing... Read more »
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Ready to Relax? Tips for Reducing Stress

Posted on April 1, 2011
Category: General Health

  “There must be quite a few things that a hot bath won’t cure, but I don’t know many of them.” – Sylvia Plath – Take a Few Deep Breathes Breathing deeply is great for health and relaxation. Research suggests that breathing slowly for a few minutes a day can lower blood pressure and help... Read more »
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