Community Pharmacies
BC Renal partners with over 30 community pharmacies across the province to provide a funded formulary of medications and nutritional supplements for patients registered with BC Renal.
In most cases, one partner community pharmacy is located near each hemodialysis unit in BC. Advantages of this partnership include:
- Clear understanding of the expectations of both patients and BC Renal
- Consistent approach to patient care
- Opportunity for pharmacists to get involved in the specialty of care required by nephrology patients
Additional pharmacy partnership
BC Renal also collaborates with Macdonald’s Renal Pharmacy in Vancouver to provide an enhanced level of service to BC kidney patients.
Two of the most costly therapies – erythropoietic stimulating agents (erythropoietin and darbepoetin) and intravenous iron preparations – are distributed throughout the province by Macdonald’s.
These medications along with their specialty storage and shipping requirements, and stringent monitoring processes comprise a significant portion of our budget.
For more information, see the Pharmacies tab of the BC Renal Pharmacy & Formulary web page.
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