{"id":60931,"date":"2025-09-03T12:53:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T19:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/?p=60931"},"modified":"2025-10-02T10:02:46","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T17:02:46","slug":"samaritan-pharmacies-do-more-than-fill-prescriptions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/news\/samaritan-pharmacies-do-more-than-fill-prescriptions\/","title":{"rendered":"Samaritan Pharmacies Do More Than Fill Prescriptions"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article\">\n\t<header class=\"header\">\n\t\t<span class=\"type\"><\/span>\t\t<h1>Samaritan Pharmacies Do More Than Fill Prescriptions<\/h1>\t\t<time>September 3, 2025<\/time>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div id=\"block_cc739776c550830b2d7e2c817ac65316\" class=\"shs-block block-news-article entry-content\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<p>Sure, pharmacies are known for medications and prescription refills. What many people may not realize are the numerous other health care services available at their neighborhood pharmacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All seven <a href=\"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/health-services\/all-services\/pharmacy\/#Locations\">Samaritan Pharmacy locations<\/a> across the mid\u2011Willamette Valley and central Oregon Coast have convenient access to these other helpful services:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Vaccinations:<\/strong> Your pharmacist can give immunizations such as the HPV series, Tdap booster, meningococcal, influenza, shingles, COVID-19 and many others. Better yet, appointments are never required.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Over-the-counter products:<\/strong> Shop for a variety of health essentials.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Drug take-back bins:<\/strong> Safe and secure disposal of expired or unused medications.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sharps disposal:<\/strong> All Samaritan pharmacies are designated collection sites for free and safe disposal of needles.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Financial assistance:<\/strong> Ask about programs to support people without insurance or who are struggling to afford their medications.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Pharmacist-prescribed medications:<\/strong> Your pharmacist can prescribe birth control, naloxone, Paxlovid, emergency insulin refills and more.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Medication guides and counseling:<\/strong> Resources and personalized advice are available.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Medication therapy management:<\/strong> Personalized support for managing your medications to optimize therapy, prevent interactions and improve adherence.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Translation services:<\/strong> Get help with understanding prescription labels.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Convenience:<\/strong> Free mail delivery (Oregon only), plus text alerts with prescription updates and medication refills at your fingertips through Samaritan\u2019s MyChart patient portal.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also expect fast service, short wait times and friendly staff at every location, with reliable hours you can count on. If you are interested in changing your pharmacy to a Samaritan Pharmacy, it\u2019s easy to do. Just call your preferred location and a staff member will be happy to assist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For a list of locations visit <a href=\"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/health-services\/all-services\/pharmacy\/\">samhealth.org\/Pharmacy<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<aside>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Corvallis-Samaritan-Pharmacy-3521-NW-Samaritan-Dr-Cover-640x480.jpg\" class=\"attachment-cta size-cta wp-post-image\" alt=\"Samaritan Pharmacy - Corvallis is located in the Cascade View medical office complex near Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center.\" \/><figcaption>Samaritan Pharmacy &#8211; Corvallis is located just up the road from the hospital at 3521 NW Samaritan Drive in the Cascade View Medical Office complex.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\t\t<\/aside>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Samaritan Pharmacies offer more than prescriptions \u2014 from vaccinations and medication counseling to safe disposal services and financial assistance, they provide accessible, personalized care to support your overall health and wellness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":45962,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":"","_shs_workflow_notes":"","_shs_exclude_from_navigation":false,"_shs_promote_article_on_blogs":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"news-topics":[293],"news-types":[270],"services":[256],"specialty":[],"class_list":["post-60931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","news-topics-wellness","news-types-feature-article","services-pharmacy"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60931"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60931\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60931"},{"taxonomy":"news-topics","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-topics?post=60931"},{"taxonomy":"news-types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-types?post=60931"},{"taxonomy":"services","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/services?post=60931"},{"taxonomy":"specialty","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/specialty?post=60931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}