Feeling Better
Starts Right Here

We’ve all been there, standing at the pharmacy counter. You hand over your prescription, and the pharmacist asks, "Would you prefer the generic or the brand name?"The generic is significantly cheaper but you might wonder, “If it costs less, is it actually doing the job? Am I sacrificing my health to save a few dollars?”To clear up the confusion, we sat down with Deans Pharmacy’s pharmacist, Ricardo Newell, to bust the myths and give you the facts.

When we talk about health challenges facing Jamaicans, conversations usually centre around blood pressure, “sugar”, or heart health. But there is a quiet crisis developing in households across the country that directly intersects with all three: the rising rate of cognitive decline.

Take a breath. Go ahead – breathe in right now. Feel that? That air moving easily into your lungs, no struggle, no fight? Most of us do that about twenty thousand times a day and we never think about it. Not once. It's automatic. It's effortless.