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Uncover Your Eyes with Dr. Meenal Episode #17: Medications, Vitamins, and Supplements with Serina Hanlon
Medications, vitamins, and supplements. How do you know what to take, when to take it, and how much to take? Our guest, Serina Hanlon, is a Compounding Pharmacist and Owner of The Pharmacy Lab in Toronto, which focuses on wellness. Hear how to know which supplements are the best, the benefits of key vitamins, your options if you have trouble taking pills, what Serina takes for vitamins and supplements, and how Ozempic and Metformin work. This episode covers everything from vitamins to Ozempic. Here’s a small sample of what you will hear in this episode:
- What’s a Compounding Pharmacist?
- How should we think about supplements?
- What are the guidelines around supplements?
- How do you know what to take?
- What should you do if you have trouble swallowing pills?
- How do you find good vitamins?
- What are probiotics?
- Does Ozempic work?
Show Notes
- Medications, Vitamins, and Supplements with Serina Hanlon
- [0:21] Welcome to Uncover Your Eyes with Dr. Meenal
- [0:48] Serina Hanlon, The Pharmacy Lab
- [1:32] What’s a Compounding Pharmacist?
- [3:03] How should we think about supplements?
- [4:58] How do you know what to take?
- [7:02] What are the guidelines around supplements?
- [11:42] What are side effects to watch out for?
- [13:15] What can you do about stress?
- [14:28] What should you do if you have trouble swallowing pills?
- [17:55] What does Serina recommend for children?
- [18:52] What does she take?
- [22:02] What are probiotics?
- [30:42] What are Serina’s thoughts on Ozempic?
- [36:48] Connect with Serina at ThePharmacyLab.CA, on Instagram @ThePharmacyLab, and on LinkedIn
- [37:38] Subscribe to Uncover Your Eyes on your favorite podcast platform and YouTube, and learn more about Dr. Meenal on Instagram @Dr.MeenalAgarwal
- Theme Song: “Upbeat Motivational Pop Rock” by Alexey Anisimov
- Transcript