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An
American Institution - The Corner Drug Store
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On
August 25, 1956 James E. Ohliger opened the doors of Ohliger
Drug of Fairview Park for the very first time. Over fifty
years later, James' children, his son Tom Ohliger and his
daughter Molly Ohliger-Lavelle carry on a proud family
tradition, as fourth generation pharmacists, and owners of
the Fairview Park store at 21720 Lorain Road, and the North
Olmsted Ohliger Drug Store at 25300 Lorain Road. In
many communities across America the corner drug store has
been obliterated by the likes of Rite Aid, Wal-Mart and
Walgreens! |
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FREE Delivery
Service |
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A very important part of
the service that Ohliger Drug Stores provide is the
free delivery service for prescription. Today's prescription
customer is increasingly concerned with mobility and
transportation. If you use a wheelchair, if you are elderly,
and invalid or have given up driving your own car because of
illness or failing eyesight, the free delivery service can
be an important consideration when choosing a drug store.
After winters of historic proportions, bad weather can keep
even the bravest of souls from venturing outside. If you
pharmacy does not deliver, or charges for the delivery
service (a minimum of $5 per prescription is common) a drug
store that knows you and delivers is indeed a blessing!
Because many many medications must not be taken on an empty
stomach or should be taken with milk, Ohliger Drug stores
will even deliver milk along with your prescription. Now
that's service! |
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Same Day
Service |
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Your local pharmacy has
same day service. Your local drug store pharmacist knows his
and her customers and they know what they need to stock.
When you need a painkiller, you need it now, not in
three days or next week. And when you have more than a cold,
and your doctor prescribed and antibiotic, you need to start
taking it before it becomes pneumonia! |
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Is
Bigger
Better? |
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In this age of managed
care, it would seem that it is difficult for small, often
family owned and operated drug stores, to compete with the
like of Wal-Mart and Rite Aid. The truth is that for the
customer it is indeed a matter of what is best for them.
Many people are thankful the family owned drug stores like
Ohliger Drug are an important part of their community.
Consider this: If you know how to choose and work with the
real, live pharmacist behind the counter, an independent
drug store is usually the wisest choice. Here's why: The
average family of four is now spending more that $500 a year
out of pocket on prescription drug. Independent drug store
prices, such as Ohliger Drug's are often better. "Right in
your own back yard" costs less for a number of reasons. With
the large chains the never ending television ads to promote
film developing, and "chips" and "salsa" are expensive. The
money to pay for them comes out of the customer's pocket. |
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Know your
pharmacist - And they will know you! |
A corporate managed drug
chain has many pharmacists, if a pharmacist from store Y is
needed at store Z, or even store X... they must go wherever
they are needed. For the chain store pharmacist it is
difficult, at best, to even know which store you are at on a
given day, much less be expected to know your customers! At
a local, family owned drug store like Ohliger Drug Stores,
the pharmacist grew up in the business. Tom and Molly's
father owned the store before they did and their grandfather
owned it before their father.
Who would you want filling your prescription, or your mother's or
your son's or your daughter's prescription? Someone that
knows you and your family, or a stranger who is in the store
for perhaps only a day? |
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Information and
Safety |
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Everyone has seen the TV
commercials that say the drug store chains have a computer
system that will provide information to you about possible
side effects and drug interactions. What they do not tell
you is that pharmacists in the entire Unties State must
comply with the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 -
OBRA, which requires pharmacists to counsel consumers on
side effects and proper use of medication. |
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A Bigger
Safety Payoff at Your Local Pharmacy! |
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A discount asthma inhaler
is worthless if you don't know how to use it. Pharmacists
who do more than put pills in a bottle can help. They'll
show you how to take your medication correctly, discuss the
drug's possible side effects, and most important, warn you
if the drug interacts with anything else you are taking,
prescription or otherwise. For instance, the anticoagulant
warafin taken with blood-thinning aspirin, can cause
internal bleeding. A trusted pharmacist who will
troubleshoot such dangers can save you both worry and money.
You will get more helpful responses from somebody you
regularly deal with face to face. |
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Ohliger Drug
Stores - Just What the Doctor Ordered! |
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You are fortunate to live
where there is an independent, family owned and operated
drug store like Ohliger Drug Stores. When it comes to
a trusted and reliable source for all your prescription and
non-prescription drugs, you know how wise a decision you
have made to seek them out and stick with them. The
continuity and your peace of mind is worth more than a few
scattered savings on chips and salsa! And if you are the
type who can't walk into Wal-Mart without picking up a
family-sized jar of maraschino cherries, a candy bar and a
copy of the Inquirer, the free home delivery of your
prescriptions could be just what the doctor ordered! |
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