Mental Health & Addiction Services
Nicotine Dependence
There is no fee for this service with your valid Nova Scotia Health Card at Nova Scotia pharmacies and pharmacy clinics.
Pharmacists are effective in providing a smoking cessation program and contributing to patient quit rates or reductions in the amount of nicotine used. They help smokers and those that use nicotine products reduce their use by providing behavioural counselling, creating quit plans, recommending nicotine replacement therapy and scheduling follow-up visits.
Take Home Naloxone Kits & Training
Kits are available at all pharmacies, a valid Nova Scotia health card is not required.
Naloxone is a medication that is injected to provide a partial or complete reversal of an opioid overdose. This medication can prevent death and respiratory depression associated with opioid overdose. Pharmacies can provide you with a free take home naloxone kit, recommended for those at risk of an opioid overdose and those who are most likely to witness and respond to an opioid overdose. The pharmacist will provide opioid overdose prevention education as well as training on the administration of naloxone.
Injections pharmacy professionals can administer*:
There is no fee for this service with your valid Nova Scotia Health Card at Nova Scotia pharmacies and pharmacy clinics.
- Opioid Addiction Treatment
- Anti-psychotic medications
- Other (please ask)
*Prescription from another provider may be required for some injectable medications. The pharmacist will conduct an assessment before each injection to ensure it is safe/suitable to administer. Not all pharmacies provide this service, call your pharmacy to inquire.
Medication & Mental Illness Assessments (Bloom Program - Select Pharmacies)
Your pharmacist can help you with your mental health/addiction diagnoses in many ways including managing medication-related issues and provide one-on-one care. Patients must have been diagnosed with one or more mental health or addiction diagnoses and have a medication problem that they would like to work on with their pharmacist. Click here to learn more about the Bloom Program and click here to find a site near you.
Medication & Mental Illness Assessments are no cost with a valid Nova Scotia health card at CPPCC and select pharmacies. Click here to learn more about the Bloom Program and click here to find a site near you.
