Madison Pharmacy Associates co-founder Marla Ahlgrimm has been a pioneer since the late 1970s, when she and a colleague began working to develop treatment options for premenstrual syndrome (PMS).
Don't wanna be here? Send us removal request.
Statistics
We looked inside some of the posts by madisonpharmacyassociates-blog and here's what we found interesting.
Average Info
Notes Per Post
0
Likes Per Post
0
Reblog Per Post
0
Reply Per Post
0
Number of Posts By Type
Text
1
Last Seen Tumblr Blogs
Fun Fact
US Tumblr user growth rate is estimated to slow down to 4.1%.
Text
Pharmacist Marla Ahlgrimm Revolutionizes Women’s Health Care
The world of pharmaceuticals was different for women when Marla Ahlgrimm began her pharmacy career. While working as a pharmacist in the late 1970s, she found for premenstrual syndrome (PMS) to be treated without the use of psychotropic medications, tranquilizers or antidepressants. We spoke with one of Marla Ahlgrimm’s colleagues at Madison Pharmacy Associates recently about how the practice of medicine has changed since she began more than thirty years ago.
Q: Welcome! How did Marla Ahlgrimm originally learn about premenstrual syndrome?
A: Marla Ahlgrimm and a colleague read an article about a woman who suffered from severe symptoms that only occurred premenstrually, 2 weeks of every month. This woman went to London for treatment as there were no treatment options for her in the United States at that time. The symptoms sounded similar to those his wife experienced every month. Working with his wife’s local doctor, they made a decision to compound the medication for her. She became the first woman in America to use natural progesterone. When Marla Ahlgrimm decided to start Madison Pharmacy Associates, PMS became her niche.
Q: Madison Pharmacy Associates grew over the years from 5 patients to 500 to a thriving practice of thousands of patients in the heart of Madison, Wisconsin. To what does Marla Ahlgrimm attribute her success?
A: At Madison Pharmacy Associates, patient counseling became a significant part of what Marla Ahlgrimm offered. She believed that a successful pharmacy is more than dispensing medication. Marla Ahlgrimm and her staff at Madison Pharmacy Associates listened to patients and attempted to address their individual health concerns.
Q: At Madison Pharmacy Associates, Marla Ahlgrimm has worked with women concerned about managing their symptoms of PMS, perimenopause, and menopause starting with self care options before prescription therapy, correct?
A: Marla Ahlgrimm pioneered the development of individualized natural hormone therapy combined with lifestyle changes and nutritional supplementation at Madison Pharmacy Associates. Marla was one of the first health professionals to recognize that a woman’s hormonal profile is unique to her and varies hourly, daily, monthly and yearly as she ages. Marla Ahlgrimm and the staff at Madison Pharmacy Associates identified and compounded specific low dose, natural hormone prescriptions using hormones that are identical to those produced in a woman’s body.
Q: How has Marla Ahlgrimm integrated a patient’s physician into the work Madison Pharmacy Associates does with a patient?
A: Marla Ahlgrimm strongly believes in involving the patient, physician, and pharmacist in the process, making it a true collaboration. Offering a patient hormone therapy often involves monitoring hormone levels and adjusting medication dosages. By monitoring these levels, Marla Ahlgrimm and her staff at Madison Pharmacy Associates are able to individualize treatment for each patient.
Q: Marla Ahlgrimm began with a premenstrual syndrome (PMS) focused practice in the late 1970’s. How did Madison Pharmacy Associates evolve to meet the demands as the demographics of women has gotten older?
A: At Madison Pharmacy Associates, Marla Ahlgrimm, author of The HRT Solution, Avery, has devoted her life to understanding hormone fluctuations and customizing hormone prescription therapy. As the patient population has gotten older, more women were concerned about symptoms of perimenopause and now menopause, as half of the women in the U.S. are postmenopausal. For Marla and Madison Pharmacy Associates, the goal has been to provide personalized pharmaceutical care options to women to maintain health and wellness throughout their lives.
The information in this article has been previously published and is provided as a reference resource by Marla Ahlgrimm, R.Ph. Madison Pharmacy Associates was sold in 2011. Marla Ahlgrimm is also the co-founder and President of Cyclin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The company sells proprietary products for the women’s health market as well as ProCycle PMS and ProCycle Gold products. For more information, go online to www.cyclinpharma.com
0 notes