Local Pharmacy Archives

501 Pharmacy Wins Best of Chapel Hill 2019

July 23, 2019 By Han Su

We did it! We won “Favorite Pharmacy” in Chapel Hill Magazine’s Best of Chapel Hill 2019 Issue. This is the third year in a row since opening that we have taken home the title of favorite pharmacy. Thank you to everyone who took the time to vote.

In case you missed out this year, Chapel Hill Magazine has an annual poll which allows you to vote for your favorites in dining, retail, services, home and garden, and art and entertainment. We would also like to give a shoutout to one of our neighbors Capp’s Pizzeria & Trattoria. They took home the award for best pizza.

Thank you to the Veranda community for your support. We are thrilled to be your local pharmacy of choice for the last three years and look forward to serving you and yours for many years to come! Be sure to pick up your copy of Chapel Hill Magazine’s July/August issue. You can also view all of the winners here.

About Chapel Hill Magazine

Chapel Hill Magazine is an eight-times-a-year lifestyle magazine dedicated to bringing you the very best of Chapel Hill. Their magazine places a high emphasis on food and dining coverage, the arts, and community. They are a city magazine dedicated to bringing you the best of Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Hillsborough and northern Chatham County, North Carolina.

Getting Your Medications Should be as Easy as Buying a Cup of Coffee

July 3, 2019 By Han Su

If getting your medications is not as easy as getting a cup of coffee, it should be! Check out the short video below to see what we mean.

This video is from The Community of Oncology Alliance. They are working to shed light on the dangers of Pharmacy Benefit Managers. Getting your medications, like coffee, should be simple and should not involve a harmful expensive pharmacy benefit manager. So what does all this mean? Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) are the middlemen that come between patients and their doctors, causing unnecessary suffering by delaying, denying, or obstructing care. Learn more at PBMAbuses.org.

Source: PBMAbuses.org

Support Your Local Independent Pharmacy

501 Pharmacy is locally owned by Han Su and Greg Vassie. They have a combined 35 years of pharmacy experience. Ever since graduating with their Pharmacy Doctorate degrees they have provided the Pittsboro, Chapel Hill, and Carrboro areas with great customer service and pharmaceutical care since 1999.

At 501 Pharmacy, we are able to give the community more personalized customer service, locally-manufactured products, and a wide selection of quality over-the-counter products – without Pharmacy Benefit Managers. We are here for you and we will always make the time to talk to you or make an appointment to discuss your medications, potential drug interactions, compounding, and any other pharmaceutical needs. We also offer free local business and residential delivery for our pharmacy customers. Come see the 501 Pharmacy difference today!

We are open Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. until 6:30 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. We are ready to fill your first order today and we will make the process easy for you. Fill out our online form at the button below and we will be happy to assist you with your pharmaceutical needs. Thank you, for your business! We look forward to getting to know you.

Now Offering Adherence Packaging at 501 Pharmacy

April 9, 2019 By Han Su

501 Pharmacy is pleased to offer adherence packaging to our pharmacy customers! This special packaging is an easy-to-use way to manage multi-dose prescriptions. Managing multi-dose prescriptions is not easy and inadequate medication adherence is a widespread problem that contributes to increased chronic disease complications and health care expenditures. Keep reading to see if adherence packing is right for you and give us a call if you have any questions: 984-999-0501.

What is Adherence Packaging?

With adherence packaging, you will see the prescribed dosage, time, frequency, and direction all in one simple, visual pack. Using simple day and date features, calendar-based packing is designed to help maintain your physician’s prescribed dosing schedule. Are you a visual learner? Some packs are even color-coded to help you quickly identify your correct dosing. For example, yellow doses for the morning, and blue for nighttime medications.

Who Is It For?

Adherence packaging is designed for those who need to take multiple medications. It is great for patients who might not have close family or caretakers to help monitor and give medications. Adherence packs easily tear off and allow you to take medication with you wherever you go. There is no need to handle multiple medicine bottles or packets ever again. Another great feature is you will be able to easily see if you have taken medication at the right time of the day.

Know When to Refill

As an added bonus, this packaging also lets you know when it is time to call us at 501 Pharmacy to order a refill. When patients fail to take medication as prescribed, they can end up back in the hospital or doctor’s office creating more expense for themselves as well as their insurance. We are happy to be able to offer this convenience to you and welcome any questions you may have: 984-999-0501.

Pittsboro Discount Drug Customers! Welcome

March 13, 2019 By Han Su

Our friends at Pittsboro Discount Drug have closed their doors as of last Tuesday, March 5, 2019, after many years of providing the same high-quality care that we provide at 501 Pharmacy. They were bought out by Walgreens and if you had a prescription at Pittsboro Discount Drug, those files have been transferred to the Walgreens in Pittsboro.

We Would Love to Have You

If you are interested in using 501 Pharmacy, we would love to have you as part of our family. We offer free, local delivery as well as competitive pricing! We have also hired the compounder from Pittsboro Discount Drug and are offering compounding for pets and their hoomans. Our independent pharmacy team can’t wait to get to know you and your family!

Co-owners Greg Vassie and Han Su have a combined 35 years of pharmacy experience. Ever since graduating with their Pharmacy Doctorate degrees they have provided the Pittsboro, Chapel Hill, and Carrboro areas with great customer service and pharmaceutical care since 1999.

Transfer your Rx

We are ready to fill your first order today and will make the process easy for you. There are a couple of ways you can transfer your prescriptions to us:

You can fill out our online form.
Have Walgreens transfer your prescription to us by calling them.
Contact your doctor and have them send us your prescriptions.

501 Pharmacy Services

Here are a few of the services we provide at 501 Pharmacy:

Compounding
Free Local Delivery
Immunizations and Vaccines
Over-the-Counter Inventory
Vitamins and Supplements
Ice Cream Parlour
Personal Service

Have Questions?

No problem! Just give us a call or shoot us a text at 984-999-0501. We are located at The Veranda at Briar Chapel and are open Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. until 6:30 p.m., Saturday from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m., and closed on Sunday. We look forward to meeting you.

Going for a Hat Trick – Vote for Us for Best of Chapel Hill 2019

March 12, 2019 By Han Su

Chapel Hill Magazine’s annual poll is back. Vote for your favorites in dining, retail, services, home & garden, and art & entertainment. We are listed under Services and would love for you to vote for us as your Favorite Pharmacy!

We have taken home the title of “Favorite Pharmacy” for the last two years and we are hoping to pull off a hat trick* this year.

Voting ends on March 21, 2019. Winners will be announced in the July/August issue of Chapel Hill Magazine.

How to Vote

Visit ChapelHillMagazine.com.
The poll is divided by category: Dining, Retail, Services (where we are listed), Home & Garden, and Arts and Entertainment. This way you can come back to finish the survey at any time instead of doing the entire thing in one sitting.
You are only allowed to vote once.
All questions are optional but readers are encouraged to complete the entire survey.
You can write in your favorites if they were not nominated.
Voting must be completed by March 21, 2019.

*Hat Trick – Three successes of the same kind, especially consecutive ones within a limited time period