Ozarks Healthcare to Celebrate Pharmacy Week and Host Drug Take Back Day

Ozarks Healthcare will celebrate National Pharmacy Week, October 19 through 25, recognizing the vital role pharmacists and pharmacy staff play in patient care and medication safety.

In conjunction with Pharmacy Week, Ozarks Healthcare’s Pharmacy will host National Drug Take Back Day a day early, on Friday, October 24, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Community members are encouraged to safely dispose of unused or expired prescription medications by bringing them to the secure drop box at the Ozarks Healthcare Pharmacy, located on the health system’s main campus inside the main entrance.

Proper disposal of medications helps prevent misuse and protects the environment by keeping pharmaceuticals out of the water supply and landfills.

Ozarks Healthcare thanks its pharmacy professionals for their dedication to ensuring safe, effective, and high-quality care for patients every day.

In addition to the Drug Take Back event, Ozarks Healthcare Pharmacies are now offering flu vaccinations at all locations. Both regular and high-dose (for ages 65+) flu shots are available Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on a walk-in basis. Updated COVID-19 vaccines will also be available later this fall.

Ozarks Healthcare Pharmacy Locations:

Main Entrance: 1100 Kentucky Ave., West Plains | 417-256-1793

West Plains: 307 N. Kentucky Ave., West Plains | 417-256-7533

Thayer Clinic: 1375 Nettleton Ave., Thayer | 417-264-7115

Mountain Grove: 500 E. 19th St., Suite D, Mountain Grove | 417-372-8732

Gainesville: 512 Third St., Gainesville | 417-679-2650

Flu shots are available at no cost with most insurance plans.

For more information about pharmacy services, flu vaccinations, or Drug Take Back Day, visit www.ozarkshealthcare.com/services/pharmacy or call your local Ozarks Healthcare Pharmacy.

Ozarks Healthcare is a not-for-profit health system that serves more than 160,000 residents across south-central Missouri and northern Arkansas. With its main campus residing in West Plains, Missouri, the health system offers a full spectrum of healthcare for all ages through its 114-bed hospital, behavioral health, therapies, pharmacies, rehabilitation, and home care services, along with specialty and family medicine clinics. Ozarks Healthcare has rural locations across an eight-county service area and is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations.