Synergy Centre Pharmacy

04/23/2025

Outbreak Monitoring

Meningococcal disease cases linked to Umrah travel to Saudi Arabia

There have been reported cases of meningococcal disease linked to Umrah travel to Saudi Arabia.

If you are considering travel to Saudi Arabia for the purposes of Umrah, make sure you are vaccinated with a quadrivalent (ACYW) meningococcal vaccine before travelling, as required by Saudi Arabia. Talk to a health care provider or visit a travel health clinic, preferably 6 weeks before your trip, to discuss vaccination and to get personalized health advice.

Health requirements (moh.gov.sa)
Immediately seek medical attention if you, your child, or another close contact develops symptoms of meningococcal disease. This can include sudden fever, drowsiness, irritability, headache, vomiting, stiff neck, and a skin rash that spreads rapidly.

Symptoms of invasive meningococcal disease

Routine vaccines

Make sure your routine vaccinations are up-to-date before you travel, no matter where you’re going.

These may include vaccines for measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR), diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough), polio, varicella (chickenpox), meningococcal disease, seasonal flu, and others.

Provincial and Territorial Immunization Information

Pre-travel vaccines and medications
When travelling in this destination, you might be at risk for diseases that can be prevented with vaccines or medications. Talk to a travel health care provider about which ones are right for you based on your travel plans.

The highlights below will also tell you if your destination may require that vaccine for entering or exiting.

Yellow Fever - Country Entry Requirements
Hepatitis A
Malaria
Hajj and Umrah vaccination entry requirements
Rabies
Measles
Hepatitis B
COVID-19
Influenza

Read more :

https://travel.gc.ca/destinations/saudi-arabia

For your required Yellow Fever, quadrivalent (ACYW) meningococcal vaccine and other recommended vaccines before travelling, as required by Saudi Arabia, visit or call us at TAMARACK PHARMACY
308 - 9612 FRANKLIN AVE
FORT MCMURRAY

📞 780-750-1200

04/20/2025

We wish you and your family the abundance of peace that it brings, with blessed hope and lasting joy in this Easter Season.

Happy Season!

01/01/2025

Happy New Year!

As we step into 2025, MAYJORAD’s Pharmacies reaffirm our commitment on building healthier communities by offering family-friendly pharmacy and health services.
Thank you for your continued trust in our professional services.

11/05/2024

RHEMA Mediclinic is now open from Monday to Friday from 9am to 7pm.
Walk-ins and After-Hour ACCEPTED

Address is Unit 308-9612 Franklin Avenue, Fort McMurray, Alberta, T9H 2J9
(P) 780 714 9090

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05/12/2024

On this day, we want to say thank you for all you do tirelessly, not only for your family but for our community and the world as well.

04/10/2024

Synergy Centre Pharmacy wishes everyone a joyous and blessed Eid al-Fitr!

May the lessons learnt in the Holy Month of Ramadan be a source of happiness, peace, and prosperity to you and your loved ones.

Eid Mubarak!


Mayjorad Pharma Group

04/06/2024

The total eclipse happens Monday, and physicians may see patients with eclipse-related complaints.

In the dark about solar eclipse health and safety: INFO 101

According to “Safe Viewing of Solar Eclipses” JAMA patient page, totality of the eclipse lasts only about one to three minutes based on geographic location, and bright sunlight can appear suddenly as the moon continues to move. Even a few seconds of viewing the sun during an eclipse can cause solar retinopathy.

To avoid this, patients should never view the sun or a total solar eclipse with the naked eye or by looking through binoculars, telescopes, or a phone camera. Sunglasses alone also are not safe. Safe ways to view an eclipse include through shade No. 14 welder’s glasses or aluminized Mylar camera filters if totally intact, without any scratches. Eclipse glasses should say they comply with ISO 12312-2 standards

What are the primary symptoms of solar retinopathy?

* 15%Blurred vision
* 10%Color distortion
* 3%Micropsia
* 8%Headaches
* 9%Eye pain
* 6%Scotoma
* 2%Metamorphopsia

All of the above, although many of the symptoms won’t be evident until hours or even days after the damage has occurred. The delay is especially true for eye pain: The retina does not have pain receptors, so patients do not feel the injury when it is occurring

Any worry that eyes damage from solar retinopathy is permanent??

* False.

While damage can be permanent, many patients improve on their own over three to four months without any treatment.

According to Solar Retinopathy, American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, vision changes that are still present 6 months after the injury will likely be permanent, and some people will continue to have permanent distortions (also known as metamorphopsia) and blind spots (also known as scotomas) in their central vision.

Besides eclipse-gazers, which populations are most at risk of solar retinopathy?

* 22%Welders who don’t use protective eyewear
* 8%Those under the influence of recreational drugs
* 15%Children
* 8%Those with psychiatric disorders
* 14%Sun gazers as part of religious ritual
* 7%Sunbathers

All of the above. Solar retinopathy has been linked with using laser pointers as well.

Mental disturbances via drug intoxication or schizophrenia raise the risk, as does any kind of sungazing.

Children are more at risk, not only because they are more tempted to watch an eclipse, but because the child’s natural lens is so clear that it lets more ultraviolet (UV) rays reach the back of the eye, resulting in more severe damage.

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Mayjorad Pharmacies provides health and pharmacy services in Fort McMurray including medication prescriptions, and travel clinic.