SE*ED: Answers to Your Pressing Questions about Medications

The public is welcome to Grinnell Regional Medical Center’s Senior Education program to learn, “Answers to the Medication Questions You Wished You Had Asked before You Left the Pharmacy.” Cecily Bolte, PharmD, GRMC pharmacist, will present on Monday, May 2.

This SE*ED program will give insight into questions patients might have forgotten to ask or didn’t think about asking until they returned home. For example, when it says take on empty stomach, what exactly does that mean?  Bolte will give a basic understanding about the differences between a drug reaction and drug intolerance. She will also address the signs and symptoms of drug reactions, and when to call the doctor. Bolte encourages participants to bring questions.   

Bolte joined GRMC in 2015. She completed her undergraduate studies at Hastings College in Hastings, Neb.  She received her Doctorate of Pharmacy from the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska. She practiced retail pharmacy for 15 years before making a career change to hospital pharmacy in March of last year. 

This program is free and open to the public. It will be held at 10 a.m. in the Drake Community Library, with refreshments beginning at 9:30 a.m.

Parking is available at the Drake Community Library, along Park Street, on Fifth Avenue,  in the First Presbyterian Church parking lot. Seniors needing transportation may call GRMC Communications and Development at 641-236-2593 by the Thursday before the program.