There are more than 300 vegan and vegetarian pharmacies. But beware of speculation.

VEGETARIAN PHARMACIES –

The boom was imaginable. With the explosive growth of vegetarians and vegans in Italy, the success of the "vegan pharmacy" formula was to be expected.. That is, a place where there are pharmacists able to offer specific advice to people accustomed to diets. vegetarians e Vegan.

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VEGAN PHARMACIES –

The network has grown a lot, and we are already at over 300 points of sale throughout Italy gathered around the Pharmavegana website, where you can locate the vegan and vegetarian pharmacy closest to your home.And this growth also included some training courses that these pharmacists had to take to obtain a special stamp to display in their stores.

VEGAN PRODUCTS IN PHARMACY –

This is all understandable. And it's also right that vegetarians and vegans can access useful information through the pharmacy network. There are three caveats, however. The first: Let's not confuse a lifestyle with the needs of medicine, and when you need treatment you should not go to the pharmacist, but to the medical health insurance companyAnd then, if necessary and if there is a prescription (when it is mandatory), go to the pharmacist. Second warning: be careful don't fall into the trap of the pharmacy-bazaar, where in order to sell products, old and new, medicinal and otherwise, they even expand into rather generic skills. In this case, rather than defending one's choice as vegetarians and vegans, one would do nothing but waste moneyThird: we hope that the pharmacists of the new network will always be responsible and attentive. As far as we are concerned, and we have written this several times, we are against the use and abuse of Dietary SupplementsAn absolute waste compared to the many healthy, natural products Mother Nature offers for free.

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