Here is the list of analyzes that we can do without a prescription and reservation at the pharmacy

In spite of themselves, pharmacies have now become a sort of detachment of the emergency room or general practitioner. How many times do we go to the pharmacy looking for quick advice before going to the doctor or the emergency room?

The trust that Italians place in pharmacists is very high: this is revealed by a survey by the Piepoli Institute according to which in a range from zero to ten pharmacists reach a vote of 7.9 by Italians.

Hand in hand with increased trust, the pharmacy provides more and more services. At the pharmacy we can buy diagnostic self-tests or stop for an immediate analysis.

In addition to the usual blood pressure checks, people also go to the pharmacy to do the tests. In fact, the so-called “service pharmacy” was born with law 69/2009.

Here is the list of analyzes that we can do without a prescription and reservation at the pharmacy

Not everyone knows, in fact, that the treating doctors cannot prescribe tests with a certain frequency. If we need to check the outcome of a treatment or a rapid electrocardiogram we can go to the pharmacy.

Among the analyzes that the pharmacist can carry out we find:

• complete blood count of the 18 items such as leukocyte formula, hemoglobin, etc.
• cholesterol, HDL and LDL cholesterol, triglycerides;
• blood glucose and glycated hemoglobin (a glucose report up to two months before the test);
• MOC (very useful for the prevention of osteoporosis);
• cardiological examinations: cardiac and blood pressure Holter, electrocardiogram;
• Impedance weighing.

The samples do not take place by vein but with lancing kits that make the analyzes even more painless and fast. The result is obtained within the day or 24 hours later for cardiac analyzes.

How much do pharmacy tests cost?

In most cases it is equal to or even lower than the ticket.

Are these costs for self-analysis in the pharmacy deductible?

Yes, they are deductible like any health expense.

Are the analyzes performed in the pharmacy reliable?

A university study on this question was prepared by the Departments of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Laboratory Medicine of the University of Padua. The staff tried to simultaneously perform a lancing test on a patient to be processed by the pharmacist and an intravenous sample to be taken to the laboratory. The data from the two analyzes almost completely agreed.

Other services and analytics

In many cases it is possible to carry out a cosmetic analysis of the skin with an anti-aging program, detection of the phototype for sun exposure, etc.

Furthermore, recently, even in the pharmacy, it is possible to swab for Covid 19.

Here, therefore, is revealed the list of analyzes that we can do without a prescription and reservation at the pharmacy and according to the latest estimates, more and more pharmacies offer these services.