CISSS de la Montérégie-Centre
Need health advice?
Health professionals are standing by to listen to you and help you make the right decisions.
Call Info-Santé: 811, option 1
Free and confidential service, available 24/7.
You will speak with a nurse who will:
- Answer your questions
- Explain what you can safely do at home
- Tell you which signs to watch for
- Refer you to the right resources
👉 Not every health problem needs medical attention.
Consult your pharmacist
Pharmacists are medication experts who can:
- Treat certain minor health problems
- Prescribe certain medications:
- Hormonal or emergency contraception
- Products to quit smoking
- Malaria and altitude sickness prevention medications
- Head lice, shingles, and acid reflux treatments
- And much more!
- Give advice about over-the-counter medications for allergies, colds, flu, pain, constipation, etc.
- Extend or adjust a prescription for your safety
- Prescribe and administer certain vaccines
- Order certain laboratory tests
- And much more!
Don’t hesitate to ask your pharmacist for advice about the proper use of medications and healthy lifestyle habits.
Videos (french only)
Info-Santé 811
Le rôle du pharmacien communautaire
Le pharmacien