Health & Wellness
Community health data for Greater Hartford, live FDA drug safety alerts, and how Arrow Pharmacy supports patients managing chronic conditions.
This section brings together two things that shape how we think about care at the counter: real public-health data about the community we serve, and live drug safety information that can affect a prescription you're already taking. Neither replaces a conversation with your pharmacist or doctor, but both are worth knowing before you need them.
Greater Hartford, by the numbers
The snapshot above comes from the CDC's PLACES project, which models chronic-disease and health-risk measures at the local level using a combination of survey and population data — it's the closest thing available to a real community health picture below the state level. Connecticut reports PLACES data by planning region rather than by county, so the figures above reflect the Capitol planning region that includes Hartford.
Chronic disease is common in our area, which is part of why medication adherence support isn't an afterthought here — it's a core part of how we think about every refill. A patient managing diabetes, hypertension, or another chronic condition often benefits as much from a pharmacist who checks in about how a medication is going as from the prescription itself.
In practice, that means a few concrete things: flagging a missed refill before it turns into a gap in therapy, catching an interaction between a new prescription and something a patient is already taking, and — for patients juggling several medications on different schedules — offering Medicine on Time pre-sorted pill packs so a complicated regimen is easier to actually follow.
Drug Safety & Recall Center
Drug Safety & Recall Center
Live FDA recall alerts, what the recall classes mean, and exactly what to do if a medication you take gets recalled.
Medication recalls happen more often than most people realize, and most never make the local news. Our Drug Safety & Recall Center pulls current recall data directly from the FDA's enforcement database, explains what a Class I, II, or III recall actually means, and walks through exactly what to do — starting with "don't stop taking it on your own" — if something you take shows up on the list.
More ways we support your health
- Disease States Treated — medication management and counseling for patients managing oncology, hepatitis C, HIV, multiple sclerosis, and rheumatoid arthritis.
- Immunizations & Vaccinations — seasonal flu, shingles, pneumonia, and other vaccines administered by our pharmacists.
- Specialty Care Services — extra support, including prior authorization and copay help, for patients on complex regimens.
- Patient Assistance Programs — help identifying manufacturer and state programs that lower out-of-pocket drug costs.
Have a question about your own health data, a specific condition, or a medication you're taking? Call us at (860) 522-9289 — a pharmacist, not a call center, will pick up.