Box Salud by Apoteca Natura prevents, trains and monitors good cardio-metabolic health.

cardio-metabolic diseases some of main causes of death in Spain. In particular, according to the National Institute of Statistics of Spain, the top five includes three diseases associated with this disorder: firstly, coronary heart disease (heart attacks-angina pectoris); secondly, blowsclosely associated with risk factors for cardiovascular disease; And, heart failure It is the fifth cause of death. In total, they accounted for 16% of the country’s total deaths in 2023. It is also very pertinent to note that 57.3% of Spaniards have two or more risk factors cardiovascular system: lack of sleep. obesity, hypertension or high cholesterol and others. For all these reasons, it is important to take care of your heart to maintain health and ensure adequate protection.

Apotheka Natura has been accompanying people on their conscious path to health for more than 10 years, promoting cardio-metabolic prevention through its campaign carried out in network pharmacies.

What is the Health Box “Cardiometabolic Prevention and Monitoring”?

Since mid-October, Apoteca Natura has been available in pharmacies in collaboration with SEMERGEN (Spanish Society of Primary Care Physicians), new Cardio-Metabolic Prevention Campaign, with the aim of increasing awareness of cardio-metabolic well-being and promoting prevention by identifying possible risk factors. The Cardiometabolic Prevention and Monitoring Health Box is a product that allows the customer to access preventive tests, specific measurements, information and personalized advice on cardio-metabolic health, as well as many other benefits.

Who is this preventative service for? Mainly for adults from 40 to 65 years old those aware of the importance of cardiovascular health, people with risk factors and people who care for family members with cardiometabolic diseases. This “health box” includes necessary tests and measurements Know your cardiometabolic health situation and identify and prevent risks. In this case, the patient will find very easy to use coupons (give it to the pharmacist, take the test and see the results in the app) to request various tests:

• Test coupon: calculation of vascular age and increasing metabolic risk for control and monitoring of health status. After three months, the person can take a so-called control test again to evaluate improvements, following the advice and recommendations of the pharmacist.
• Coupon sizes: blood pressure, cholesterol, triglycerides, glucose, lipid profile.
• Access via coupons to digital platforms: For example, the MyApotecaNatura application, where you can find your personal health diary to track the dynamics of your data, as well as a nutrition guide with dietary recommendations based on the health needs of each person.
• Lifestyle Coupons: with tips on healthy eating and exercise to improve cardiometabolic well-being.

According to Laya Vicente, Marketing Manager Apoteca Natura Spain: “We decided to include Box Salud Prevention and Cardiometabolic Monitoring in the campaigns because we believe it is a great benefit to both the pharmacy and the person requiring this service. This is a safe, fast and affordable way to perform a cardiovascular examination (maximum 20 minutes) with a trusted Apoteca Natura pharmacist.”. And he concludes: “This format allows us to continue to focus on the prevention of minor pathologies and the identification of risk factors from the pharmacy, which acts as a key agent in the healthcare chain”.

For my part, Alejandro Puga, owner of the Puga pharmacy in MelillaSince its opening four years ago, Apoteca Natura has been positive about the availability of the “Health Box” for this preventive service, given that “for a person, in addition to advice and experience, they take away something physical that is positive and serves as a reminder for subsequent visits to the pharmacy”. For the pharmacist “This is a good option because it makes the campaign clearer and helps you explain it.”.

Goal: to educate and prevent

Like any other campaign, Apoteca Natura pharmacies are implementing this initiative in collaboration with SEMERGEN (Spanish Society of Primary Care Physicians) and SIMG (Italian Society of General Medicine and Primary Care) with the aim of communicating the risks of diseases, cardio-metabolic diseases and how to can be prevented with healthy habits.

Apoteca Natura pharmacies: for conscious health

Apoteca Natura is an international network of pharmacies with the ability to listen and guide people in the process of conscious health, specializing in basic human needs for care and prevention. This is a project that was born in Italy in 2000 and arrived in Spain at the end of 2011.

Apoteca Natura pharmacies take a new approach focused on people and their holistic well-being. It is an international pharmacy chain dedicated to caring for people, respecting their bodies and the environment, and operating in a responsible, sustainable and transparent manner to promote conscious health and contribution to the common good.

These are pharmacies that want to put people at the center of everything they do: they practice active listening to customers to understand their needs and guide them on their path to conscious health. They are pharmacists trained to provide expert advice and solutions to promote healing, always respecting the body and the environment.

The World’s First Benefit® Pharmacy Network: Fundamental Value

From the point of view of the Apoteca Natura network, a company cannot do without developing an economic-social function and striving for the common good; These are values ​​that are already present in your DNA. For this reason, in 2018, it became the first Benefit® pharmacy chain in the world to achieve B Corp® certification.

Additional information and advice on prevention and a healthy lifestyle can be obtained from Apoteca Natura pharmacies, where they have information leaflets, as well as on the Apoteca Natura Facebook and Instagram pages (@apotecanaturaes).