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Grow Your Business. Help Your Community.

While many community pharmacies are struggling to make ends meet, Americans are struggling with OBESITY and the diseases that come along with it. TAKE CHARGE® is the prescription we need.

How TAKE CHARGE® Works For You

TAKE CHARGE® is designed to enhance your status as a health care professional, enabling you to transition your pharmacy into the health care arena apart from just dispensing medications.

Meet Cherokee Pharmacy

Helping patients control their weight and improve their health through better eating habits has become a key component of Cherokee Pharmacy. D. Terry Forshee, DPh, PD, CDE is the owner of Cherokee Pharmacies in Cleveland, Tennessee and Dalton Georgia and owner of Cherokee Medical Supply.  He is also president and CEO of TAKE CHARGE Nutrition, LLC.

Your Signature Is Needed!

Sign this petition today if you agree pharmacists should be recognized as health care providers under the Social Security Act, therefore be covered by Medicare for lifestyle management and other valuable patient services.

F as in Fat: How Obesity Threatens America's Future

The number of obese adults, along with related disease rates and health care costs, are on course to increase dramatically in every state in the country over the next 20 years, according to F as in Fat: How Obesity Threatens America's Future 2012, a report released by Trust for America's Health (TFAH) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF).  Read full article