I learned about Apotheca after hunting for a physical, retail outlet that sold Dew Puff facial sponges in Canada. The compounding pharmacy is the only retailer to do so; offering other singular items like Sabi pill cases and organizers, and Formulab skincare products-the latter of which, recommended and healing, impossibly stubborn cystic acne resulting from corticosteroid treatment.
Since Apotheca sits in a small space, one is immediately greeted by staff, ready to offer over-the-counter; prescription or compounding medicine assistance. With small architectural details-tiled floors, white-gold accents and sleek shelving-the pharmacy feels like a boutique showroom, accessible and inviting, engaging curiosity of all the fashionable (and useful!) must-haves for the medicine cabinet. (Why can't you be sick with style and get well too?!) In that regard, Apotheca has also succeeded with another discerning provision: serotonin-producing interior design!
If the lab services are equivalent to their over-the-counter help, then this pharmacy is supremely welcome, not only to the neighbourhood, but Toronto too.
Apotheca is open weekdays until evening, half-day Saturday. read more