The Journal
Notes from the counter at Sophia's Pharmacy.
The Journal is the editorial publication of Sophia's Pharmacy in Aventura, Florida — plain-English medication guides, condition explainers, and South Florida health intelligence, written and clinically reviewed by licensed pharmacists. No sponsors, no miracle cures, no content written to fill a calendar. Just what we'd tell you at the counter, with room to say it properly.
Hurricane season & your medications: the South Florida checklist.
The guide every household between the bay and the beach should keep with the flashlights — supplies windows, refrigeration plans for insulin and biologics, early-refill rules when a storm is named, and the paperwork that matters if you evacuate.
By Corrine Kaplan, PharmD · In preparation — publishing ahead of June 1storm-kit flat lay, ivory linen, evening light
What we publish — and why.
Five standing categories, each with its own template, standards, and purpose. Nothing outside them.
Medication Guides
Plain-English guides to the medications we dispense — what they are, how they work, what to expect, and when to call. One fixed anatomy, so patients always know where the answer lives.
Conditions & Care
Living well with the conditions our patients manage — the medication landscape, the myths worth retiring, and the day-to-day details a fifteen-minute appointment can't cover.
Ask the Pharmacist
Real questions from the counter, answered in three hundred careful words — the answer first, the nuance after, the "when this doesn't apply" always.
Living Well in South Florida
The category no national publisher can write — hurricane pharmacy planning, heat and medications, snowbird coordination, and the seasonal rhythms of health between two coasts.
Inside the Pharmacy
Transparency as content — how compounding actually works, what happens during a prescription transfer, why prior authorizations exist, and what a pharmacist checks before every fill. The pieces that turn readers into patients by simply showing the work.
Twelve pieces, in preparation.
Published in the first two cycles — each written or reviewed by a PharmD, dated, and sourced. No placeholders will ever sit here pretending to be articles.
Hurricane Season & Your Medications: The Checklist
In preparationTretinoin: The Plain-English Guide
In preparationDoes Florida heat ruin medications left in the car?
In preparationWhat a Compounding Pharmacy Actually Does
In preparationManaging Many Medications: A Field Guide to Polypharmacy
In preparationStatins, Explained Without the Argument
In preparationThe Snowbird's Guide to Two-Pharmacy Living
In preparationCan I fly with my prescriptions?
In preparationPrior Authorization, Translated
In preparationGLP-1 Medications: What Patients Actually Ask
In preparationSun, Skin & Photosensitizing Medications
In preparationThe Retinoid Adjustment Period, Honestly
In preparationTwo authors. Both licensed. Both here.
Every piece carries a PharmD byline and a visible review date. Author pages launch with their first bylines.
Corrine Kaplan, PharmD
Patient care, Medication Packs, and compounding verification — the counter's leading voice on living with a regimen. Writes the guides she wishes every caregiver had. Meet Corrine →Jonathan Abraham, PharmD
Specialty sourcing and insurance advocacy — the desk that untangles the system. Writes the transparency pieces: how sourcing, coverage, and prior authorization actually work. Meet Jonathan →Educational content only — The Journal never replaces advice from your physician or pharmacist about your specific situation.
Have a question
for the counter?
The best pieces in Desk 03 start as real questions. Ask yours — if it would help other patients, we'll answer it in The Journal (always anonymously).
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Call it in
A pharmacist answers at (305) 239-9199, seven days a week — your question gets answered today either way; The Journal version comes later.
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Send it quietly
Email info@sophiaspharmacy.com with "Ask the Pharmacist" in the subject. Questions are published anonymously, always.
The best pharmacy content
is still a conversation.
Until the founding slate publishes, the counter is open seven days — and it answers faster than any article.