Fill Your Prescriptions

With full in-patient and outpatient pharmacy, your pharmaceutical needs are covered at Torrance Memorial. If you or a loved one needs to fill prescriptions prior to discharge from the hospital, please feel free to ask a member of your care team more about our pharmacy services. Major credit cards are accepted, and direct insurance billing is provided.

Location

Torrance Memorial's Outpatient Pharmacy is located in the Central Tower
Hours: M - F 9:00 AM - 5:15 PM, and S - S 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
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Helpful Medication Resources

Printable Medication Card

Keep a record of the medications you are taking and you'll help to lower your risk of adverse drug reactions and minimize potentially dangerous side effects and allergic reactions.

My Meds Schedule

A free website and application to track your medication schedule.

Questions For The Pharmacist

Do you have questions about your medications? Are you confused about when to take them or with what they can be mixed? How can you tell if side effects from multiple medications are causing problems?

Questions For The Pharmacist is a free monthly opportunity to sit with a Torrance Memorial pharmacist who will help you better understand your medications. Please bring your "brown bag" of medicines you are taking, both prescription and non-prescription, and don't forget your list of questions.

To register and meeting locations please call 310-517-4701.

Medication Safety

Maintain a Current List of Your Medications

Bring a list of your medicines with you to the hospital. While you're in the hospital, it's important for you and your doctor to talk about your medicines. Tell your doctor and nurse everything you're taking, including:

  • Prescription medicines
  • Over-the-counter medicines (like aspirin and cough medicine)
  • Medicines that a family member or friend gave you
  • Vitamins
  • Herbal products

Taking Your Medicines

  • Let your doctor and nurse know if you have any allergies or have had previous reactions to any drugs, foods or latex.
  • Ask your nurse or doctor about your medicines-what they are, what they look like, what they do, when they are given and what side effects should be expected and reported.
  • Make sure that the staff verifies your name and date of birth before giving you any medicine.
  • Look at all medicines before you take them. If you do not recognize a medicine, let your nurse know.
  • While in the hospital you must not take medicines that you brought from home. You should give them to your nurse until you leave the hospital or give them to someone to take home for you.

Safe Drug Drop-Off

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, in conjunction with the Los Angeles County Departments of Public Health and Public Works present the "Safe Drug Drop-Off" Program. The program provides an opportunity for residents to safely and anonymously surrender any unused or expired prescriptions, over the counter medications, " SHARPS" (needles), or any other controlled substances. There will be no questions asked. We just want to get it off the streets. View a participating Sheriff stations.