The ECU Student Health Service pharmacy carries a wide variety of over-the-counter medications and products at significantly reduced costs. These items may be purchased at the pharmacy department window. The pharmacy accepts payment by cash, check, Mastercard/Visa, or ECU students may charge the payment to their cashier's account.

Pain Relievers:

• Aspirin: Relieves mild to moderate pain, inflammation and tenderness in joints.
• Acetaminophen: Relieves mild to moderate pain. Reduces fever.
• Ibuprofen: Relieves mild to moderate pain, particularly for menstrual cramps. Decreases inflammation. Helps reduce fever.
• Naproxen: Relieves mild to moderate pain. Anti-inflammatory. Reduces fever. Duration of actions is 8-12 hours.

Cold & Flu:

• Antihistimines: Relieves itching, sneezing, teary eyes, and runny nose. Relieves itching due to poison ivy, insect bites, and dermatitis.
• Decongestants: Helps to widen blocked nasal passages and sinuses reducing nasal congestion, sinus pressure, head and earaches due to sinus pressure.
• Cough Expectorants: Reduces the thickness of mucous in order to help remove congestion from the chest. Can help prevent a cold or flu from getting worse to the point of bronchitis.
• Cough Suppressant: Designed to help control coughing, particularly a dry, hacking, persistent cough.

Topicals:

• Steroidal Creams: Relieves inflamed, irritated skin due to rashes, poison ivy, insect bites
• Antifungal Creams: Relieves itching and redness of irritated skin due to fungal infection such as athlete's foot, jock itch, ring worm, vaginal yeast infections

Nausea & Diarrhea:

• Antiacids: Neutralize excessive stomach acid due to upset stomach from foods, viruses, emotions
• H-2 blockers/Proton Pump Inhibitors: Stops production of excessive stomach acid
• Antidiarrheals: Reduces mild diarrhea symptoms. Can reduce bowel cramps due to diarrhea. 

The ECU Student Health Service pharmacy offers these non-prescription contraceptive/safer sex options:

• Latex male condoms
• Polyurethane male condoms
• Spermicides
• Pregnancy tests

(Prescription Emergency Contraception or Morning After Pill is also available with an appointment)

Stop by the ECU Student Health Service to check out what is available for you! Talk to the pharmacist about possible side effects and drug interactions.