Yesterday, as I was tucked away in my office eating my lunch, I was interrupted by one of my colleagues who asked me to counsel a patient about his medication upon collecting a new prescription. I usually have a habit of writing “Talk” on the prescription receipt for any patient that I need to have a brief conversation with … Read More
The weather in the past week has been quite erratic. We had some nice weather last weekend, and for a split second, I thought we are on track to a promising summer. The next minute, the weather made a 180 degree turn at the beginning of the week with some strong gusty winds and heavy rain. The very moment I’m … Read More
How are things with you all. Thanks for such a positive response to my last email. It looks like you have all been doing some spring cleaning of your medicines and we have had lots of returns to the pharmacy – some very old medicines returned indeed! Don’t worry I won’t name anyone 😉 Remember this service is free … Read More
Thanks everyone for dropping by and sending emails through wishing us all a happy world pharmacist day! You guys made it extra special for us this year. I came across an interesting case the other day and thought you may relate to it. A regular patient of mine came in a couple of days ago asking me if she … Read More
Hope you all are having a fantastic week so far. Believe it or not, it was ‘World Pharmacist Day” yesterday! I didn’t realise until I saw an email from the Pharmacy Guild yesterday afternoon wishing me a happy world pharmacist day. I told Tracy about it, and she said, “Too bad Chris! I would have bought us all afternoon … Read More
Is that time of the week again. It’s such a fantastic feeling to know that what I write each week reaches all of you and makes an impact on your health. It is truly a blessing to be able to engage with you all and share some of my knowledge as a pharmacist to my inner circle of friends. … Read More
I hope you’re all having a productive week. I’m finding it hard to believe that spring is here with the thunderstorms we’ve recently had!! And it’s been so windy! A nightmare for those of you suffering from allergies! I’ve had a reader email me asking which allergy tablets are the best and carrying on from my email from last week, … Read More
The 1st of September marks the first day of spring. Although theoretically we are entering a season of birds chirping and flowers blossoming, the weather clearly not indicating so. Cold, wet and windy weather might still be ahead of us before we can truly see the liveliness of spring. When I think about spring, what comes to mind is … Read More
It’s me again. I hope all of you are keeping well in this weather. I’m still seeing lots of patients suffering from an awful flu virus. Make sure all of you are keeping up with your fluid intake (water or diluted fruit juice are great choices) this keeps your body well hydrated and stops the membranes in your nose and … Read More
The topic of a measles outbreak in New Zealand has been making headline news recently. Several of you who have been unwell have called me asking if your symptoms match those of measles. At the time of writing this, there have been 723 confirmed measles cases in New Zealand, and 585 of those were within the Auckland region. This … Read More
