My long term relationship with medicine is a love and hate one. I love it when it does what it says but hate it when it gives my patients more than they can handle. One of the skills I’ve learned from being a pharmacist is the ability to create a meaningful relationship with drug(s). This unique set of skills … Read More
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
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
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
