Bowel Cancer
Pharmacy Tips
Bowel cancer is the second biggest cancer killer in New Zealand (lung cancer holds first place), but it doesn’t need to be as it is… Read more »
Tracey Sullivan
Tracey has a varied background in pharmacy. She has worked in community pharmacy both in NZ and the UK, in regulatory affairs for a drug company, and as a pharmacy auditor for the Ministry of Health. While working for the Pharmacy Guild she represented community pharmacy to DHBs, PHARMAC and government Ministries. She is now enjoying combining her role as mum to a busy toddler with locum work back in community pharmacy.
Folliculitis
Pharmacy Tips
Thanks to my dear little four-year-old niece, who pretty much lived in her plastic outdoor swimming pool in Auckland over this hot summer, I know… Read more »
Iron Deficiency Anaemia
Pharmacy Tips
Iron is a very important mineral in the body as every cell needs it to function healthily. The medical name for low iron levels is… Read more »
Food poisoning – how to avoid and how to treat
Pharmacy Tips
Nothing ruins a summer holiday quicker than a tummy bug. The vomiting, diarrhoea and stomach cramps that come with a bout of food poisoning (gastroenteritis)… Read more »
Excess sweating (hyperhidrosis)
Pharmacy Tips
Our body’s way of cooling us down when we get hot, stressed or after exercising is to sweat. Sweat is a weak, salty solution produced… Read more »
Chicken Pox
Pharmacy Tips
Chicken pox is a common childhood disease caused by the varicella virus. It causes small itchy blisters to form on the skin and also makes… Read more »
Burnout
Pharmacy Tips
Burnout is a term that is cropping up more and more, especially in the last 18 months as we all try to come to terms… Read more »
Headlice (aka cooties, riha, utu, kutu bugs, nits or pediculosis…)
Pharmacy Tips
Hopefully the holidays put a stop to the headlice cycle at your child’s school. If you are one of the unlucky ones, the frustrating, time-consuming… Read more »
Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)
Pharmacy Tips
It’s been a virus other than COVID making headlines lately – respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV. It is not a new virus, but in fact… Read more »
Ear infections
Pharmacy Tips
Middle ear infections (also known as otitis media) occur when there is inflammation or infection of the air-filled space behind the eardrum. The infection often… Read more »