People’s Pharmacy: Ask dermatologist about better remedy for cold sores
A 5-gram tube of Zovirax cream runs more than $200. A month’s supply of valacyclovir (500 milligrams) tablets costs between ...
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Seven conditions that could mean you can skip NHS queues and go straight to pharmacist
Amid warnings of a 'tripledemic' of cold, flu and Covid this winter, millions could bypass the GP queue and directly access ...
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The People's Pharmacy: Take a gun to a knife fight with cold sores
A similar antiviral medicine, valacyclovir (Valtrex), was approved in 1995 for treating shingles, cold sores, genital herpes ...
Seven conditions allow you to skip GP queues - full list
Millions of people could skip the GP queue this winter and get the advice and medication they need amid warnings of a ...
How to skip the GP queue: The seven health conditions your pharmacy can treat without a prescription
Since January 2024, pharmacists have been able to treat seven common health conditions without a prescription. The NHS have ...
Cold sore pills cheaper, more effective than ointment
In this edition of The People’s Pharmacy, Joe and Teresa Graedon also hear from a reader with a question about using ivermectin to treat scabies.
Seven conditions that allow you to skip long GP queues and get treatment straight away
There are often lengthy waits to get an appointment with a doctor but if you have one of these conditions you can dodge the ...
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See full list of conditions that allow you to skip long GP queues amid 'tripledemic'
The infection starts with sores and blisters which quickly burst ... depending on the severity of the symptoms or the risk of complications. Mild shingles might not require treatment, but more severe ...
5 common skin rashes that can be caused by COVID, according to dermatologists
One specific type of viral exanthem that dermatologists have seen with COVID is a morbilliform rash, meaning a measles-like ...