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24.01.2022 The re-usable masks have FINALLY arrived. Thank you for your patience everyone! We'll be calling / texting everyone on the waiting list over the next day or so.

23.01.2022 Is it a cold, or is it allergies? This can be especially challenging during late winter and early spring, when cold and flu season, as well as allergy season, are in full swing. Fortunately, there are a few typical telltale signs that tend to differentiate the two. Once you figure out whether you’re suffering from allergies or a cold, you can seek the appropriate treatment, manage your symptoms, and get on with the business of living your life. For more information, read our latest post: https://buff.ly/2EQkdqG?

22.01.2022 For people to feel confident in medical cannabis, and that it's an accessible option (if they want it), we need to reduce the complexity around accessing medici...nal cannabis in Australia. For patients and doctors alike, there are four steps you can take to simplify the process: 1. Learn the basics of cannabis understanding the difference between THC vs CBD 2. Know the requirements for eligibility. Are you eligible? 3. Choose an access pathway 4. Prepare to talk to your doctor Once you’ve covered off all four steps, getting a prescription for medical cannabis can transform from what seems like a daunting process, to quite a straightforward task. In a best-case scenario, you can have your first consultation to receiving your product within a week. In our article on pathways to access with Clare Baker from @Entoura, we cover what many find to be the most complicated aspect of the process access pathways and how to get a prescription from a doctor. Read it now: https://bit.ly/378PT6r

17.01.2022 Now open 9am - 5pm on Saturdays!

11.01.2022 They're back...... Paul's favourite tick removing tool is available for just $19.95. Freeze your ticks off

11.01.2022 This is New South Wales before and after the Black Summer bushfires. For the first time, satellites have revealed the scale of the destruction and the entirety ...of the aftermath in one image. Australian aerial analysis company Geospatial Intelligence captured the before-and-after images of the bushfire season, which burnt more than 5.5 million hectares across the state. The NSW Government is using the photos to help prepare for the upcoming bushfire season. Read more: https://ab.co/3lsqSYw

10.01.2022 NAIDOC 2020 invites all Australians to embrace the true history of this country a history which dates back thousands of generations. It’s about seeing, hearin...g and learning the First Nations’ 65,000+ year history of this country - which is Australian history. We want all Australians to celebrate that we have the oldest continuing cultures on the planet and to recognise that our sovereignty was never ceded. Always Was, Always Will Be. Did you know that many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples experience poorer health and die younger than other Australians. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people experience much greater mortality and burden from chronic disease than nonIndigenous Australians. At Capital Chemist Huskisson we're passionate about closing this gap. Feel free to talk to one of our pharmacists for information on a range of government programs designed to help improve the health of those who belong to our oldest culture.

09.01.2022 Heads up! The ticks are out in force around Husky at the moment. Our pharmacists are here to help you with advice and/or the expertise to safely kill and/or re...move these clingy little pests. If you've ever wondered how these tiny little creatures can manage to get such a Tarzan like grip, just take a quick look at these highly magnified images showing the barbed 'hypostome' of a paralysis tick, ("bitey bits") and it all starts to make a little more sense. For free and useful health information on tick bites you may wish to visit the following web page https://www.healthdirect.gov.au/tick-bites

09.01.2022 RECALL: Infants' Friend Oral Liquid - All in date batches. TGA this morning has issued a recall notice for Infants' Friend Oral Liquid Bottle 100mL. Consum...ers are advised to return products to the place of purchase for a refund. Full details are on TGA website https://www.tga.gov.au/alert/infants-friend-oral-liquid

05.01.2022 For those of you that are patiently waiting for our shipment of re-usable face masks to arrive, I'm sorry to say that when the long awaited order arrived today the company had sent us the wrong size. The correct stock is being dispatched from Perth today, and I am told it will most likely arrive on Thursday. Despite ordering a mix of black and navy, the company has advised me that they will only be able to send black. Because of this inconvenience to everybody that has been waiting so long for these masks to arrive, I've decided to reduce the price to $9.95 each instead of $13. The masks are six layered, may be hand washed up to 30 times, and are very easy to breathe through. (see photo) Once again my apologies for this unexpected delay. It shouldn't be long now. Kind regards, Paul and the team

05.01.2022 It is hot hot hot in many parts of Australia at the moment. That means that the risk of dehydration is very real. Obviously the solution (pardon the pun) to... dehydration is to increase fluid intake but in some cases there are better ways than just drinking water. If you are losing fluids through sweat you will also be losing minerals such as sodium, potassium, calcium and magnesium. Diarrhoea can also lose huge amounts of fluids and minerals - this is very risky for babies, children and the elderly. While tap water is great, it doesn't directly replace these minerals. That's where electrolytes come in. By adding electrolytes, you replace what you have lost through sweating and help to avoid the horrible muscle cramps and headaches that can come from dehydration and mineral depletion. But no-one likes drinking salty water; Hydralyte Australia products give you back the fluids you're missing, along with minerals sodium and potassium. There is a small amount of glucose in there to boost the absorption of the water from your gut into your body and some zero calorie sweetener to make it palatable. Hydralyte products taste GREAT and are available at your local Capital Chemist pharmacy. https://www.capitalchemist.com.au/products.aspx

05.01.2022 We are super excited to announce that Optivance Nutrition infant formula is available at Capital Chemist. There is a beautiful story here - one of our most beloved pharmacists, Meredith Beil, is also a nutritionist and a mum. Meredith led the development of a premium range of formulas that mothers can trust to provide the nutritional building blocks their little ones need. https://www.optivance.com.au/pages/store-locator

04.01.2022 Defibrillator funding for sporting clubs across NSW!

03.01.2022 Sunscreen tips re-posted...

03.01.2022 Sunscreen 101 (with thanks to the Cancer Council of NSW): https://www.cancercouncil.com.au/ When and how do I put it on? At a microscopic level, the skin is a series of peaks and troughs. Layering on sunscreen around 20 minutes before going into the sun allows the product to flow into the troughs and bind properly to the skin.... Many sunscreens recommend reapplying every two hours. But another way to look at it is like painting a wall of your house. The first coat gets a reasonable coverage, but a reapplication 20-30 minutes after being in the sun after the first coat has dried gets you much more reliable coverage. And this will cover the bits you may have missed, or covered too thinly, on first pass. Also, use it generously. Most people use too little (between a quarter and three-quarters) of the amount of sunscreen necessary to achieve the sun protection claimed on the label. A teaspoon per limb is a good rule of thumb. Add another teaspoon for your face, front and back. This comes to seven teaspoons (35ml) in all if you are at the beach in board shorts or a bikini. Layer it on and spread it around. Reapply every two hours or more often if you are active (sweating, towelling off, skin making physical contact with anything that might rub it off), even if the bottle claims four-hour water resistance. And a good idea is to check if the lotion hasn’t passed its use-by date. Use other things to protect your skin too. Hats, shade, clothing and even staying indoors at the highest UV periods. The closer to solar noon, usually between midday and 12.30pm, the higher the UV. The World Health Organisation recommends protecting skin from the sun when the UV Index is 3 or above. The Bureau of Meteorology reports on the UV Index around Australia and the SunSmart App allows you to get live readings on your smartphone.