Knowledge that helps day to day.
Practical health knowledge from your pharmacy, written by our team. From tick protection to the travel medicine kit.
The canton of Zug is one of the TBE risk areas of Switzerland. What that means for trips into nature, and how to protect yourself.
Tamara Ringger · 6 min read
Both start with a sore throat and both feel wretched. But the difference decides what helps and how long it lasts.
Tamara Ringger · 7 min read
The factor on the bottle applies to an amount of cream that almost nobody puts on. That is why SPF 50 is rarely SPF 50 in everyday life.
Tamara Ringger · 8 min read
Electrolyte powder, a medication list with the names of the active ingredients, and four weeks' lead time for vaccinations. Three things missing from most travel kits.
Tamara Ringger · 7 min read
Sunday evening, seven boxes on the kitchen table, and with the small white tablet the question of whether it has already been taken today.
Tamara Ringger · 7 min read
The treacherous thing about high blood pressure is not that it hurts. It is that it does not.
Tamara Ringger · 8 min readSources are listed at the end of each article, together with the date they refer to.
The questions we are asked every day.
The articles here do not come from a desk, they come from what people ask at our counter. When the same question comes up five times in a week, that is a good reason to answer it properly.
They are written by Tamara Ringger, managing director and qualified pharmacy technician, and checked by our qualified pharmacists. We say what our information is based on, and we say when a subject belongs in a doctor's hands.
The guide is no substitute for advice, but it answers the questions you google at eleven at night.
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