With increasing economic struggles, there is a push towards working long hours, taking a second job or even starting a side hustle for some extra income. You might soon find yourself working more than 55 hours a week just to cope with your financial demands. While work will provide you a sense of life purpose, a dai

Vitiligo is a rare skin disorder that affects production of melanin, a pigment that gives color to our skin, leading to depigmentation or loss of skin color, causing pale patches. Vitiligo is considered an auto-immune condition in which the body’s immune system rejects and attacks its own melanin producing cells (mel

Like earlier mentioned in our sun skincare blog, the sun is fun but it causes a lot of trouble if not limited, so we wear sunscreen. Hoping you do too! Sunscreen should never be limited to application when outdoors but also indoors especially within reach of blue light sources like televisions and laptops. Go for lo

It is not their fault that they are albinos! It is rather congenital that anyone with the right parental genetic predisposition can inherit this tendency.  Albinism results from an error in the production of melanin despite normal numbers of melanocytes. Melanin is directly responsible for the pigmentation of the skin

Albinism is the congenital absence of pigment or coloration in a person, animal or plant resulting in white hair, feathers, cuticles, pink or blue eyes and scales. Albinism affects all living things including reptiles, people, plants and birds. In animals, the scales, cuticles, feathers and the skin are white and the e

The periods of finding a recovery or cure from a defeating ailment can be such promising and courageous times. Sometimes you are so desperate for a quick recovery perhaps due to severe pains but with all this, it is important that you are guided on how to maneuver the pains using the medication care by the care pharmac

Musawo, can I get 10 capsules of Ampiclox? This is the most popular request at the pharmacy counter. Into further inquiry on what the patient will use the capsule, a blunt “I’ll pour them on the wound, 1 capsule every day” is uttered! This and many more scenarios at most drug stores are the ordeal of the day in U

The common phrase “take this drug as directed by the physician” probably stands out in most of the medical literature and adverts for medicines making rounds on different media spaces like television, radio and magazines for all drugs. Question is, have you ever asked yourself why you need to follow the doctor’s

Dietary supplementation is the addition of nutrients already made to provide nourishment to the body. The supplements are made as Vitamins, Minerals, Botanicals and Enzymes but in different shapes such as small swallowable rounded, oval or squared, most times colorful in forms of tablets and capsules. Sometimes these d

Battling all through the dark times of sickness from minor to severe stages of illnesses. Gone are the days when they were passive recipient care. Pharmacist and other healthcare providers are now expected to engage patients in their own health, care and treatment. As a patient, you have some basic rights that infor

Illnesses that cure by themselves or go away on their own are called self-limiting illnesses. Most self-limiting illnesses are viral and are known to reoccur so most people will find that they no longer feel pain and do not care for the uncomfort the illness brings with it Such illnesses include; Flu: Cough: From

Have you ever wondered what role a pharmacist or a pharmacy technician has in the line of patient care? Here is the detail. Quality pharmaceutical care is the responsible provision of medication-related care for the purpose of achieving definite out comes that improve a patient’s quality of life. It is a comprehen