Straight health advice from the pharmacists at Laois Pharmacy in Portlaoise. These are the questions we get asked most at the counter, written up and checked in-store, and most come with a free checker or calculator you can use in a minute.
Retatrutide has produced up to 25% weight loss in Phase 3 trials, the strongest yet. What the TRIUMPH clinical trials actually show, how it compares to Ozempic and Mounjaro, and the honest timeline for when it will be available in Ireland. A pharmacist’s guide.
Most people regain weight after stopping GLP-1 medicines, but the ones who keep it off do specific, learnable things. The 6-habit maintenance checklist, why you should never just stop, and how our pharmacists support the after phase.
Ozempic and Wegovy are the same medicine at different doses, here’s the full comparison table, Mounjaro included, with Irish prices, who each suits, and the GP-first route to getting started. From Laois Pharmacy, Portlaoise.
Which cough bottle, cold tablet, nasal spray or lozenge fits your symptoms, who can’t use each one, what they interact with, and exactly what our pharmacists check before recommending anything.
Everyone 60+, children 2–17, pregnant women and people with long-term conditions get the flu vaccine free in Ireland. Check your eligibility in 10 seconds, and find out why October is the month to book at Laois Pharmacy.
Colds creep, flu hits like a train, Covid needs a test. An interactive symptom checker, a side-by-side comparison table, red flags that mean the GP, and what actually helps. From the pharmacists at Laois Pharmacy, Portlaoise.
Why some medicines demand food and others an empty stomach, which foods secretly fight your tablets, the missed-dose rule, and the blister-packing service that fixes it all. A pharmacist guide from Laois Pharmacy.
For most antibiotics a modest drink will not stop them working, but for two, mixing alcohol is genuinely dangerous. Check your antibiotic with our instant lookup tool. Honest advice from Laois Pharmacy, Portlaoise.
Yes, most adults can safely combine paracetamol and ibuprofen. The exact doses, the safe way to stagger them, the child rules, and the hidden-paracetamol mistake that catches people out. From the pharmacists at Laois Pharmacy, Portlaoise.
Which medicines need a prescription in Ireland and which don’t, Viagra, the morning after pill, antibiotics, codeine painkillers, inhalers and more, with an instant lookup tool. By the pharmacists at Laois Pharmacy.
