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If you think you may have genital herpes, you need to see your GP, sexual health clinic or other health care provider. Sexual health clinics provide a specialist, confidential, free or low-cost service.
Visit our sister website, Just the Facts about Sexual Health and STIs, which hosts a comprehensive database of sexual health clinics and sexual health providers in New Zealand.
Some pharmacies can now prescribe valaciclovir without patients having to attend a medical centre. This means people with known/recurrent herpes can have medication on hand and can start treatment at the first hint of symptoms. It is not designed to be a diagnosis and assessment service or for treatment for an acute episode of herpes.
Patients should call ahead to check when the credentialled pharmacist is rostered to work or arrange a time.
Here is a list of the pharmacies in New Zealand currently providing this service:
After Hours Pharmacy
17 Adelaide Road, Mount Cook, Wellington
04 385 8810
Ahuriri Pharmacy
1/91 Bridge Street, Ahuriri, Napier
06 835 7948
Auckland Central Pharmacy
202/28 College Hill, Freemans Bay, Auckland
09 215 1636
Carterton Pharmacy
100 High Street South, Carterton
06 379 8244
Central City Pharmacy
121 Victoria Avenue, Whanganui
06 345 7345
Chemist Warehouse Botany Town Centre
Botany Town Centre, 588 Chapel Road, East Tāmaki, Auckland
09 941 4930
Coast Care Pharmacy
72 East Coast Road, Milford, Auckland
09 410 0542
Connolly Street Pharmacy
2 Connolly Street, Lower Hutt
04 555 4500
Cook Street Pharmacy
281 College Street, West End, Palmerston North
06 358 7788
Costco Pharmacy Westgate
2 Gunton Drive, Westgate, Auckland
09 870 4740
Davids Pharmacy
6D Three Mile Bush Road, Kamo, Whangārei
09 435 2595
Devonport Health Centre Pharamacy
20 Victoria Road, Devonport, Auckland
09 262 6542
Gilmours Pharamacy
10 Porter Drive, Havelock North
06 877 8222
Great Barrier Island Pharmacy
117 Hector Sanderson Road, Claris
09 429 0006
Henderson Discount Pharmacy
383 Great North Road, Henderson, Auckland
09 838 8500
Hobson Street Pharmacy
140 Hobston Street, Auckland Central, Auckland
09 951 5307
Kensington Pharmacy Ltd
4 Kensington Avenue, Kensington, Whangārei
09 437 3722
Langs Pharmacy
33 Fitzherbert Street, Featherston
06 308 9202
Life Pharmacy Botany
Botany Town Centre, 588 Chapel Road, East Tāmaki, Auckland
09 272 7700
Life Pharmacy Johnsonville
Johnsonville Shopping Centre, 16 Broderick Road, Johnsonville, Wellington
04 478 4863
Life Pharmacy Masterton
132-136 Queen Street, Masterton
06 377 1296
Life Pharmacy North City
North City Shopping Centre, 2 Titahi Bay Road, Porirua
04 237 5777
Life Pharmacy Orrs
48 Cameron Street, Whangārei
09 438 3113
Maungatapu Pharmacy
291 Maungatapu Road, Maungatapu, Tauranga
07 544 0771
Medplus Pharmacy
327 Lake Road, Hauraki, Auckland
09 488 6664
Mercury Bay Pharmacy
28 Albert Street, Whitianga
07 866 4532
Millwater Parkway Pharmacy
175 Millwater Parkway, Silverdale, Auckland
Northcross Pharmacy
855 East Coast Road, Northcross, Auckland
09 478 5234
Royal Oak Pharmacy
703A Manukau Road, Royal Oak, Auckland
09 625 7422
Sanders Pharmacy
670 Cambridge Road, Te Awamutu
07 872 0564
Seddon Pharmacy
13A Hall Street, Pukekohe, Auckland
09 239 1415
St Johns Pharmacy
13 Great North Road, Saint Johns Hill, Whanganui
06 345 7800
St Lukes Medical Pharmacy
52 St Lukes Road, Mount Albert, Auckland
09 846 8008
Takapuna Pharmacy
463 Lake Road, Takapuna, Auckland
09 489 9271
Unichem Buchanans Mansfield
7 Mansfield Terrace, Regent, Whangārei
09 438 4323
Unichem Buchanans Pharmacy
81 Paramount Parade, Tikipunga, Whangārei
09 435 3323
Unichem Cuba Mall Pharmacy
122 Cuba Street, Te Aro, Wellington
04 384 6856
Unichem Grey Street Pharmacy
354 Grey Street, Hamilton East, Hamilton
07 856 6422
Unichem Lunn Ave Pharmacy
110 Lunn Ave, Remuera, Auckland
09 570 5820
Unichem Mainstreet Pharmacy
51 Tongariro Street, Taupō
07 378 2636
Unichem Marshalls Pharmacy
156 Teasdale Street, Te Awamutu
07 871 4918
Unichem Martinborough Pharmacy
5 Oxford Street, Martinborough
06 306 6268
Unichem Massey Pharmacy
396 Don Buck Road, Massey, Auckland
09 833 7239
Unichem Orrs Pharmacy
144 Hurndall Street, Maungaturoto
09 431 8045
Unichem Otara Pharmacy
120 East Tāmaki Road, Ōtara, Auckland
09 274 6708
Unichem Pakuranga Pharmacy
11-13 Cortina Place, Pakuranga, Auckland
09 577 1237
Unichem Richardson Road Pharmacy
445 Richardson Road, Mt Roskill, Auckland
09 627 5912
Unichem Rototuna Pharmacy
Rototuna Shopping Centre, Cnr Horsham Downs Road & Thomas Road, Rototuna North, Hamilton
07 854 6952
Your Pharmacy Mount Maunganui
42 Girven Road, Mount Maunganui
07 574 8645
Alexandra Pharmacy
60 Centennial Avenue, Alexandra
03 448 8703
Antidote Lake Dunstan
2A The Mall, Cromwell
03 445 1112
Baillie and Lewis Pharmacy
3 Martin Street, Strathern, Invercargill
03 218 6607
Chemist Warehouse Queenstown Town Centre
32 Rees Street, Queenstown
03 568 0931
Community Care Pharmacy
The Warehouse Building, 14 Redwood Street, Blenheim
03 579 1751
Cromwell Pharmacy
22 The Mall, Cromwell
03 445 1145
Greenwood Street Pharmacy
6 Greenwood Street, Motueka
03 528 0428
Healthworks Pharmacy
110 Memorial Avenue, Burnside, Christchurch
03 351 8633
Life Pharmacy La Hood
43 Main Street, Gore
03 208 6378
Picton Healthcare Pharmacy
6 High Street, Picton
03 573 6420
Roslyn Pharmacy
Roslyn Village, 287A Highgate, Roslyn, Dunedin
03 477 9793
Temuka Pharmacy
81 King Street, Temuka
03 615 7529
Unichem Brighton Village Pharmacy
183 Shaw Avenue, New Brighton, Christchurch
03 388 9546
Unichem Cashel Pharmacy
111 Cashel Street, Christchurch Central, Christchurch
03 595 1289
Unichem Knox Pharmacy
402 George Street, North Dunedin, Dunedin
03 477 0635
Unichem Rolleston Central Pharmacy
9 Masefield Drive, Rolleston, Canterbury
03 347 2498
Unichem Rolleston Village Pharmacy
8/92 Rolleston Drive, Rolleston
03 347 4118
Union Street Pharmacy
18 Union Street, New Brighton, Christchurch
03 388 9376
This website is brought to you by the Sexually Transmitted Infections Education Foundation (STIEF) - an initiative funded by the Ministry of Health through collective District Health Boards (20) to educate New Zealanders about STIs. District Health Boards (DHBs) are responsible for providing or funding the provision of health services in their district.
The medical information in this website is based on the STIEF Guidelines for the Management of Genital Herpes in New Zealand. The New Zealand Ministry of Health supports the use of these clinical guidelines, developed by clinical experts and professional associations to guide clinical care in New Zealand.
The Guidelines are a consensus opinion of the STIEF Professional Advisory Group (PAG). The PAG has representation from nationwide medical, nursing and allied disciplines involved in the management of STIs. The Guidelines are produced by considering available literature, both New Zealand wide and international, and by basing the medical recommendations on the evidence in the literature or reasonable supposition and opinions of medical experts.
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