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- 10/15/2018
Three year old overdoses after pharmacy accidentally dispenses five times the morphine dose
The B.C.-based chain has apologized for the human error and says it will pay the family's medical costs - 10/15/2018
Opioid warning sticker–patient handout policy takes effect Oct. 20
Pharmacists must supply warning sticker and patient information sheet when dispensing most prescription opioids - 10/14/2018
OMA proposes 'new approach' to address fee relativity
The OMA has proposed that each and every medical specialty be allowed to present directly to the arbitration board to argue for their own 'relativity allocation' - 10/14/2018
Five things about what's legal and what's not in Canada's new pot law
Canada's new law legalizing recreational cannabis goes into force on Wednesday. Here are five things about what's legal and what's not under this historic piece of legislation. - 10/14/2018
Doctors to debate medical pot as more patients expected to ask for prescription
Doctors with opposing views on whether medical marijuana should be prescribed for various conditions agree on one thing: their profession is ill-prepared to deal with patients asking for a drug that lacks adequate clinical research. - 10/14/2018
'First-of-its-kind' compounding facility opens in Ontario
The new facility opens to meet, what Fresenius Kabi is betting will be a growing need for centralized sterile compounding as new rules come into effect in January 2019 - 10/11/2018
Montreal doctors can prescribe free visits to art museum in pilot project
Art therapy is believed to release hormones and distract from chronic pain - 10/11/2018
Urology, neurology, ER and general surgery residents face greatest risk of burnout
Dermatology residents appear to be the least likely to burn out - 10/11/2018
OPA asks government committee for cannabis dispensing rights
Association says it's important for pharmacists to provide guidance, particularly for vulnerable citizens such as seniors and those with a medical condition