Prescribers who co-sign, counter-sign or rewrite a semaglutide prescription for patients they haven’t seen or assessed would be considered in breach of professional standards, say two provincial regulators.
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A Saskatchewan doctor has been charged with unprofessional conduct after allegedly sending a fax to a pharmacy that disparaged homeless people and cancelled a patient’s prescription to punish the pharmacy for serving a local homeless encampment.
Had Ontario pharmacy owner Mojgan Bijanzadeh been more diligent, she would have found out that the two Ontario-certified physicians named on the prescriptions no longer practised in the country and never authorized the drugs.
Concern over potential drug shortages arose after a Texas-based doctor licensed in Nova Scotia wrote 17,000 prescriptions for Ozempic over three months, but for people living in the United States.
Dr. William Husel claims malicious prosecution and names Trinity Health Corp. in a complaint filed Wednesday in federal court in Detroit. He is seeking a jury trial and at least $20 million in damages.
