Medication Management

Pharmacy U Vancouver presenter Rick Siemens: Obesity and weight management
Pharmacists are ideally positioned to not only support patients on their current weight loss journey but take a more proactive role. Pharmacists have long been considered the medication experts but increasingly they are being recognized for their commitment to chronic disease management.
Want to counsel patients in any language? You can—and soon you probably will
A small but enthusiastic group of pharmacists are innovating with artificial intelligence. And they're coming up with ways to make you speak virtually any language and learn from avatars that mirror your real-world patient community.

The iDOCTOR will see you now

You can see a doctor virtually without being examined—physical contact unnecessary. In fact, some medical interactions happen by voice only or text messaging so even “seeing” your doctor has been made superfluous.
Add two more to the list: Pharmacy advocate suggests more scope of practice expansions in Ontario

Proposed regulatory changes will allow pharmacists and pharmacy technicians to, among things, inject vaccines for RSV and will give pharmacists authority to prescribe Tamiflu. That's great, but could be better, said the Neighbourhood Pharmacy Association of Canada.
I don’t know how we can survive

Dr. Jabir Jassam uses an allegory to talk about the finance challenges facing doctors’ offices.
Acetylcysteine infusion overdoses lead to multiple deaths

The Institute for Safe Medication Practices Canada has found key similarities in all cases that led to the overdoses.
Be careful how you upload to Alberta’s Netcare, Alberta College of Pharmacy warns

Uploading prescriptions in batches to Alberta’s Netcare pharmaceutical information network (PIN) can cause problems, warns the Alberta College of Pharmacy.
Arexvy: first RSV vaccine for older adults expected to be available this fall

The vaccine is used to prevent lower respiratory tract disease caused by respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in adults 60 years of age or older.
New agent lowers Lp(a) levels

While the Canadian Cardiovascular Society’s lipid guidelines recommend a once in a lifetime testing of Lp(a), there are no approved agents for lowering Lp(a) levels.
New medicines in Canada come with high treatment costs: PMPRB report

A large share of those are orphan treatments and cancer drugs.

Pharmacy U Vancouver presenter Rick Siemens: Obesity and weight management

Want to counsel patients in any language? You can—and soon you probably will

The iDOCTOR will see you now

Add two more to the list: Pharmacy advocate suggests more scope of practice expansions in Ontario

I don’t know how we can survive

Acetylcysteine infusion overdoses lead to multiple deaths

Be careful how you upload to Alberta’s Netcare, Alberta College of Pharmacy warns

Arexvy: first RSV vaccine for older adults expected to be available this fall

New agent lowers Lp(a) levels

New medicines in Canada come with high treatment costs: PMPRB report