Medication Management

Pharmacy U presenter Carlene Oleksyn: Shingles and the pharmacist's role in preventive care
Pharmacists have the skills, knowledge and most frequent contact with patients and can make significant impacts on their lives. Shingles prevention is one of the most impactful preventive interventions pharmacists can make for at-risk patients.
Healthcare professionals fight decision to reject access to psilocybin for training
Nicholas Pope said there aren’t enough healthcare professionals licenced to provide psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy and Health Canada’s decision means patients may have difficulty accessing therapists offering the treatment.

Ontario minister defends covering fewer eye exams for seniors

The province announced Friday that it had reached a funding agreement with optometrists that increases some payments to them, but reduces some coverage for patients.
Doctor who put non-cancer patient through extensive chemo ordered to pay close to $73K

Dr. Akbar Nauman Khan, whose licence was revoked last year in a separate case, complained through his lawyer that the Ontario Physicians and Surgeons Discipline Tribunal ‘beats out false confessions.’
Case report: An oceanic rash

Swimming in the ocean can have its drawback as discovered by a patient at Dr. Dickson's clinic.
Alberta pharmacists warned of rise in forged prescriptions

Alberta pharmacists are being asked to be on the lookout for forged prescriptions, especially those that come from other provinces and are for opioids and stimulants.
NAPRA seeks comments on drug schedule change for pediatric loratadine products

National Drug Scheduling Advisory Committee issues interim recommendations on drug schedule status change for loratadine products used in children two to 11 years of age.
B.C. to announce plan for access to diabetes drug Ozempic, hyped for weight loss

Adrian Dix said in January that the government would be investigating why almost 10% of prescriptions for the drug in B.C. were filled for American citizens.
Saskatchewan family doctors say provincial budget short on needed reforms

While he welcomes new funding for healthcare, SMA president Dr. John Gjevre said it has been frustrating to watch other provinces make program changes that doctors in Saskatchewan have long asked for.
Massachusetts governor: Pharmacies must stock abortion pills

The action comes as a federal judge in Texas is considering a lawsuit that would overturn decades-old federal approval of the drug.

Pharmacy U presenter Carlene Oleksyn: Shingles and the pharmacist's role in preventive care

Healthcare professionals fight decision to reject access to psilocybin for training

Ontario minister defends covering fewer eye exams for seniors

Doctor who put non-cancer patient through extensive chemo ordered to pay close to $73K

Case report: An oceanic rash

Alberta pharmacists warned of rise in forged prescriptions

NAPRA seeks comments on drug schedule change for pediatric loratadine products

B.C. to announce plan for access to diabetes drug Ozempic, hyped for weight loss

Saskatchewan family doctors say provincial budget short on needed reforms

Massachusetts governor: Pharmacies must stock abortion pills