Dr. Soreya Dhanji started using PrescribeIT, Canada Health Infoway’s e-prescribing tool, when the pandemic began and finds when pharmacists have questions it is so much easier having the questions come right into her EMR.
The harsh reality is that our modern world is not robust enough to survive instability. Our modern comforts and lifestyles have made it such that we are reliant on those comforts for our very survival.
Pharmacists in Quebec can now prescribe Paxlovid. The province, which is in its sixth wave of the pandemic, hopes the change will increase access to high-risk patients.
Nigel Caulkett, a professor of veterinary medicine at the University of Calgary, says the drug produces a deep state of sedation that affects cardiovascular function and can induce vomiting.
