Medication Management

Is children’s medicine too sweet?
Study shows participants' phenotypes and certain genetic variations have an impact.
Q&A with Pharmacy U presenter Carolyn Whiskin: ‘Pharmacists are and will always be an integral part of patient care.’
There is always a place for the pharmacist as a generalist, as the most accessible health professional. It is an asset when members of any pharmacy team, community or otherwise, take on areas of focus in their learning to support each other.

‘Motel medicine’: Alberta NDP urge apology after stroke patient sent to motel

Alberta’s health minister says proper procedures were followed when a stroke patient who, for his long-term recovery, was shipped to a motel where his wheelchair didn’t fit and he was fed fast food.
Unveiling the hidden struggle: Pharmacists are key allies in identifying and treating alcohol use disorder

When high-risk drinking is identified, one of the first steps is to provide a brief intervention to support positive behaviour change related to alcohol use.
Spied on by a competitor, probed over a legitimate contract: Pharmacist's ordeal ends with acquittal

A competing pharmacy owner told the Ordre des pharmaciens du Québec that he sometimes followed Sonnie Albert-Giroux. On some of these occasions, he alleged, she arrived at her pharmacy after it had already opened.
Dyslipidemia and statin therapy in patients with HIV

Due to the increased risk of ASCVD in patients with HIV, aggressive treatment with lifestyle modifications and lipid-lowering therapy are generally recommended.
JAK inhibitors: Just how safe are they for your rheumatology patients?

Class warnings don't mean they can’t be used, but there are caveats.
Five tips: Assessing the potential for QT-prolongation drug interactions

Picture this: you’re filling/verifying prescriptions and you get that all too familiar pop-up that notifies you of a QT-prolongation interaction . . . how should you approach this?
ACP disciplines tech who diverted cocaine from pharmacy where he worked

The Tribunal found that the pharmacy technician had abused his position of trust by manipulating the inventory records at his pharmacy to conceal and facilitate his theft.
Florida’s ‘quick fix’: Instead of looking to Canada for cheaper drugs, U.S. should regulate its own prices

We appreciate that Americans need access to affordable drugs. But taking them from Canada is not a fair, sustainable or equitable solution.

Is children’s medicine too sweet?

Q&A with Pharmacy U presenter Carolyn Whiskin: ‘Pharmacists are and will always be an integral part of patient care.’

‘Motel medicine’: Alberta NDP urge apology after stroke patient sent to motel

Unveiling the hidden struggle: Pharmacists are key allies in identifying and treating alcohol use disorder

Spied on by a competitor, probed over a legitimate contract: Pharmacist's ordeal ends with acquittal

Dyslipidemia and statin therapy in patients with HIV

JAK inhibitors: Just how safe are they for your rheumatology patients?

Five tips: Assessing the potential for QT-prolongation drug interactions

ACP disciplines tech who diverted cocaine from pharmacy where he worked

Florida’s ‘quick fix’: Instead of looking to Canada for cheaper drugs, U.S. should regulate its own prices