Patient Lifestyle

Pfizer Canada has advised Health Canada that there is a shortage of EpiPen 0.3 mg, with shortages of EpiPen Jr (0.15 mg) expected to follow. Pfizer is reporting that the current supply constraints are due to delays at the manufacturing facility

Dr. Jeff Blackmer, vice-president of professionalism of the Canadian Medical Association, took the floor to present the position of his association that a separate regulatory framework for the therapeutic use of cannabis is no longer necessary now that legalization is almost here.

n the face of a public health crisis, B.C.’s community pharmacists are exploring new ways to help curb the rising tide of overdose deaths. Last year was the worst year yet, with more than 1,400 British Columbians who died from suspected illicit drug overdoses.