Practice Tips

Nova Scotians seeking MAiD will soon have 'oral option' to self administer
As yet, it's unclear exactly when the required clinicians still needed to supervise will be trained and available.
Paxlovid: the long list of contraindicated medications
The product monograph for Paxlovid contains a long list of contraindications and potential drug-drug interactions that includes anti-cancer drugs, antibiotics, statins, antidepressants and other common medications.

Poll: Would you get tested if you had an exposure but were asymptomatic?

Take our weekly news poll and see how your colleagues answered this question.
Young Leader in Pharmacy Rebecka Isaksson: "We are quickly moving towards a reality where we cannot treat microbial infections."

As a researcher no day is like the next, and that’s why I love research. Yes sure, there are days when nothing works, and it seems like the “chemistry gods” are laughing at you.
B.C. techs authorized to administer COVID-19 vaccines

With specific limits and mandatory training, BC joins other provinces in allowing techs to provide vaccines
Pharmacist creates safe space for immunocompromised patients

When his father, a liver transplant patient, became eligible for his fourth vaccine dose, Daron Basmadjian decided it would be safer to bring him to the pharmacy.
‘If you report me to the MOT, I will report you to the CPSO’

After an abnormal MoCA test, the patient wouldn’t follow up for further assessment. Now Dr. Jabir Jassam wonders if he has a duty to report to the Ministry of Transportation out of drive-safe concerns.
New certification options for U.S. pharmacy techs

Techs can work towards three new advanced certifications, plus 10 specialty certificates.
Paramedics who treated fatally wounded teen receive 18 months' conditional sentence

Prosecutors alleged that the pair approached Al-Hasnawi on the night of Dec. 2, 2017 with the "preconceived notion'' he had only a superficial injury from a BB or pellet gun.
Case report: ‘I’m allergic to everything’

A somewhat whimsical case Dr. Robert Dickson has just seen in his clinic.

Nova Scotians seeking MAiD will soon have 'oral option' to self administer

Paxlovid: the long list of contraindicated medications

Poll: Would you get tested if you had an exposure but were asymptomatic?

Young Leader in Pharmacy Rebecka Isaksson: "We are quickly moving towards a reality where we cannot treat microbial infections."

B.C. techs authorized to administer COVID-19 vaccines

Pharmacist creates safe space for immunocompromised patients

‘If you report me to the MOT, I will report you to the CPSO’

New certification options for U.S. pharmacy techs

Paramedics who treated fatally wounded teen receive 18 months' conditional sentence

Case report: ‘I’m allergic to everything’