The B.C. Medical Association says that the results of a new Ipsos Reid poll confirm that the majority of British Columbians are not supportive of pharmacists making changes to patient prescriptions without first consulting the prescribing physician.
Independent pharmacists, struggling to survive since Ontario introduced a series of major changes to the drug system, want patients to go to bat for them with the government.
Recent reports of serious illness in infants in East Asia, caused by ingestion of infant formula contaminated by melamine, may be causing public concern.
