Drugs

According to the 2023 Canadian Thoracic Society guidelines on pharmacotherapy in patients with stable COPD, all the following statements are true, EXCEPT for . . .

Teriflunomide showed significant risk reduction.

First time NICE has recommended a specific pharmaceutical treatment for insomnia.

A review of new launches, new indications, new dosage forms and Health Canada advisories.

But there’s no added benefit to combining them.

Health Canada turned down the request last month to allow health workers to access and consume psilocybin.

The company sponsoring the research said it plans later this year to seek U.S. approval to market the drug, also known as ecstasy, as a PTSD treatment when combined with talk therapy.

With pharmacists also able to prescribe, patients have more access to birth control—but high demand is also leading to long waits for procedures like IUD insertion.