Drug Safety

What’s the deal with Diclectin and Dicetel? A reminder from ISMP Canada to watch for these double trouble potential mix-ups.

City spokeswoman Colleen Mycroft said Friday that two chemicals came into contact with each other, producing gas into the air.

In bygone days, changing the political or financial landscape with poison was not uncommon. Nowadays, the landscape is already polluted—in other ways.

Joint U.S.–Taiwan study evaluates the risk of ventricular arrhythmia or sudden death in patients on an antipsychotic, then prescribed a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor.

The College of Pharmacists of Manitoba cited failures in oversight, including missed follow-up after a medication error and gaps that left a transplant patient without critical drugs.

Ontario-based Dr. Stefan Joseph Konasiewicz previously had a long disciplinary history in the U.S., paying out millions in malpractice settlements.

Study examines the efficacy and safety of daily mirtazapine to treat moderate to severe methamphetamine use disorder in outpatients. 

Acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis (AGEP) presents with sterile pustules and systemic symptoms, and usually improves within days of stopping the trigger.

With male sexual medicine patients, there is a huge amount of DIY medicine going on. Self-guided TRT and abuse of all sorts of pharmaceuticals has moved out of the body-building world into the general population.

New article reviews evidence on cannabis use for commonly encountered mental health conditions and highlights groups at higher risk for harms from cannabis use.