While drug shortages are not new to pharmacists, recent shortages of essential medications such as Children's Tylenol and Amoxicillin have impacted a larger population and gained significant media coverage across Canada.
Pharmacists in Alberta who have patients using some narcotic drugs to treat opioid use disorder must have transferred them to eligible, licensed AHS clinics.
It’s a knee-jerk default discharge phrase. It’s a catchall punt of responsibility and liability. And dear colleagues, we need you to think twice before ever saying it again, says Dr. Adam Stewart.