Medication Management

Undetectable = Untransmittable: A conversation between Dr. Theresa Tam and HIV activist Jade Elektra
Dr. Theresa Tam, Canada’s chief public health officer discusses the successes and limitations of a public health campaign with Jade Elektra, HIV Activist, drag performer and community builder.
Maker of much-debated ALS drug says it may stop selling it after study showed it didn’t work
The U.S. FDA approved Amylyx Pharmaceuticals’ Relyvrio in September 2022, following a years-long advocacy campaign by patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, a fatal muscle-wasting disease.

Obesity drug Wegovy is approved to cut heart attack and stroke risk in overweight patients

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a label change requested by drugmaker Novo Nordisk that expands the use of semaglutide.
37 medications chosen for new high-alert medication list

It was created by ISMP Canada and is the first high-alert list for Canada.
Type 2 diabetes: Be careful with calcium supplementation

No significant association was observed in participants without diabetes or with dietary calcium.
‘Really hard for physicians’: Is your patient experiencing heavy menstrual bleeding?

Dr. Michelle Sholzberg has advice what (and what not) to ask patients to get an accurate picture of whether their menstrual bleeding is really abnormal.
Mark Cuban rips PBMs apart in White House listening session on ‘drug middlemen’

Mark Cuban got into the pharmacy game in 2022 with his Cost Plus online generics business—and had some choice words about how PBMs impact indie pharmacies.
Pharmacogenetic testing to guide therapy for children with mental health conditions

A Canadian Paediatric Society practice point document addresses the use and interpretation of pharmacogenetic testing for psychoactive medications in children.
Weight-loss drugs like Wegovy are meant for long-term use. Some patients want to stop

Many worry, rightly, that they’ll regain weight and revert to old habits. In clinical trials, patients who paused the drugs put back on most of the weight they lost.
Editorial: Fighting fire with passion

It seems that every new year blows in some new firestorm for pharmacists to fight.

Undetectable = Untransmittable: A conversation between Dr. Theresa Tam and HIV activist Jade Elektra

Maker of much-debated ALS drug says it may stop selling it after study showed it didn’t work

Obesity drug Wegovy is approved to cut heart attack and stroke risk in overweight patients

37 medications chosen for new high-alert medication list

Type 2 diabetes: Be careful with calcium supplementation

‘Really hard for physicians’: Is your patient experiencing heavy menstrual bleeding?

Mark Cuban rips PBMs apart in White House listening session on ‘drug middlemen’

Pharmacogenetic testing to guide therapy for children with mental health conditions

Weight-loss drugs like Wegovy are meant for long-term use. Some patients want to stop

Editorial: Fighting fire with passion