Medication Management

The death review panel report said about 225,000 people in B.C. use unregulated substances but fewer than 5,000 people a month have prescriptions to receive safe-supply drugs.

The institute’s healthcare spending data includes money spent by the public sector, private sector and money paid by individuals.

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Dan Williams, the minister of mental health and addiction, said the proposed changes aim to strengthen the province’s position in current class actions to recover opioid-related healthcare costs and other damages.

The partnership aims to streamline how pharmacists assess for minor ailments.

NACI issues updated guidance on the use of COVID-19 vaccines in individuals who have never been vaccinated against COVID-19. 

GERD affects one in six adult Canadians, up to 30% of Americans and up to 20% of the population worldwide. GERD is also one of the minor ailments that pharmacists are now able to assess and prescribe for in many provinces in Canada.

The Alberta College of Pharmacy says it's been getting questions about the use of the word "clinic" by pharmacies.