B.C. pharmacists gained the ability to administer more vaccines and renew or adjust prescriptions for a wider range of drugs, with further changes on the way.
Morenike Eniola Olaosebikan was hailed as a hero last year when her KemNet online platform connecting prescribers to compounding pharmacists eased the shortage of children's fever and pain medication. Now she's on a bigger, more ambitious mission.
The PSFC e-cig Nicotine Estimator tool is designed for use by healthcare practitioners to help patients, with the aim of tobacco harm reduction and vaping cessation.
Doctors who prescribe drugs, pharmacists who fill prescriptions, researchers who study drug safety and especially patients who take the drugs all should have a right to know how safety is being monitored.
'I guess you lost your job because of me and not because of the different kinds of bottles you may or may not have guzzled down?' Winnipeg family physician Dr. Abdel-Kareem Chehadi wrote on the physician reviews platform. His province's college did not approve.
The health minister said the arrangement is temporary and aimed at getting people the care they need, sooner, as the province works to expand its own cancer care services.
'Very rarely are women asked about menopausal symptoms or offered any treatment, let alone hormone therapy for their menopause symptoms,' said research co-author Dr. Iliana Lega.
