Medication Management

Dr. Hector Baillie attempts to untangle the absurdity of an encounter with a patient who had been taking medical advice from questionable sources.

Recently, I was approached by a colleague who had seen a patient with type 1 diabetes using a glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist in combination with basal bolus insulin to manage their glucose levels.

Onychomycosis is a fungal infection of the nail, with an estimated prevalence of 6.5% in the Canadian population.

A guide to acute and preventive outpatient therapy for children and adolescents.

An individual had filed a Freedom of Information request for the number of MedsCheck claims associated with an unnamed pharmacy chain and the government expenditure for those claims over a 10-year period

As a gastroenterologist specializing in IBD, I sit across from women weekly seeking updated advice on how their disease affects pregnancy.

Finally, a study is directly comparing primary therapeutic options for this gastro ailment.

What patients expect from a medication can change how they experience it. Here's what the science means for pharmacists at the counter.

While we await a unified digital record, empowering patients to track and share their own medical history is a practical step.

In a population-based study using Manitoba prescription dispensing records, my colleagues and I found that approximately 60% of individuals took at least one prescription medication postpartum.