Right dosage, wrong drug: Patient lands in ER after pharmacist misreads prescriptionPharmacy owner Bach Heng Ta dispensed Pregabalin instead of Gabapentin but maintained the prescribed dosage, according to the Ordre des pharmaciens du Québec. Reader contest: Write to win!Start your keyboards! Submit your short personal story for a chance to win a $500 gift card and be published on CanadianHealthcareNetwork.ca. Can B.C. agreement be applied to Ontario doctors? One concept in B.C.’s new FP pay offering could do miracles if applied in other provinces, argues Dr. Jabir Jassam. Drug slows Alzheimer's but can it make a real difference? Japanese drugmaker Eisai and its U.S. partner Biogen had announced earlier this fall that the drug lecanemab appeared to work. Don’t judge a cancer drug by its price: more costly doesn’t necessarily more effective Canada could be overpaying hundreds of millions, expert suggests. Ontario College of Pharmacists debates making time-delayed safes mandatory The Ontario College of Pharmacists will discuss whether using time-delayed safes should become mandatory for pharmacists in a December 12 meeting. New tool assists with individualizing first-line antidepressant therapy Antidepressant Decision Support Tool is designed to help prescribers and patients engage in shared decision making to optimize antidepressant treatment in acute depression. Ontario Pharmacists Association partners with MAPflow software for minor ailments The partnership is part of the OPA’s drive to modernize and transform how pharmacists use digital tools. Improved consolidation therapy for lung cancer New immunotherapy combinations improve clinical outcomes for non-small cell lung cancer. Systematic review confirms role of probiotic use with antibiotics Some studies suggest antibiotic disruption to the gut microbiome can last upwards of two years and can contribute to gastrointestinal problems. First Previous 227 228 229 230 231 Next Last
