Quebec pharmacists were set to start providing expanded services September 3, but since fee negotiations are still underway, that launch date has been postponed indefinitely.
Two sisters in B.C. are going public to expose what they see as a big hole in the health system after a drug addict was able use their identities to get thousands of taxpayer-funded prescription narcotic pills.
After a year of uncertainty, pharmacists in British Columbia are relieved that the newly re-elected provincial government seems ready to move forward on implementing more pharmacy services.
The incidence of drug-induced liver injury (DILI) in the general population is rising, according to a prospective study from Iceland published earlier this year.
A Canadian Paediatric Society statement discusses the use of azithromycin for upper and lower respiratory tract infections in otherwise healthy children.