The drugmaker said Thursday it will use the site, called LillyDirect, to pair visitors with third-party mail-order pharmacies for prescriptions and to care providers through a virtual medical weight-loss clinic.
Patients ask us for advice. They demand ‘medical clearance’ to embark on elaborate plans of self-flagellation. They tell us what they are going to do, whether we agree or not.
Every New Year, millions of people make resolutions, with the most common resolutions being health-related. Despite their popularity, up to 80% of resolutions fail.
Quebec Health Minister Christian Dube made comments recently suggesting people avoid unnecessary emergency department visits—rhetoric the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians took issue with.
With preventative cardiology, if you do everything perfectly, nothing happens. It’s not a sexy area of practice, but it’s a perfect role for the community pharmacist.
