Pain patients on stable, long term, higher-dose opioid prescriptions who undergo tapering have significant risk of subsequent overdose and mental health crisis, especially if tapering is done faster.
The past two decades have seen improved diagnosis for pulmonary hypertension (PH) along with a variety of new targeted treatments, according to recently released joint position statement issued by the Canadian Cardiovascular Society and the Canadian Thoracic Society.
Fairuz Siraj leads a migraine consultation service in his position as a staff pharmacist and believes more pharmacists should be stepping up to implement their own innovative services, wherever they work.
Dr. Heather Morrison told reporters today COVID-19 case numbers are rising across the country and a fourth wave of the novel coronavirus is "likely going to happen this fall.''
