Patient Compliance

Pharmacists in the US can now order and administer COVID-19 tests to their patients, and several big chains will be offering test sites.

Researchers from across Canada will collaborate on a vast clinical trial to study whether the plasma of recovered patients can be used to treat COVID-19.

Six tips for pharmacists

Chloroquine, hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin are being used to treat and prevent COVID-19 despite weak evidence for effectiveness, and physicians and patients should be aware of the drugs’ potentially serious adverse events.

Now with greater testing capacity, Ontario public health officials have formed a working group to come up with a strategy for how to make best use of that capacity

Amidst the current pandemic, support for telephone and video care has rapidly expanded

Multi-dose packaging aids can shed virus in unexpected places in the dispensary

Although originally thought to be harmless in children, there is increasing evidence that children are not completely invulnerable to COVID-19

Study finds no difference in cardiovascular benefits, but greater risk of renal and electrolyte abnormalities with chlorthalidone