The company sponsoring the research said it plans later this year to seek U.S. approval to market the drug, also known as ecstasy, as a PTSD treatment when combined with talk therapy.
With pharmacists also able to prescribe, patients have more access to birth control—but high demand is also leading to long waits for procedures like IUD insertion.
Study shows that adding a cyclo-oxygenase (COX) inhibitor provides a synergistic contraceptive effect to levonorgestrel administered for emergency contraception.
The Ontario Drug Policy Research Network and Public Health Ontario say almost 3,000 people died from drug or alcohol toxicity in 2021, compared to nearly 1,600 people in 2018.
A Medscape online survey completed by 1,063 Canadian doctors last year and released this spring found that 67% of Canadian physicians said they don’t have enough time to maintain their close friendships.
