Providing contraception and medication abortion? This new toolkit can helpA new online toolkit from the Canadian Pharmacists Association offers easy-to-implement tools pharmacists can use to support their practice. Rethinking professional services in pharmacyMedsCheck and similar programs were launched with good intentions, but without incentives that would motivate pharmacists and pharmacies to reduce unnecessary use of prescription drugs. Let’s look at how we could change the game. Five tips: Assessing and managing drug-related problems in cognitive impairment and dementia Five pearls you can use in your practice now. Changing packaging regulations could reduce acetaminophen overdoses: ISMP Canada There are 4,500 hospitalizations from acetaminophen overdoses in Canada each year. Antibiotics and acid suppressants may be behind increased pediatric eosinophilic esophagitis Danish study found a 40% to 80% increased risk. Obesity drug Wegovy cut risk of serious heart problems by 20%, study finds The findings could shift perceptions that the new class of obesity drugs are cosmetic treatments and put pressure on health insurers to cover them. Publicly funded genetic test for suitable antidepressants would save healthcare costs: study Genes are responsible for about 42% of the variation in how people respond to antidepressants. Older Canadians take more prescription opioids than any other age group: report Older adults also more vulnerable to overdosing, hospitalization and death from them. Tool helps pharmacists and physicians see interactions between cannabinoids and other medications The free CANNabinoid Drug Interaction Review allows pharmacists and other healthcare professionals to quickly see if there is a potential interaction. Polypharmacy rising among seniors with heart failure Quebecers aged 65 and over with heart failure are taking more and more different pharmacological treatments, according to a new study First Previous 20 21 22 23 24 Next Last
