Drugs

Key drug interactions, safety issues, and how to approach NHP use by your patients.

The province provided key information for prescribers and pharmacists adapting to the new coverage options.

Single dose of doxycycline could prevent certain infections if taken within hours of unprotected sex.

Health Canada has approved Spevigo, the first treatment for flares in adults who have generalized pustular psoriasis. 

Xylazine is increasingly appearing within the U.S. supply of illicit opioids like fentanyl and heroin.

It’s a move that some advocates have long sought as a way to improve access to a life-saving drug, though the exact impact will not be clear immediately.

Penicillin G benzathine and penicillin G sodium were switched multiple times, explains an ISMP report.

The health minister said that advertising and social media hype had fuelled American demand for Ozempic, and B.C. pharmacies that ship products by mail have enabled it and created an “unacceptable situation.”