Chau Vien Linh Ngo should have clarified the unfamiliar abbreviations with the prescribing physician. Instead she erroneously dispensed a double dose of antibiotics to a patient undergoing hemodialysis, according to the Ordre des pharmaciens du Québec.
Adrian Dix says the drug sold under the brand name Ozempic will become available to more patients in B.C. with Type 2 diabetes, although the expansion falls short of regular benefit coverage.
Toronto GP Dr. Zoltan Peter Rona has agreed to resign and never again apply to practise medicine in Ontario or in any other jurisdiction, according to the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario.
Empagliflozin, a sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitor, induces a rapid and sustained reduction in serum uric acid levels and decreases the risk of cardiovascular death or hospitalization for heart failure.
