Pharmacist

New guidance from the the College of Pharmacists of Manitoba includes a decision tree for pharmacists to help parents navigate their formula choices safely.

More than 325 days of non-compliant closures. Insurance billing for prescriptions that patients could not pick up. Vaccines booked five minutes apart when only one pharmacist was onsite. These are just some of the accusations filed against Walgreens by Vermont's prosecuting attorney.

Dr. Deena Hinshaw, the province's chief medical officer of health, says Alberta can expect to see waves of COVID-19 continue into the fall.

In 2020, Health Canada started granting exemptions under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Actto provide psychedelics treatment to patients suffering from end-of-life psychological distress, treatment-resistant depression and major depressive disorder.

Health officials say residents 18 and over can obtain a second booster of COVID-19 vaccine if at least five months have passed since their third shot.

Lumify is the first Schedule III eye drop with low-dose brimonidine for the relief of eye redness in adults.

With an increasing demand for expanded services and continued support from the community, the partners built their new, state-of-the-art location in Kakabeka Falls in May.

In an upcoming feature article, we'll be looking at some of the ways in which pharmacists are finding joy, motivation and reasons for positivity in their pharmacy practice.