Pharmacist

The pandemic walloped FFS incomes but it isn’t just restrictions on the number of capitation payment plans that cause many doctors to stay with it.

A few causes we think are deserving of your support as a Canadian MD.

Now is not the time to panic. Dr. Mark Soth, the man behind the physician finance blog Loonie Doctor, discusses how the pandemic hit doctors’ incomes and what he tells physicians about saving for retirement.

Dr. Mohamed Ali, pharmacist and owner of Pembina Drugs pharmacy in Winnipeg has cancelled two flu shot clinics he planned to hold earlier this week because his ordered vaccines haven't turned up.

Take-home naloxone kits are publicly funded in all Canadian provinces and territories and have been shown to effectively reduce opioid-related deaths.

The risk of methemoglobinemia in children is more significant than the potential benefits of benzocaine, especially as children may be incapable of communicating its related symptoms including weakness, confusion, headache and difficulty breathing, Health Canada said.

Canadian Society of Clinical Chemists interim guidance document emphasizes capabilities and limitations of tests and provides recommendations for use.