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U.S. pharmacy chain The Vitamin Shoppe’s top 5 health and wellness trends for 2024
Data reveals the latest trends, products and shopping behaviors shaping the North American nutritional supplements market.
RECALL: Various lots of multivitamins and supplements may contain metal fibres
The supplements are sold under a wide variety of brand names including: Kirkland Signature, Life, Option+, Webber Naturals, Wellness by London Drugs, Equate, Wellquest, VegiDay, and Natural Factors.

QUIZ: How much do you know about supplement usage in Canada?

See how much you know on nutritional supplement use in Canada.
POLL: Doctor, do you take supplements?

Supplements can be incredibly useful for treating patients, for everything from gut health to peripheral neuropathy.
Apretude (cabotegravir) long-acting injection is now available for HIV PrEP

The first antiretroviral injectable for HIV prevention in Canada is administered every two months and can be used with or without an oral antiretroviral lead-in period.
B.C. health authorities issue warning over opium-based natural health products after 2 lead poisonings

These opium-based products, called doda and afeem, are popular in the South Asian community but may be contaminated with lead or other toxins.
High-dose NSAID + PPI + colchicine? It’s probably pericarditis

Pericarditis can be self-limiting and occur in younger persons with no previous cardiac history—and is thus likely underreported.
RECALL: Teva-Ectosone lot

Teva Canada is recalling a lot of Teva-Ectosone after it found unacceptably high levels of an impurity in it.
Help wanted: National Drug Scheduling Advisory Committee seeks applicants

The eight-person committee marks recommendations for the scheduling of non-prescription drugs.
Coutu family wins award from Neighbourhood Pharmacy Association of Canada

The Neighbourhood Pharmacy Association of Canada also gave the Distinguished Partner of the Year Award to Mike Dutton, vice president and general manager of Pharmascience Canada.

U.S. pharmacy chain The Vitamin Shoppe’s top 5 health and wellness trends for 2024

RECALL: Various lots of multivitamins and supplements may contain metal fibres

QUIZ: How much do you know about supplement usage in Canada?

POLL: Doctor, do you take supplements?

Apretude (cabotegravir) long-acting injection is now available for HIV PrEP

B.C. health authorities issue warning over opium-based natural health products after 2 lead poisonings

High-dose NSAID + PPI + colchicine? It’s probably pericarditis

RECALL: Teva-Ectosone lot

Help wanted: National Drug Scheduling Advisory Committee seeks applicants

Coutu family wins award from Neighbourhood Pharmacy Association of Canada