Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Generic drug prices skyrocketing in Canada: study

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From Reuters: Canadian government policies have driven up prices of generic prescription drugs so dramatically that they are more expensive ...

Unauthorized Smoking Cessation Product Resolve May Pose Health Risk

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From Health Canada: Health Canada is advising Canadians not to use the unauthorized smoking cessation product Resolve, because of the potent...

Class-action suits launched against makers of diabetes drug

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From the Toronto Star: A lawyer is attempting to launch class action lawsuits in two provinces against the makers of Avandia, a popular Type...
Monday, July 30, 2007

Diabetes drug should remain on market: advisers

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From CTV News: The widely used diabetes drug Avandia should remain on the market, U.S. government health advisers recommended Monday. They s...

Drug for mild to moderate Alzheimer's also helps severe disease: study

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From Canada East: A drug used to treat mild to moderate Alzheimer's can also ease some symptoms in people with a more advanced stage of ...
Sunday, July 29, 2007

Two Diabetes Drugs Double Heart Failure Risk: Study

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From the Washington Post: Patients taking either of the diabetes drugs Avandia or Actos face twice the risk of developing heart failure comp...

Methadone mixup upsets Sask. pharmacists

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From CBC News: Confusion about how Saskatchewan pharmacists get paid for a federal methadone program was largely Health Canada's fault, ...

Unauthorized drug being sold on Canadian shelves, despite warnings

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From the Montreal Gazette: Health Canada is trying to halt the sale and use of Resolve, a product used to help quit smoking, because of a po...
Thursday, July 26, 2007

Painkillers invade Victoria streets

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From the Victoria (BC) Times Colonist: An increasing number of Victoria drug dealers are selling prescription painkillers -- sometimes refer...

Health Canada to crack down on fake pills

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From the National Post: A B.C. woman is fatally poisoned by counterfeit anxiety pills she ordered over the Internet, four Ontario patients d...

B.C. wants review of hepatitis drug coverage

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From the Vancouver Sun: Health Minister George Abbott said Monday the B.C. government has asked for a review of whether Pharmacare should pa...

Coverage changes

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From the Regina Leader Post: An advocacy association that represents Saskatchewan pharmacists believes that federal changes to methadone cov...
Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Natural remedies ‘potentially harmful’

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From the National Post: Half the pharmacists surveyed by Alberta researchers said they had seen evidence of dangerous interactions between n...
Sunday, July 22, 2007

Not enough doctors advise smokers to butt out: report

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From CBC News: Doctors and other health-care professionals seem to be missing chances to help patients quit smoking, according to a report b...
Thursday, July 19, 2007

Campaign hopes to erase bad handwriting

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From the Globe and Mail: Along with the stethoscope and the white coat, bad handwriting is central to the popular image of the physician. Bu...
Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Shoppers Drug Mart Profit Climbs 19% on Expansion

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From Bloomberg: Shoppers Drug Mart Corp., Canada's biggest pharmacy chain by sales, said second-quarter profit rose 19 percent on new st...

Warning against over-the-counter sleep aids

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From CTV News: Health Canada is advising consumers not to use a sleep aid product called Optimum Health Care Sleep Easy because it contains ...

Pharmacists welcome more time with patients

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From CANOE: Pharmacists would love to meet with their patients every year to discuss drug interactions and negative side effects, but some f...

Alberta covers costly cancer drug

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From the Calgary Herald: Alberta is now footing the bill for a common colon cancer treatment, leading advocates to call for provincial fundi...

Older, cheaper diabetes drugs as good as newer

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From CTV News: Older and cheaper pills are just as effective for treating diabetes as some of the more expensive new drugs, researchers repo...