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But this comes with legal and health risks. Here’s what you need to know before importing medicine for yourself or your immediate family.
There are no vitamin patches listed on the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods and there’s not enough evidence to show they work better than tablets.
Recycled plastics are not safe if the chemicals used in creating them in the first place are harmful.
Long-acting injectable buprenorphine is also known by the brand names Buvidal or Sublocade.
From rat poison to explosives, many of the drugs we use have interesting origin stories.
The price you pay at the pharmacy for your long-term medicines may effectively halve. But not all medicines or patients qualify.
The shortages, which have been going on for years, have typically affected only low-cost generics rather than profitable brand-name drugs.
Canadians pay very high drug costs, but Canada also does not receive the same economic benefits from pharmaceutical industry investments as other countries do.
The federal government’s proposed Agile Licensing drug approval regulations mean Canada will have less information about the risks of new medicines, and higher costs.
As the use of Ozempic, a drug for diabetes, slams into the mainstream as a weight-loss method, will the drug’s use impact our concept of fatness? And how does fatness intersect with race and class?
Health Canada continues to monitor newly approved drugs to determine if the benefits identified in the pre-market trials hold up to further scrutiny. Canadians need better access to that information.
If you think your medicine may be contributing to overheating, it’s very important you keep taking your medicine. Discuss your symptoms with your pharmacist or doctor.
Drinking alcohol with some medicine means they may not work so well. With others, you risk a life-threatening overdose.
The Medicines Patent Pool was created to promote public health, facilitating generic licensing for patented drugs that treat diseases predominantly affecting low- and middle-income countries.
About half the population of people taking regular medicines don’t take them as prescribed. Here are some tips to help you remember.
Despite technological advancements, many challenges remain in getting a drug from lab to pharmacy shelf. Reframing what is a “medicine” could expand treatment options for researchers and patients.
Sometimes, it’s best to take your medicine sitting up. Other times, lying down is safer. Here’s what we know so far.
Each of these five drugs have brought some incredible benefits. But they’ve usually also come with a legacy of complications.
As antibiotics lose their power to treat some forms of TB, interest in the antibacterial powers of curdlan is rising.
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Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Macquarie University
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Associate professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto; York University, Canada; University of Sydney
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Distinguished Professor of Pharmacy Practice, University of Connecticut
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Director and Taylor Family Chair, Centre for the Business & Economics of Health, The University of Queensland
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Lecturer Pharmacy Practice, University of Sydney
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Conjoint Clinical Associate Professor, Deakin University School of Medicine and Specialist Pain Medicine Physician, Deakin University
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Pharmacist and PhD Candidate, University of Sydney
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Professor of Bioethics, Macquarie University
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Assistant Professor of Resource Economics, UMass Amherst
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Professor of Trade Law and Taxation, Queensland University of Technology
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Senior Research Manager, University of Sydney and Honorary Assistant Professor, Bond University
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PhD Candidate, Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor in Pharmaceutical Policy, School of Pharmacy and Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer, Pharmacy, Aston University
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Professor of Economics, Loughborough University