Ambulance call-outs associated with the misuse of pregabalin (Lyrica) have increased tenfold in Victoria since 2012, mirroring an increase in prescription rates.
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Shortages and high prices are making pharmaceuticals, often including generics, out of reach for millions of Americans.
The medication landscape is complicated and error-riddled, with very few care providers knowing all the drugs you are taking. Here’s how pharmacists could be the solution.
As Canadians consider possibilities for pharmacare reform in the coming months, they should have access to the best available evidence about how it might work in our country.
The strengths of blockchain technologies could help address the weaknesses of health care systems to store and secure medical records.
Big Pharma in Canada is far behind the curve when it comes to disclosing what payments to health-care professionals are for.
The Canadian government must undertake regular analysis of the drug shortage problem, if we are ever to develop sustainable solutions.
The logic behind U.S. president Donald Trump’s proposal that Canada and other countries have been “free-riding” off high prices in the United States is bizarre at best.
Current guidance is not leading to cost-effective practice.
The cost of a life-saving drug in Canada is rising by 3,000 per cent. A national pharmacare plan could bring order to this chaotic world of Canadian drug prices.
Numerous traditional African medicines are undeniably beneficial in treating disease or maintaining good health.
Health Canada proposes to increase fees to the pharmaceutical industry for prescription drug approval. This will compromise drug safety and is a risk to the health of the Canadian public.
CVS, which operates nearly 10,000 pharmacies across the country, announced intentions to buy Aetna, the nation’s third-largest provider of health insurance. Here’s how consumers could be affected.
Opioids should only be considered in limited circumstances for low back pain.
Supplying Viagra over the counter in Australia could reduce the dangers to men using counterfeit drugs.
Your guide to a public health crisis that’s likely to get worse.
How can we fight the opioid epidemic? Redesign the drugs, rethink how we assess patients and mandate prescription monitoring.
President Trump declared the opioid epidemic a national emergency. But we need to do a lot more to prevent this crisis from escalating even further.
Rather than being designed by chemists, this class of pharmaceuticals is produced by living cells. Here’s where they come from and how they work.
Specialty prescription drugs are responsible for countless medical miracles, but their high price tag is the main reason health care costs are out of control.
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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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Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Macquarie University
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Associate Professor in Pharmacy Practice, Kingston University
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Associate Professor in Pharmacy Practice, University of Bradford
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Professor of Health Service Operations, School of Pharmacy & Medical Sciences, University of Bradford
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University of Oxford
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Professor of Health Law and Bioethics, Case Western Reserve University
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Head of School and Dean of Pharmacy, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor, Political Science, McMaster University
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Associate Professor of Public Health, The Ohio State University
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Doctoral Student in Biochemistry, University of Washington
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Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins University
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Director of Health Policy, USC Schaeffer Center, and Associate Professor, University of Southern California
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Senior research scholar and lecturer, Princeton Environmental Institute, Princeton University