Opioid-related deaths in Ontario up among younger men during pandemic, report says
In Ontario, the report says, 695 people died of confirmed or suspected opioid-related causes in the first three-and-a-half months of the pandemic, an increase of 38 per cent compared to the same period of time before the pandemic began.
November 10, 2020 | CBC News | News Article | Associated Research
More drug shortages are inevitable unless we act now
While we are aware of shifting drug utilization patterns, the extent and effect on patients and health system costs in Canada remains unexplored. We have no idea how many people are affected by drug shortages in Canada.
October 19, 2020 | The Globe and Mail | News Article | Associated Research
Ontario family doctors warn early supply drying up as they see surge in demand for flu shot
The data shows a 21 per cent jump in demand for flu shots in the 2019-20 season, which overlapped with the start of the coronavirus pandemic, as compared to the year before. “We feel it’s probably predicting what we’ll see in the second wave — the demand in pharmacies and clinics,” said Mina Tadrous, a scientist at Women’s College Hospital and an investigator with ODPRN.
October 15, 2020 | CBC News | News Article | Associated Research
Drop in London naloxone distribution during pandemic raises concerns
“Gomes said more needs to be done to reduce the stigma of not just drug addiction, but having a life-saving antidote capable of counteracting their effects. She said it starts with pharmacies, noting that just over half of the pharmacies actually dispense a drug that’s supposed to be free.”
September 14, 2020 | CBC News | News Article | Associated Research
Clinical education intervention does not reduce antipsychotic prescribing in nursing homes
“Academic detailing in nursing homes may not be an effective intervention to reduce antipsychotic prescribing in an environment where standard quality improvement supports are working,” Mina Tadrous, PharmD, MS, PhD, of [ICES] in Toronto, told Healio Psychiatry. “This study took place at a time when nursing homes were already receiving extensive audit and feedback and there was large media/public attention on the issue.”
June 12, 2020 | Healio | News Article | Associated Research
Drug supply chain could still be interrupted because of COVID-19
“We don’t have any deep understanding of the drug supply across this country … It’s a national issue that we should be all teaming up and trying to do together.”
May 5, 2020 | CBC News | News Article | Associated Research
Coronavirus a ‘wake-up call’ for Canada’s prescription drug supply
Mina Tadrous is a pharmacist and researcher in Toronto who monitors pharmaceutical supplies. He said pharmacists are concerned about drugs such as life-saving inhalers that people might stockpile based on misinformation circulating about potential treatments for COVID-19.
March 27, 2020 | CBC News | News Article | Associated Research
What is the impact of an opioid prescribing guideline for dentists in Ontario?
The Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario introduced a new dental opioid prescribing guideline in November 2015. The [ODPRN] examined whether introduction of this guideline was associated with changes in opioid prescribing patterns.
January 15, 2020 | CDA Oasis | News Article | Associated Research
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