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.
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Current trials suggest MDMA could used to treat psychiatric disorders as a prescription medicine by 2021. But there remain a number of unresolved patient / doctor issues to be considered.
Commonly recommended sleeping tablets aren’t appropriate for plane travel. Here’s why.
If you look into your kitchen or bathroom cabinet, chances are you’d find some unused medicine, much of it expired. Here’s what to do with it.
A push towards prescribing generic medications rather than their branded equivalents, as flagged in the budget, may have benefits beyond simple cost savings.
Intuitively, it might seem desirable to speed up access to medicines. But this means more drugs will be approved that may subsequently prove unsafe or ineffective.
In many cases, the most appropriate treatment for a health condition isn’t a drug. It could be a recommendation for a dietary change, a specific exercise, or even a phone app.
The Social Medwork is a website that promises patients legal access to medicines from overseas. How does it work? What are the risks? And why are patients turning to it to access the drugs they need?
Antipsychotic medications for delirium don’t work and could harm, a new study shows. So what options are left?
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Associate Professor of the School of Pharmacy, University of Sydney
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Associate Lecturer, Sydney Pharmacy School, University of Sydney
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Senior lecturer, University of South Australia
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Palliative Medicine Physician, Senior Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer, University of Newcastle
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Assistant Director of Pharmacy, Mater Health SEQ in conjoint appointment as Associate Professor of Pharmacology, Bond University and as Associate Professor (Clinical), The University of Queensland
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Macquarie University Research Fellow, Macquarie University
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Lecturer, Queensland University of Technology
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Associate professor, School of Pharmacy and Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney
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Course coordinator and Lecturer - Pharmacy, Queensland University of Technology
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Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice and Primary Care, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer in Pharmacy, University of Sydney
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Professor of Palliative Medicine, University of Technology Sydney
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Joel Lexchin is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor Emeritus of Health Policy and Management, York University, Canada
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Professor of Bioethics, Macquarie University
