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Canadians giving up necessities, going into debt to pay for prescriptions, study finds
Hundreds of thousands of Canadians are going into debt across the country to pay for prescription medication, according to a study from the University of British Columbia.
In 2016, nearly 1 in 4 opioid prescriptions in Ontario exceeded new dosage guidelines
Nearly a quarter of first-time opioid prescriptions in Ontario from April 2015 to March 2016 exceeded recommended dose limits introduced in 2017.
Legal marijuana linked to reduction in opioid prescriptions
Can legalizing marijuana fight the problem of opioid addiction and fatal overdoses? Two new studies in the debate suggest it may.
One of America’s largest health insurers has cut its opioid prescriptions by 25%
Reuters Cigna has cut its opioid use among members by 25% since 2016, a year earlier than expected. To do that, Cigna worked with healthcare providers by giving them information about their prescribing patterns, and what the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends, as well as how to identify high-risk patients. Between 1990 and […]
NHS prescriptions for ‘seductive’ opioid painkillers surges by 80 per cent in ten years
PRESCRIPTIONS for powerful painkillers have soared by 80 per cent in a decade, figures showed yesterday. Doctors in England issued 23.8 million opioid drugs last year, such as tramadol – on which TV star Ant McPartlin, 42, became hooked after a knee operation.
NHS prescriptions for 'seductive' opioid painkillers surges by 80 per cent in ten years
The majority were for chronic and prolonged ailments like back pain, but some say they are ineffective in as many as 90 per cent of cases. Opioids, mainly fentanyl, oxycodone, tramadol, morphine sulfate, buprenorphine cost £263million a year, NHS Digital figures show, but there is controversy over their “seductive” effect. The Cranberries singer Dolores O’Riordan, […]
Almost 1 million Canadians give up food, heat to afford prescriptions: study
968,000 people skimped on necessities to pay for their medicine in 2016, researchers found.
Ont. says 950K free prescriptions filled for people under 25 since Jan. 1
The Ontario government said more than 950,000 prescriptions have been filled for children, teens and young adults for free through OHIP-plus since January 1st.
Doctor wants to stop ‘sticker shock’ for patients picking up prescriptions
Patients often have no idea how expensive their prescriptions are going to be when they walk up to the pharmacy counter, partly because their doctors may not know either, according to a commentary published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. CBC | Health News
