Pharmacist's Letter Canada

January 2019 Issue

"Value-based pharmacy" will bring BIG changes to your practice....

SGLT2 inhibitors (Invokana, etc) are in the spotlight again....

We're getting questions about topical mupirocin for nasal decolonization of methicillin-resistant Staph aureus (MRSA)....

Questions are cropping up about whether blood pressure meds increase cancer risk....

Medicine in vials with syringe

Probuphine
buprenorphine
A partial opioid agonist subdermal implant for treatment of opioid use disorder.

Fucibet
fusidic acid/betamethasone valerate
A topical antibiotic and corticosteroid for eczema with secondary S.aureus infection.

Olumiant
baricitinib
An oral Janus kinase inhibitor for rheumatoid arthritis.