Posts Tagged ‘advisory’

Travel advisory warns of severe respiratory illness in Mexico

Saturday, April 25th, 2009

S. No cases of this swine flu have yet been found in Canada. “This is pretty serious situation. cases. Michael Gardam, told CBC News in an interview Thursday night. The country’s national laboratory in Winnipeg is analyzing 51 samples from Mexico to determine if any of them are swine flu and are linked to the U. “We haven’t had any that have been directly tied,” said Dr. The agency has also warned medical officials across the country to be on (more…)

FDA Advisory Committees vote to ban propoxyphene products

Monday, February 23rd, 2009

Joint meeting of Anest hetic and Life Support Drugs and Drug
Safety and Risk Management Advisory Committees determines risks outweigh
benefits of Darvon and Darvocet.
FDA’s Anesthetic and Life Support Drugs
Advisory Committee and Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory
Committee held a jo int meeting January 30 to discuss the safety and
efficacy of propoxyphene (Darvon) and propoxyphene-combination products.
Committee members (more…)

Let pharmacists prescribe: advisory council

Friday, February 13th, 2009

Pharmacists will play a larger role in the delivery of health care, including being able to write some prescriptions and adapt existing ones, if the provincial government accepts several proposals before it.
With guidance from the Ontario Pharmacists’ Association and Ontario College of Pharmacists, the Health Professions Regulatory Advisory Council released a report last month recommending changes to the scope of practice for a number of medical (more…)