The latest news articles featuring BC Centre on Substance Use.
Fentanyl overdose deaths can be prevented by prescription monitoring system, report says
November 24, 2015 | CBC News
Less than 30% of doctors in BC use Pharmanet, the software that keeps track of a patient’s prescriptions A new report published today is calling for tighter regulations on physicians prescribing drugs, especially opioids like fentanyl or oxycontin – something it says will reduce the numb...
Drug safety tool being ignored by BC doctors
November 24, 2015 | The Vancouver Sun
Make PharmaNet check mandatory, report urges BC is in a unique position in Canada to potentially reduce the number of prescription drug overdoses by requiring all physicians to check a patient’s PharmaNet profile before writing or filling a prescription, according to a new report. As well, the...
CBC: Interview with Dr. Evan Wood and Leslie McBain on addiction medicine
November 24, 2015 | CBC News
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Addiction health practitioners call for mandatory use of prescription monitoring system
November 24, 2015 | CBC News
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Study looks to help reduce overdoses
November 19, 2015 | 24 Hours
A new study out of the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS suggests it’s actually safer to inject prescription opioid drugs often obtained illegally by users than the more commonly used heroin. With prescription drugs, said Dr. Thomas Kerr, it’s much easier for users to inject consisten...
