Tag: pharmacy access


  • Canada’s Pain Medication Shortages Hit Chronic Pain Patients

    Canada’s Pain Medication Shortages Hit Chronic Pain Patients

    Canada’s Pain Medication Shortages: An Everyday Crisis Across the country, chronic pain patients are navigating a growing and frustrating barrier to relief: a nationwide shortage of a commonly used combination medication—acetaminophen with oxycodone. For people who rely on this drug to manage severe pain and maintain a semblance of daily life, the shortage looks less…

  • Medicinal Cannabis in Australia: Government in a Bind

    Medicinal Cannabis in Australia: Government in a Bind

    Overview: a policy shock hits Australia’s medicinal cannabis landscape Australia’s medicinal cannabis sector is in a state of flux after the Medical Board of Australia banned a practitioner from prescribing cannabis. The move has upended a small, but crucial, supply chain that patients rely on for therapies ranging from chronic pain to conditions such as…