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Methadone is a racemic mixture, and different formulations may have different ratios of enantiomers. It makes sense that people who had been previously stable on a particular ratio of enantiomer don’t experience the same therapeutic benefits with a different ratio.

As the threat of measles loomed over B.C. this winter and spring, pharmacists are playing a vital role in the B.C. government’s newly launched measles immunization catch-up program, which launched in April and runs until June 2019. With the goal of immunizing as many school-age children as…

Wendy Song, Jamie Park, Britany Wong and Rachel Tandun of the group, MindMed, received first prize in the annual student competition where pharmacy students are tasked to imagine themselves as consultants to a community pharmacy and develop a unique clinical service offering to distinguish…

Currently, seven Canadian universities in addition to UBC offer PharmD degrees, including the University of Alberta, University of Saskatchewan, University of Toronto, University of Waterloo, Université de Montréal, Université Laval and Memorial University of Newfoundland. The University of…

British Columbia Health Minister Adrian Dix suggested there could be sweeping changes coming to the way health care is regulated in the province. In his speech to pharmacists at the BC Pharmacy Association Annual Conference on May 10, Dix said in his opinion, there are too many health colleges…

As the only pharmacy in Fort St. John open 365 days a year, Tang has established his role as an essential provider of health-care services to the community at large.