Pharmacy Technician's Letter Canada

January 2019 Issue

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

A new year will bring more step-therapy insurance rejections....

A handful of recent errors will put focus on mix-ups between lamotrigine (Lamictal) and labetalol (Trandate)....

Fucibet (FYOO-sih-bet) will be a new Rx cream for eczema for adults and kids 6 years and older....

Dentist examines a patient's teeth

Fucibet
fusidic acid/betamethasone valerate
An antibiotic/steroid topical cream for eczema

Probuphine
buprenorphine
A partial opioid agonist subdermal implant for management of opioid dependence

Orilissa
elagolix
A gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor antagonist for pain associated with endometriosis