Case vignette 1: For painful shingles (H. zoster), a 69 year old took pregabalin 300mg/d and immediate (IR) and slow release (SR) morphine (total 30mg/d). When he developed new “cognitive impairment,” a neurologist recommended he...
The UBC Innovation Support Unit in collaboration with the BC Centre on Substance Use and the Therapeutics Initiative presents: Think Twice! The (lack of) evidence for opioid analgesics to treat minor acute and chronic pain an educational...
An individual Portrait on prescribing opioids to opioid naïve patients was sent to approximately 5200 family doctors in BC, randomized to receive the Portrait in two groups. The Portraits were mailed to the early group...
An individual Portrait on prescribing PPIs to patients age 19 and older was distributed to approximately 5400 family doctors in BC, randomized to receive the Portrait in two groups. The Portraits were mailed to the...