RPI Consulting Group Inc.

03/31/2015

Do homeopathic remedies belong on pharmacy shelves?

The Ontario Homeopathy Act, which comes into force on April 1, lends a dangerous veneer of legitimacy to a practice that has no basis in science

03/30/2015

An opinion piece on the long-debated national pharmacare plan.

It may appear that harm reduction and safe-injection sites are peripherally related to the campaign for a national pharmacare plan, but the Harper government's drug policies inextricably link them.

03/30/2015

A very important read.

Parents should stick with more precise metric measuring devices such as syringes instead of teaspoons to give children the correct dose of medications, U.S. and Canadian experts say.

03/27/2015

When it comes to paying for prescriptions, retired teachers in P.E.I. are feeling the pain.

P.E.I.'s Health Department is offloading the cost of millions of dollars of drugs onto private insurance companies and that is hurting many retired teachers over the age of 65, says the P.E.I. Retired Teachers' Association.

03/27/2015

A detailed answer to the age-old question: what exactly IS a compounding pharmacy?

Welcome Guardian Drugs (Roncesvalles) is a pharmacy in Toronto that specializes in compounding medicines to help patients get the proper medication to treat their ailments.

03/26/2015

Are the findings of this CBC Marketplace investigation legitimate?

Publicly funded safeguards at Canadian pharmacies aren't always directed at the people who would benefit the most, an ongoing investigation by CBC’s Marketplace has found.

03/26/2015

We're looking for a pharmacy technician to work a shift TOMORROW (Friday, March 27) from 9:00am - 6:00pm at a pharmacy in southwest Toronto. Must be trained on Flexipharm. If interested, please contact Josh at 1-866-505-3383 ext. 223, or by e-mail at [email protected]

03/26/2015

Are pharmacy dispensing fees in Saskatchewan (and in general) a 'rip-off?'

A Saskatoon surgeon says he recently asked his pharmacist for a three-month supply of his hypertension medication and was shocked that he was charged three dispensing fees; one for each month's supply.

03/25/2015

There's a big difference between so-called homeopathic remedies and pharmaceutical drugs.

In most pharmacies, both homeopathic remedies and pharmaceutical drugs are placed side by side. This creates a misleading impression that both sets of treatments are comparable; they are not. The fact of the matter is that homeopathic remedies don’t have to undergo the strict testing that pharmaceut…

03/25/2015

Thoughts?

An ongoing investigation by CBC News and the investigative consumer program Marketplace finds that pharmacists feel pressured to push extra services on patients.

03/24/2015

Job opportunity: we're looking for a pharmacist to work a six-month contract in a remote town in southwestern Ontario. For more information, contact Josh at 1-866-505-3383 ext. 223, or by e-mail at [email protected]

03/24/2015

This new report details how pharmacists play a key role in helping patients with diabetes.

New Sustainable Solutions Report shows how pharmacist interventions support diabetes management and improve health outcomes