Residents in a long-term care home
Original Research / April 2025 BY: Amina Moustaqim-Barrette, MSc, Geoff Ramler, BSc, Martin St-Jean, MSc, Patty Daly, MD, FRCPC, Althea Hayden, MDCM, MPH, FRCPC, Mark Lysyshyn, MD, MPH, FRCPC, Michael Schwandt, MD, MPH, FRCPC, Adrienne MacDonald, MPH, Meena Dawar, MD, MHSc, FRCPC

Background Understanding of SARS-CoV-2 infection has evolved considerably since the virus was first identified in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. However, advanced age, in particular among those... Read More

White tablets spill out from a pill bottle onto a prescription notepad.
Clinical Articles, Original Research / March 2025 BY: Rebecca Z. Xu, MD, Jeffrey N. Bone, PhD, Rebecca Courtemanche, MSc, CCRP, Leeor S. Yefet, MD, Mary-Claire Simmonds, MBBS, FANZCA, Eric Cattoni, MD, CCFP, Gillian R. Lauder, MB BCh, FRCPC, Douglas J. Courtemanche, MD, MS, FRCSC

Background Long-term opioid therapy is associated with significant side effect profiles.[1-4] The prevalence of long-term opioid therapy has been reported to be 5.4% in the United States and 17.6... Read More