"The College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) is rejecting a call by the
national association representing medical regulators to make a course on safe
opioid prescribing mandatory for family doctors.
The Federation of Medical Regulatory Authorities of Canada made the request
to the CFPC as a way to help reduce inappropriate prescribing of powerful opioid
painkillers, which are highly addictive and linked to serious side effects and
death. Canada is the world’s second largest consumer of opioid painkillers, such
as oxycodone and hydromorphone, and many addiction experts agree that too many
pills are being prescribed."
Please email Dr. Francine Lemire and tell her that you oppose her organisations stand and support the FMRAC's attempts to educate doctors about dangerous prescription drugs.
Read the story in the Globe and Mail
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