Concern over potential drug shortages arose after a Texas-based doctor licensed in Nova Scotia wrote 17,000 prescriptions for Ozempic, but for U.S. residents
Duclos says regulatory colleges and provinces should guard against a similar issue arising if access to other medications such as the abortion drug mifepristone is restricted in some parts of the United States.
He says Health Canada is monitoring the supply of that drug and Ozempic, among others, and the country has enough of those medications for the domestic market. However, Duclos says it’s important that doctors licensed in Canada be allowed to prescribe to foreign visitors, the same way that Canadians may need medications while they are travelling to other countries.
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