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Ontario's medical regulator proposing sweeping changes to prescribing safer supply
The proposal would require safer supply drugs to be paired with opioid agonist therapy and taken under supervision, with an eight-week limit.
- On Tuesday, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario proposed sweeping changes to safer supply prescribing, with the board of directors set to vote on the measures October 13.
- The College cited concerns regarding diversion of prescription pills to the black market, building on May amendments that mandated in-person assessments and opioid agonist therapy for patients.
- Proposed rules include an eight-week time limit for safer supply prescriptions and a mandate that medications be consumed in front of health-care professionals, according to the regulator's documentation.
- Health Minister Sylvia Jones supports the plan, while Lorraine Lam, an organizer with the Shelter and Housing Justice Network, warned that rapid de-prescribing could destabilize patients and increase overdose risks.
- Under Premier Doug Ford, the province has shifted toward an abstinence-based model, which includes the establishment of 29 homelessness and addiction recovery treatment hubs across Ontario.
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Ontario's medical regulator proposing sweeping changes to prescribing safer supply
TORONTO - Ontario's medical regulator is proposing sweeping changes to prescribing safer supply drugs, The Canadian Press has learned.
·Winnipeg, Canada
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