Prescription drug

Public advisory - Unauthorized injectable drug products sold online by Canlab Research may pose serious health risks

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Wednesday, December 13, 2023

Health Canada is warning consumers not to buy unauthorized injectable drug products from Canlab Research because they may pose serious health risks.

Key Points: 
  • Health Canada is warning consumers not to buy unauthorized injectable drug products from Canlab Research because they may pose serious health risks.
  • The products are promoted as peptides and are sold online via Canlab Research websites including www.canlabresearch.com and www.canlab.net .
  • Unauthorized health products have not been approved by Health Canada, which means that they have not been assessed for safety, efficacy and quality and may pose a range of serious health risks.
  • This is not a complete description of all the unauthorized health products advertised and sold on the Canlab Research websites.

Medical costs for employer-sponsored plans continue to outpace inflation due to advances in treatments and industry consolidation trends according to Buck survey

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Tuesday, December 12, 2023

The company has been monitoring medical trend factors used by health insurers and third-party administrations to project employers' future healthcare costs since 1999.

Key Points: 
  • The company has been monitoring medical trend factors used by health insurers and third-party administrations to project employers' future healthcare costs since 1999.
  • Compared to the prior survey released in May 2023, the latest trends are up 50 to 100 basis points.
  • According to the survey, other industry factors are also contributing to the higher medical trends.
  • Medical trends: Health insurers and administrators reported medical trend factors that vary by plans, averaging 6.8% to 7.3%.

Public advisory - Unauthorized health products seized from online retailer "UU Zone" may pose serious health risks

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Wednesday, October 25, 2023

Health Canada is warning consumers about unauthorized health products it seized from UU Zone, an online retailer, based in Markham, ON.

Key Points: 
  • Health Canada is warning consumers about unauthorized health products it seized from UU Zone, an online retailer, based in Markham, ON.
  • The products are labelled to contain medicinal drugs and may pose serious health risks.
  • Unauthorized health products have not been approved by Health Canada, which means that they have not been assessed for safety, efficacy and quality and may pose a range of serious health risks.
  • Read product labels to verify that health products have been authorized for sale by Health Canada.

Public advisory - Unauthorized health products seized from stores in the Greater Toronto Area because they may pose serious health risks

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Wednesday, August 23, 2023

The products are labelled to contain prescription drugs and may pose serious health risks.

Key Points: 
  • The products are labelled to contain prescription drugs and may pose serious health risks.
  • Health Canada is warning consumers about unauthorized Santen brand eye drops that it seized from Asia Food Mart and three L'Amour Beauty locations in the Greater Toronto Area, Ontario.
  • The products are labelled to contain prescription drugs and may pose serious health risks.
  • Unauthorized health products have not been approved by Health Canada, which means that they have not been assessed for safety, efficacy and quality and may pose a range of serious health risks.

Public advisory - Unauthorized health products seized from Yang Sheng Health Food and G&R Ginseng Trading stores in Richmond, B.C., may pose serious health risks

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Friday, August 11, 2023

Health Canada is warning consumers about unauthorized health products it seized from Yang Sheng Health Food Ltd. and two G&R Ginseng Trading Ltd. locations in Richmond, B.C.

Key Points: 
  • Health Canada is warning consumers about unauthorized health products it seized from Yang Sheng Health Food Ltd. and two G&R Ginseng Trading Ltd. locations in Richmond, B.C.
  • These products are labelled to contain prescription drugs and may pose serious health risks.
  • Unauthorized health products have not been approved by Health Canada, which means that they have not been assessed for safety, efficacy and quality and may pose a range of serious health risks.
  • Consult a health care professional if you have used any of these products and have health concerns.

How drugs can warp your sense of time

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Thursday, August 10, 2023

Where trips to the dentist flew by in a second and holidays felt like they lasted forever.

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  • Where trips to the dentist flew by in a second and holidays felt like they lasted forever.
  • Time altering pills may sound like science fiction but the time warping effects of psychoactive drugs suggest that deliberate time manipulation may be possible.
  • Other drugs can scramble our sense of time completely.
  • Pregabalin, a drug used to treat epilepsy and anxiety, and anti-anxiety drug Xanax, both slow
    the passage of time.

So why do drugs warp time?

    • Drugs associated with increases in the passage of time are stimulants, which cause increased activity and excitation across the areas of the brain associated with cognitive function.
    • Drugs also affect behaviour and emotions, both of which can twist our experience of time.
    • Drugs such as cocaine and MDMA can have powerful effects on mood, inducing feelings of happiness and euphoria.
    • What you do while taking drugs will contribute to the sensation that time is bending.

The aftermath

    • The neurochemical, emotional and cognitive effects of comedowns create the perfect environment for time to drag.
    • The combination of exhaustion and low mood means that much of the recovery period is spent wondering “when will this end”, which also exaggerates the slowing of time.

Intertwined with human history and nature

    • They involve drinking a liquid brewed from leaves from the Psychotria viridis shrub and stalks of the Banisteriopsis caapi vine.
    • The brew causes changes in the state of consciousness, resulting in hallucinations and a significant change in the flow of time.
    • Nowadays, ayahuasca ceremonies attract tourists from across the world seeking to experience altered states of consciousness and spirituality.
    • Ruth Ogden receives funding from receives funding from The British Academy, The Wellcome Trust, The Economic and Social Research Council and CHANSE.

Public advisory - Unauthorized health products seized from T&T Supermarket in North York, Ontario, as they may pose serious health risks

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Thursday, July 27, 2023

Health Canada is warning consumers about unauthorized Japanese-labelled drugs that it seized from T&T Supermarket in North York (Unit 1115, 1800 Sheppard Ave. E,), Ontario.

Key Points: 
  • Health Canada is warning consumers about unauthorized Japanese-labelled drugs that it seized from T&T Supermarket in North York (Unit 1115, 1800 Sheppard Ave. E,), Ontario.
  • The products are labelled to contain prescription drugs and may pose serious health risks.
  • Unauthorized health products have not been approved by Health Canada, which means that they have not been assessed for safety, efficacy and quality and may pose a range of serious health risks.
  • Consult a health care professional if you have used any of these products and have health concerns.

China Jo-Jo Drugstores Reports Fiscal Year 2023 Financial Results

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Thursday, June 15, 2023

However, as the government of mainland China has lifted the ban order, online prescription drug sales become popular.

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  • However, as the government of mainland China has lifted the ban order, online prescription drug sales become popular.
  • As a result, to keep reasonable profitability, we abandoned certain wholesales at low gross profit margin in the year ended March 31, 2023.
  • Loss from operations was $20.93 million for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023, compared to $2.69 million for the same period of last year.
  • Operating margin was (14.1)% and (1.6)% for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

Public advisory - Unauthorized amoxicillin capsules seized from Green Fresh Supermarket in Ottawa, ON, may pose serious health risks

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Saturday, May 27, 2023

Consult a health care professional if you have used this product and have health concerns.

Key Points: 
  • Consult a health care professional if you have used this product and have health concerns.
  • Health Canada is warning consumers about unauthorized amoxicillin capsules that it seized from Green Fresh Supermarket in Ottawa (175 McArthur Ave.), Ontario, because the product may pose serious health risks.
  • Unauthorized health products have not been approved by Health Canada, which means that they have not been assessed for safety, efficacy and quality and may pose a range of serious health risks.
  • You can also check whether products have been authorized for sale by searching Health Canada's Drug Product Database and Licensed Natural Health Product Database .

Public advisory - Unauthorized Kobayashi eye washes and Sante FX eye drops seized from "Kiokii and…" store in Mississauga, ON, and removed from website because they may pose serious health risks

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Monday, May 15, 2023

Health Canada is warning consumers about unauthorized Kobayashi eye washes and Sante FX eye drops seized from the store "Kiokii and…" (actual store name) in Mississauga (719 Central Pkwy W, Suite 211), Ontario, and removed from online sale.

Key Points: 
  • Health Canada is warning consumers about unauthorized Kobayashi eye washes and Sante FX eye drops seized from the store "Kiokii and…" (actual store name) in Mississauga (719 Central Pkwy W, Suite 211), Ontario, and removed from online sale.
  • The products were seized because they are unauthorized and labelled to contain prescription drug ingredients and may pose serious health risks.
  • Unauthorized health products have not been approved by Health Canada, which means that they have not been assessed for safety, efficacy and quality and may pose a range of serious health risks.
  • In addition, absorption into the nose via the tear duct may cause serious cardiac and respiratory side effects.