Resources
General
Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health
Addiction Medicine - Choosing Wisely Canada
Nova Scotia Drug Information System
Nova Scotia Take Home Naloxone Program
Opioids
Nova Scotia Opioid Use and Overdose Strategy
The 2017 Canadian Guideline for Opioids for Chronic Non-Cancer Pain
Canadian Opioid Guidelines: Guidance Statement 3: Co-prescribing with opioids (pg 80)
Canadian Guidelines on Opioid Use Disorder Among Older Adults 2019
Management of opioid use disorders: a national clinical practice guideline
Opioid Wisely - Choosing Wisely Canada
Choosing Wisely Canada - Family Medicine Recommendations (see recommendations #2 and #3)
Benzodiazepines
Centre for Effective Practice: Managing Benzodiazepine Use in Older Adults Tool
Canadian Guidelines on Benzodiazepine Receptor Agonist Use Disorder Among Older Adults 2019
Stimulants
The Canadian ADHD Resource Alliance
Centre for Effective Practice: ADHD in Adults
CADTH - Reference List-Guidelines-ADHD
Tapering/Deprescribing
Centre for Effective Practice: Management of Chronic Insomnia
Canadian Deprescribing Network: Benzodiazepine and z-drugs
Deprescribing.Org: Benzodiazepine Receptor Agonist
Deprescribing benzodiazepine receptor agonists - Evidence-based clinical practice guideline
Centre for Effective Practice: Opioid Tapering
Canadian Deprescribing Network Opioid Tapering Protocol
Legislation
Prescription Monitoring Regulations
Controlled Drugs and Substances Act
Colleges & Associations
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia College of Pharmacists
Pharmacy Association of Nova Scotia
Provincial Dental Board of Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia Dental Association
Nova Scotia College of Nursing
Additional Links
Contact a NSPMP consultant
Please do not send private health information by email.
Lillian Berry, Pharmacist Consultant
Phone: 902-496-3636 | Fax: 902-481-3157 | [email protected]