Yearly Archives: 2022
World Hepatitis Day
World Hepatitis Day is July 28 and we want to help raise awareness for these diseases. They are a group of infectious diseases that affect the liver, known as hepatitis A, B, C, D and E. At Charlton Health we … Continue reading
Prevnar 20 Approved by Health Canada
Vaccination to prevent bacterial pneumonia is suggested for all patients with either a medical condition or immunosuppressive treatment that increases their infection risk. Before starting on advanced therapies such as biologics, we suggest adults update their vaccines, which includes pneumonia … Continue reading
Evusheld: who is eligible?
We have received questions regarding Evusheld as a pre-exposure preventative treatment for COVID-19. Evusheld is given as two intramuscular injections. This is only being supplied and administered at select clinic sites such as cancer and transplant centers due to the … Continue reading
Bimzelx© (Bimekizumab): The new biologic treatment for psoriasis
Charlton Health is excited to announce that we have started dispensing a very promising new treatment for psoriasis! This new treatment is called Bimzelx© and it is an interleukin -17A/17F inhibitor. Interleukin-17s are proteins that play a large role in … Continue reading
World IBD Day
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) describes both Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. Both are chronic inflammatory diseases of the gut. People who have these diseases have symptoms that include but are not limited to, diarrhea, bleeding from the rectum, pain, and … Continue reading
Shingrix Awareness
Many health professionals will be selecting a week in May to promote the prevention of shingles through a Shingrix Awareness Week. Shingrix is a vaccine for the prevention of shingles (Herpes Zoster). It is given as a series of 2 … Continue reading
Paxlovid© Information
Recently we have been receiving several questions from our patients about the new COVID medication Paxlovid©. Given that we are currently in the 6th COVID-19 wave, we thought it was important to clarify who qualifies and how to access Paxlovid© … Continue reading
Celebrating International Pompe Day
International Pompe Day is April 15. We would like to celebrate this day by raising more awareness for those who are living with Pompe Disease and help others understand the challenges they face. It is also a very exciting time … Continue reading
Charlton Masking Policy
Although the Government of Ontario removed mandatory masking requirements for most indoor settings March 21, 2022, this does not apply to healthcare settings. Mandatory masking requirements remain in effect for settings such as public transit, healthcare settings, long-term care homes, … Continue reading
Health Canada Approves Three New Adalimumab Biosimilars
A year ago (March 10, 2021) we posted about adalimumab having five biosimilars, we are happy to say that number has increased to eight! There are eight biosimilars approved by Health Canada now. The original adalimumab is Humira (Abbvie), and … Continue reading