Category Archives: The Charlton Centre

It is very exciting to share the news that many of you with high-risk health conditions, will be eligible to receive your second dose at an earlier time. Check with your local health department about the opportunity to have your … Continue reading →

Charlton Health is always on the lookout for great educational resources to share with our patients. We love sharing the work that the Arthritis Society does as their programming is abundant and readily accessible. Tonight the Arthritis Society is hosting … Continue reading →

This week we are happy to share a great learning opportunity. COVID Discussions is a weekly meeting where a group of Canadian health professionals with expertise in vaccination offer weekly information sessions to answer questions from both the public and … Continue reading →

Recently I was asked if a person’s TNF level could be measured to know if a biologic that lowers TNF is a good treatment for them. I wish it was that easy! Although we can do blood tests for markers of … Continue reading →

In writing this blog, we are all aware that the vaccine distribution continues to be updated.  Phase 2 of vaccine distribution is to include patients who have compromising conditions or treatments that suppress the immune system,  regardless of the person’s … Continue reading →

Charlton Health is proud to announce that the first dose in Canada of the biosimilar adalimumab, known as Amgevita (produced by Amgen), was injected at Charlton Health on February 22, 2021. Five biosimilars of adalimumab were released onto the Canadian market … Continue reading →

Since our last blog providing guidance for the COVID-19 vaccine, we have had many calls asking if patients on disease modifying treatments, such as biologic therapies, methotrexate, leflunomide etc. should hold their dose after getting the COVID-19 vaccine for a … Continue reading →

We have received many questions regarding the use of COVID-19 vaccines in patients with autoimmune diseases on a wide range of advanced therapies such as biologics. The first thing to be aware of, is that the studies done for these vaccines did not include … Continue reading →

Charlton Health would like to wish everyone all the best of health in 2021.  We are pleased to share the following series of educational videos which we have just launched for the New Year. At a time when virtual education … Continue reading →