Ontario's medical regulator looking to clamp down on prescribing safer supply drugs
The proposal would require safer supply drugs to be paired with opioid agonist therapy and taken under supervision, with an eight-week limit.
- The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario proposed sweeping changes to safer supply prescribing, with its board of directors set to vote on the measures October 13.
- Driven by concerns over diversion of prescription pills to the black market, the College is building on May amendments that mandated in-person assessments and opioid agonist therapy before prescribing safer supply.
- New prescribing requirements include an eight-week time limit for safer supply prescriptions and a mandate that medications be consumed in front of health-care professionals, per the regulator's documentation.
- Health Minister Sylvia Jones supports the plan, while Lorraine Lam, an organizer with the Shelter and Housing Justice Network, warned rapid de-prescribing could destabilize patients and increase overdose risks.
- The proposal reflects the province's shift toward an abstinence-based model under Premier Doug Ford, which includes 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.
Adam Zivo: Ontario regulator ponders severe restrictions on ‘safer supply’
The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario ( CPSO ), one of the province’s main medical regulators, is considering severe restrictions on the availability of so-called “safer supply” drugs. Their proposed reforms are long-overdue and must be implemented if the regulatory body wants to maintain its credibility as a guarantor of responsible health care. […]
Ontario’s medical regulator proposing sweeping changes to prescribing safer supply – 105.9 The Region
TORONTO — Ontario’s medical regulator is proposing sweeping changes to prescribing safer supply drugs, The Canadian Press has learned. The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario is looking to clamp down on the practice and is set to hold a board of directors meeting next week to decide on the proposed changes. Safer supply refers to prescribing medications as an alternative to opioids obtained on the streets to those who are at high risk …
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