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About the Cover

February 01, 2024; Volume 70,Issue 2

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Are there advantages to some disadvantages facing family physicians today? This month’s cover image illustrates one of these salient disadvantages: the issue of medication shortages. However, as argued by authors in a commentary (page 85) and by Dr Nicholas Pimlott in his editorial (page 79), drug shortages may also offer potential benefits; namely, they provide physicians opportunities to consider deprescribing, to recommend similar but more affordable alternatives, or to explore dose reduction.

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Michael Fong, Mississauga, Ont, Less is more

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Y a-t-il des avantages derrière certains inconvénients auxquels font face les médecins de famille de nos jours. L’image de la page couverture du mois illustre l’un de ces grands inconvénients : le problème des pénuries de médicaments. Par ailleurs, comme le soutiennent les auteurs dans un commentaire (page 89) et le Dr Nicholas Pimlott dans son éditorial (page 80), les pénuries de médicaments peuvent aussi offrir des occasions bénéfiques, notamment la possibilité pour les médecins d’envisager la déprescription, de recommander des options de rechange semblables, mais moins coûteuses ou d’explorer une réduction de la dose.

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Michael Fong, Mississauga, Ont, Less is more

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Canadian Family Physician: 70 (2)
Canadian Family Physician
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1 Feb 2024
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