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Ontario #CommunityPharmacy will begin to dispense Paxlovid shortly. Great for access. Except. We are being paid the princely sum of $13.25 for this service. Which is utterly demeaning, ridiculous and unsafe. Let’s dive into why:
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Right now for dispensing publicly funded medication we are paid $8.83 each. This covers our software, the label, vial, bag, and time for clinical & technical check (plus lights, wages etc). So this new ability to dispense paxlovid nets us an additional $4.42. Wow, right?
No.
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Paxlovid is not like most meds we dispense. There are *many* drug interactions that we must manage. Many! And in rural settings it will most often be the #CommunityPharmacist who is tasked to consider, evaluate and manage these interactions. Paxlovid expert physicians who
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