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Psychiatric Medication Awareness Group

When I was researching Abilify, I came across the Psychiatric Medication Awareness Group.

Interestingly, in BC Abilify needs a special order from Ottawa to fill out by your doctor to justify using it rather than Seroquel or Risperidal.

Most likely it is because Abilify is a new drug on the market, which isn't resold by Pfizer, the drug company that has a strong say in BC's pharmaceutical drug assessment.

Reference:

B.C.'s drug assessments taking the wrong path, Vancouver Sun: http://www.vancouversun.com/opinion/drug+assessments+taking+wrong+path/3979298/story.html

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