Notice to Stakeholders: Updates to the Opioid Patient Information Handout

Notice to Stakeholders: Updates to the Opioid Patient Information Handout The purpose of this Notice is to notify stakeholders that Health Canada has made changes to the opioid patient information handout entitled “Opioid Medicines – Information for Patients and Families”. Canada's Food and Drug Regulations were recently amended to require that a warning sticker and patient information handout be provided to patients, at the time of sale, with all prescription opioids that appear in Part A of the “List of Opioids”. 2021-07-07 Health Canada open-ouvert@tbs-sct.gc.ca Health and SafetyNotice to stakeholdersopioid patient information handout“Opioid Medicines – Information for Patients and Families”Food and Drug Regulationsa warning stickerprescription opioidslist of Opioids”. Notice to Stakeholders: Updates to the Opioid Patient Information HandoutHTML https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/drugs-health-products/drug-products/announcements/notice-updates-opioid-patient-information-handout.html Notice to Stakeholders: Updates to the Opioid Patient Information HandoutHTML https://www.canada.ca/fr/sante-canada/services/medicaments-produits-sante/medicaments/annonces/avis-mises-a-jour-fiche-renseignements-patients-opioides.html

The purpose of this Notice is to notify stakeholders that Health Canada has made changes to the opioid patient information handout entitled “Opioid Medicines – Information for Patients and Families”. Canada's Food and Drug Regulations were recently amended to require that a warning sticker and patient information handout be provided to patients, at the time of sale, with all prescription opioids that appear in Part A of the “List of Opioids”.

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