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Prescription drug therapy is a key element of medical care. The UBC Therapeutics Initiative’s goal is for drug therapies to be used wisely in the best interests of patients, based on thorough and accurate understanding of scientific evidence. Our motto, Better Prescribing, Better Health, inspires everything we do.
Therapeutics Letters published
Drugs/drug classes reviewed
Articles published in peer-reviewed journals
Continuing education events
Jump to: Abstract | Full Text | Plain Language Summary | Conclusions | Video | References Plain Language Summary Escitalopram vs. citalopram: one enantiomer’s dominance reflects marketing, no
In this final TI Blog post of 2025 we acknowledge people around the world who contributed to the work of the Therapeutics Initiative in the second half of 2025. An alphabetical list is included below.
This TI Best Evidence webinar is an encore presentation, originally delivered as part of the TI Best Evidence for Clinicians 2025 Annual Course on Friday, November 28, 2025 by Dr. Allyson G Harrison,
The Therapeutics Initiative produced individual prescribing Portraits on the topic of improving how clinicians prescribe zopiclone and trazodone for insomnia (1 January 2022 to 31 December 2023). The
Jump to: Abstract | Full Text | Plain Language Summary | Conclusions | References Plain Language Summary Understanding insomnia treatment What is insomnia? Insomnia means having trouble falling
When challenged by complex cases involving people taking too many medications, we may ask: Can I stop any of these? Which should I stop first? Do I need to taper this drug? If so, how?...