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安省医药福利2022年1月1日生效
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安省医药新规今起生效！但近期仍要注意做这件事
安省居民从今天（1日）起可以到药房找药剂师开13种常见病症的处方，无需约见医生。一些药房也表示已做好准备。
据加通社报道，安省政府表示，从现在开始，药剂师有权给患者开出13种常见病的处方，包括花粉症（hay fever）、鹅口疮（oral thrush）、皮炎（dermatitis）、红眼病（pink eye）、痛经（menstrual cramps）、胃食道逆流（acid reflux）、痔疮（hemorrhoids）、唇疱疹（cold sores）、虫咬和荨麻疹（impetigo, insect bites and hives）、蜱虫叮咬（tick bites）、扭伤和拉伤（sprains and strains）以及尿路感染（UTIs）。
居民只需要带上健康卡到参与该项目的药房即可。
目前Shoppers Drug Mart和Rexall连锁药店都表示，这些店内的药剂师们在今天就已做好准备提供这项服务。
不过安省药剂师协会（Ontario Pharmacists Association）负责人Justin Bates表示，这项新规定执行起来可能需要有一段准备时间。
Bates提醒说，安省居民近期应该先打电话给药房或登录药房网站来确认这家药店是否已经准备好开出这些处方。
安省政府还表示，这项新的医药项目不会给安省民众增加任何额外的花费。这样做的目的是为了减轻医生们的压力，让他们可以治疗更多复杂的医疗状况。
从12月12日开始，安大略省的药剂师已经被允许在没有医生开具处方的情况下，能给一些新冠确诊患者开出抗病毒的处方药Paxlovid。
Ontario pharmacists can now prescribe treatments for 13 common ailments
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People leave a Shoppers Drug Mart where they are providing COVID-19 testing by appointment only during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto on Friday, September 25, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan DenetteOntarians with 13 common ailments can skip the doctor's office and head straight to the pharmacist to get a prescription as of today.The provincial government says pharmacists now have the power to prescribe treatments for conditions that include pink eye, hemorrhoids and urinary tract infections.
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The province says residents need only bring their health card to a participating pharmacy.
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Both Shoppers Drug Mart and Rexall said their pharmacists would be ready to provide the service today.
But the head of the Ontario Pharmacists Association said people should expect a bit of a ramp-up period.
Justin Bates says Ontarians should call their pharmacies or visit their websites to find out if they're ready to make prescriptions.
The provincial government says the new program comes at no extra cost to Ontarians and will free up doctors to treat more complex medical conditions.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 1, 2023.
