Therapeutics Initiative (TI)
@drug-evidence
Independent, evidence-informed, practical #BetterPrescribing resources for physicians, pharmacists, & nurse practitioners. Based in the University of British Columbia's Faculty of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics.
🆕 UBC TI #BestEvidence webinar recording! 😍 Drugs that cause #edema: a not so 'swell' effect ✅ Mechanisms by which meds lead to edema ✅ Practical management strategies ✅ 30min presentation + Q&A with the TI's Dr. Jessica Otte View recording: www.ti.ubc.ca/2026/06/24/d... #MedEd #medsafety
🚨ICYMI: UBC TI #BestEvidence webinar recording Oral vs IV Antibiotics ti.ubc.ca/antibiotics-... See also: TI Therapeutics #antibiotics Letter ti.ubc.ca/letter155 Patient handout: When are oral ABX the right choice? ti.ubc.ca/antibiotics-... #MedEd #BetterPrescribing #ABX
🚨ICYMI: UBC TI #BestEvidence webinar recording Safe & sound: #Polypharmacy & rational primary care ti.ubc.ca/drugevidence24 Dr. Dee Mangin describes key aspects of primary care in maximizing therapeutic benefit + provides examples/areas of challenge for rational tx
❤️#ExercisePrescriptions: How much activity should people get? It depends on their age. 👉🏾See the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology activity guidelines for different age groups: csepguidelines.ca 🏊🏾♂️🏃🏾♀️🚶🏾 #Exercise #prescribing #ExerciseRx #BetterHealth
🚨 ICYMI: UBC TI #BestEvidence webinar recording Evidence-based approaches to #menopause: Overcoming #misinformation ti.ubc.ca/2026/05/05/e... #MedEd #WomensHealth
🚨 UBC TI #Deprescribing webinar "Less is S’more: Sweetening Life by Deprescribing in Diabetes (and Beyond)" 👉 REGISTER NOW: ti.ubc.ca/deprescribin... *** Up to 1.0 Mainpro+® Certified Activity credits #MedEd #CME #diabetes #BetterPrescribing
🚨 ICYMI: UBC TI #BestEvidence webinar recording Evidence-based approaches to #menopause: Overcoming #misinformation ti.ubc.ca/2026/05/05/e... #MedEd #WomensHealth
🚨 ICYMI - #Opioids prescribing webinar recording featuring pharmacologist Dr. David Juurlink 💊 What have we learned about #prescribing? 💊 How should we treat pain when opioids overdoses have become an intractable epidemic? 👉🏽 ti.ubc.ca/juurlink-ana... #pain #MedEd #medsafety #deprescribing
🚨 TODAY (June 24) @ Noon Pacific🚨 Drugs that cause #edema: a not so 'swell' effect ✅ Mechanisms by which meds lead to edema ✅ Practical management strategies ✅ 30min presentation + Q&A with the TI's Dr. Jessica Otte REGISTER: www.ti.ubc.ca/2026/06/02/d... #MedEd #medsafety
🚨 TOMORROW (June 24) @ Noon Pacific🚨 Drugs that cause #edema: a not so 'swell' effect ✅ Mechanisms by which meds lead to edema ✅ Practical management strategies ✅ 30min presentation + Q&A with the TI's Dr. Jessica Otte REGISTER: www.ti.ubc.ca/2026/06/02/d... #MedEd #medsafety
🚨 UBC TI #Deprescribing webinar "Less is S’more: Sweetening Life by Deprescribing in Diabetes (and Beyond)" 👉 REGISTER NOW: ti.ubc.ca/deprescribin... *** Up to 1.0 Mainpro+® Certified Activity credits #MedEd #CME #diabetes #BetterPrescribing
🚨UBC TI Therapeutics Letter 162 Drug-induced peripheral edema: a common, overlooked, reversible harm: ti.ubc.ca/letter162-ed... ➕ don't miss our June 24th #edema webinar: www.ti.ubc.ca/2026/06/02/d... #MedEd #deprescribing #drugsafety
🚨ICYMI: CLINICAL PEARLS 👩🏫 👉 3 Pearls for #PeripheralEdema from the TI's Dr. Jessica Otte #prescribing #deprescribing #edema #MedEd
🆕 UBC TI Therapeutics Letter 162 🆕 Drug-induced peripheral edema: a common, overlooked, reversible harm: ti.ubc.ca/letter162-edema Medication side effects should be main consideration in cases of new-onset #edema, particularly in patients with #polypharmacy #MedEd #deprescribing #drugsafety
ICYMI: ❤️ Tips and tricks for patients starting new #exercise habits 🕺🏾🏓🧘🏾♂️ 3 Step changing behaviour model from @bjfogg.bsky.social and other healthy activity tips from the TI's Dr. Josh Levin #ExercisePrescriptions #prescribing #ExRx
HOW OFTEN... should #A1c tests be used to monitor patients with #T2DM? 🤔 Find out in our UBC TI #BestEvidence webinar recording: 👉 ti.ubc.ca/a1c-testing-... See also: 👉TI Therapeutics Letter 161 + patient handout: ti.ubc.ca/letter161 #MedEd #diabetes #labtesting
🚨ICYMI: How should we diagnose and treat skin + soft tissue infections? Watch our UBC TI #BestEvidence webinar recording featuring Dr. Davie Wong 👉 bit.ly/3bh40b5 #MedEd #antibiotics #diagnosis #prescribing
ICYMI: HOW OFTEN... should #A1c tests be used to monitor patients with #T2DM? 🤔 Find out in our latest #BestEvidence webinar recording: 👉 ti.ubc.ca/a1c-testing-webinar See also: 👉TI Therapeutics Letter 161 + patient handout: ti.ubc.ca/letter161 #MedEd #diabetes #labtesting
🚨 Examining #HbA1c in Frail Older Adults: A Linked Data Cohort Study www.ti.ubc.ca/2026/04/22/e... For frail people with #diabetes, there are important mgmt lessons, including possibility that HbA1c is not a useful metric & that #overtreatment with hypoglycemics must be considered.
🚨 ICYMI: #BestEvidence webinar recording Safe & sound: Polypharmacy & rational primary care ti.ubc.ca/drugevidence24 Dr. Dee Mangin describes vital aspects of primary care in maximizing therapeutic benefit + provides examples/areas of challenge for rational treatment #MedEd
🚨 UBC TI #BestEvidence webinar recording Evidence-based approaches to #menopause: Overcoming #misinformation ti.ubc.ca/2026/05/05/e... #MedEd #WomensHealth
🚨 ICYMI: UBC TI #ResearchMethods recording What is the role of regulatory documents & individual patient data in drug assessments? 👉 www.ti.ubc.ca/2023/05/10/r... #medsafety #RIAT #OpenResearch #ResearchTransparency
‼️ ICYMI: We need to talk about #Tramadol 💊 ICYMI: Our #BestEvidence webinar recording featuring the TI's Dr. Jessica Otte Practical info for clinicians considering tramadol for pain: bit.ly/3onIs05 👉More here: ti.ubc.ca/letter131 #MedEd #deprescribing #pain
🆕 UBC TI #BestEvidence webinar recording 🆕 Evidence-based approaches to #menopause: Overcoming #misinformation ti.ubc.ca/2026/05/05/e... #MedEd #WomensHealth
🚨ICYMI: How should we diagnose and treat skin + soft tissue infections? Watch our UBC TI #BestEvidence webinar recording featuring Dr. Davie Wong 👉 bit.ly/3bh40b5 #MedEd #antibiotics #diagnosis #prescribing
⌛️TODAY (May 27 @ Noon Pacific) ⌛️ UBC TI #BestEvidence webinar Evidence-based approaches to #menopause: Overcoming #misinformation 👉🏼Register now: ti.ubc.ca/2026/05/05/e... #MedEd #WomensHealth
🚨ICYMI - our MOST-VIEWED new TI video in 2025: Addressing medications that are ineffective & potentially harmful for patients with alcohol & other substance use disorders 💊🍻🚬 ti.ubc.ca/harms-aud-sud/ Speaker: Dr. Evan Wood #alcohol #polypharmacy #BetterPrescribing
💊 ICYMI - How well do you know your dopamine antagonists? TI Letter ti.ubc.ca/letter139 Patient videos youtu.be/nrM8Az7RHKU Patients briefly explain why it's important for prescribers, pharmacists, patients, carers to recognize early occurrence of adverse effects #medsafety