Strict conditions on meds for First Nations similar to provinces: Health Canada

Health Canada says the choice to restrict access to some prescription mental-illness drugs for on-reserve patients is based on the same expert advice that guides other publicly funded pharmacare programs nationwide.

Dr. Cornelia Wieman, a psychiatrist who has worked on First Nations reserves, said Health Canada will not cover some prescriptions for antipsychotics unless the patient has tried other drugs first. She made the comments last week to a parliamentary committee studying the high suicide rate in indigenous communities.

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