Therapeutics Initiative

03/13/2026

🆕UBC TI Therapeutics Letter 160 🆕

Surge in doses of proton pump inhibitors: a sleight of handedness?
https://www.ti.ubc.ca/2026/03/12/160-surge-in-doses-of-proton-pump-inhibitors-a-sleight-of-handedness/

⚠️PPIs should not be prescribed at high doses over many years until better long-term evidence of safety is available

💰Prescribing omeprazole or lansoprazole rather than single-enantiomers would potentially save over 21 million dollars per year in British Columbia

03/13/2026

🆕 UBC TI publication:

Nearly 30% of older adults with type 2 in BC may be over-treated, despite already having A1C ≤7% 😮 ⚠️
https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/16/3/e106707



Rural Resident Doctors BC - Resources Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia Nurses and Nurse Practitioners of BC Vancouver Coastal Health BC Family Doctors

03/11/2026

🆕 UBC TI :

Comparative Analysis of the Efficacy & Safety of Various Single Enantiomer & Racemic Mixture Pairs

👉 https://www.ti.ubc.ca/2025/11/13/comparative-analysis-of-the-efficacy-and-safety-of-various-single-enantiomer-and-racemic-mixture-pairs/

"Preferential prescribing of dexlansoprazole, escitalopram, and esomeprazole in BC is not supported by robust head-to-head evidence demonstrating clinically meaningful superiority.

Observed differences are modest, fragile, and methodologically limited, while cost differentials are substantial. Current utilization trends do not consistently align with the best available evidence and represent an opportunity for more cost-effective, evidence-based prescribing."

13 Nov 2025 Comparative Analysis of the Efficacy and Safety of Various Single Enantiomer and Racemic Mixture Pairs Download Share Posted at 08:01h in Drug Assessments by Ciprian Jauca 0 Comments Share This is a systematic review conducted by the Drug Assessment Working Group of the Therapeutics Init...

03/10/2026

ICYMI: TI webinar recording! 🚨

and other disability diagnoses: the seven sins of clinicians https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0OfoVcaCjk

Speaker: Dr. Allyson Harrison

ADHD and other disability diagnoses: the seven sins of clinicians. Presented by Dr. Allyson Harrison on 14 January 2026

03/03/2026

🔔 ICYMI - TI webinar recording:

💊⚠️ S*x and Post-SSRI Evidence-based Medicine Dysfunction with Dr. David Healy of RxISK.org (Data Based Medicine)

👉🏽 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91NveUXiAvA

TI Best Evidence Webinar: S*x and post-SSRI evidence-based medicine dysfunction. Presented by Dr. David Healy on 10 February 2021.

02/27/2026

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The Therapeutics Initiative (TI) was established in 1994 by the Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics in cooperation with the Department of Family Practice at The University of British Columbia with its mission to provide physicians, nurse practitioners, pharmacists, allied health professional...

02/26/2026

🥰A brief (100 seconds!) video intro to the UBC Faculty of Medicine's award-winning TI Portrait program:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCoDcz98LgA

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Nurses and Nurse Practitioners of BC BC Family Doctors Rural Resident Doctors BC - Resources Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia

A brief introduction to using Portrait Online. Presented by Alecz Reyes and Arrietty Song

02/25/2026

🚨 ICYMI: UBC TI series webinar #8

👉Watch the recording here:
https://www.ti.ubc.ca/2026/01/28/deprescribing-webinar-series-8/

Case: Deprescribing multiple psychotropic medications
Presenter: Cara Mills, Clinical Pharmacist

02/24/2026

ICYMI: TI webinar recording

Using your TI Portrait & https://mysleepwell.ca for optimal management

🎤 Speakers: Dr. Aaron Tejani + Dr. David Gardner
👩🏽‍💻 Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jC9ge2WXrcA

Using your TI Portrait & mysleepwell.ca for optimal management of insomnia. Presented by Dr. Aaron Tejani and Dr. David Gardner on 2 April 2025.

02/24/2026

❤️ : How much activity should people get? It depends on their age.

👉🏾See the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology activity guidelines for different age groups:
https://csepguidelines.ca 🏊🏾‍♂️🏃🏾‍♀️🚶🏾

Make Your Whole Day Matter. Move More. Reduce Sedentary Time. Sleep Well. Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines: An Integration of Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviour, and Sleep Early Years 0-4 Years Infants, toddlers and preschoolers need to Move, Sleep and Sit the right amounts. Read More Childr...

02/18/2026

NEW CFPC assessment credits + how the TI can help

BC family physicians, do you know about the 🆕 CFPC
Mainpro+ certified assessment credits requirements?

https://www.cfpc.ca/en/education-professional-development/mainpro/mainpro-program-requirements

The UBC Faculty of Medicine's Therapeutics Initiative can help you reach your CFPC Mainpro+ certified assessment credits requirements

How? Earn credits faster by signing up for our Prescribing Portraits program

🆕 BC family physicians signed up for our Prescribing Portraits can claim an extra 1.0 Mainpro+ credits when attending UBC TI webinars!

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02/18/2026

🚨 More UBC TI Educational events are on the way!

SAVE THE DATES + watch our Events and Webinars page for more details: https://www.ti.ubc.ca/continuing-education/events-webinars/

Registration is now open for our next webinar:
https://www.ti.ubc.ca/2026/01/27/deprescribing-webinar-series-9/