B.C.’s top doctor acknowledges physician ‘concerns’ about prescribed hydromorphone

Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry acknowledged concerns from some physicians in B.C. that prescribed hydromorphone is not meeting the needs of patients who use drugs. In a Mon. June 5 press conference, she said the province is constantly monitoring and evaluating the prescribed safer supply program and will be working new evidence into a revised set of clinical guidelines that accompany it.