Archived PAD Topics

Last updated: December 7, 2023

Please note that the program resources more than 2 years old may not reflect the most current evidence available. They are intended only as an archive of the Provincial Academic Detailing (PAD) Service's work.

• Medications for Insomnia (November 2023) 
  • Handout - PAD Medications for Insomnia (PDF, 937KB)
  • References - PAD Medications for Insomnia (PDF, 570KB)
• Antidepressants (September 2023)
  • Newsletter (PDF, 660KB)
  • References (PDF, 270KB)
• Special edition: Intro to Paxlovid (nirmatrelvir-ritonavir) (July 2023)
  • Handout (PDF, 204KB)
• Basal Insulins for Type 2 Diabetes (June 2019)
  • Appendix: SGLT2 Inhibitors and Diabetic Ketoacidosis (PDF, 381KB)
  • Newsletter (PDF, 933KB)
  • Reference List (PDF, 373KB)
  • Supplement (PDF, 276KB)
  • Supplement References (PDF, 173KB)
• Medications for Neuropathic Pain (December 2018)
  • Medications for Neuropathic Pain (PDF 684KB)
  • References (PDF, 318KB)
  • Appendix (PDF, 423KB)
• Buprenorphine/Naloxone for Opioid Use Disorder (September 2017)
  • Reference List (PDF, 196KB)
  • Resource List (PDF, 543KB)
• Hypertension in Older Adults (November 2017)
  • Newsletter (PDF, 616KB)

    Note: Please refer to the Hypertension Drug Table (PDF, 251KB), updated in May 2021.

  • References (PDF, 253KB)
  • Supplement (PDF, 313KB)
• COPD Inhaled Medications (February 2017)
  • Newsletter (PDF, 667KB)

    Note: Please refer to the following updated drug tables: COPD Inhaled Medication Table (PDF, 283KB), updated in Nov. 2020, and Asthma Inhaled Medication Table (PDF, 216KB), updated in Dec. 2020.

  • References (PDF, 245KB)
• UTIs in Primary and Long Term Care (April 2016)​
  • Newsletter (PDF)
  • UTI empiric oral antibiotics (PDF)
  • References (PDF)
  • Pamphlet (PDF)
• Glucose Lowering Medications in Type 2 Diabetes (October 2015)
  • Booklet (PDF) and References (PDF)
  • Supplement (PDF) and References (PDF)
  • Appendix (PDF) and References (PDF)
• Proton Pump Inhibitors (January 2015)
  • Newsletter (PDF)
  • References (PDF)
• Oral anticoagulants in atrial fibrillation: Update (April 2014)
  • Booklet (PDF)
  • Reference List (PDF)
  • Tablet Chart and Bookmark (PDF)
  • List of links (PDF)
• Opioids in Chronic Non-Cancer Pain (July 2013)
  • Booklet (PDF)
  • References (PDF)
  • Resources (PDF)
• Acute Otitis Media (November 2012)
• Statins and Cardiovascular Disease (February 2012)
• Osteoporosis - Focus on Bisphosphonates (February 2011)
• COPD: Optimizing Inhaled Medications (May 2010)
• Adult Respiratory Tract Infections in the Community (November 2009)
• Anticoagulation in Atrial Fibrillation (April/May 2009)
• HPV Vaccine (September 2008)