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Medication reconciliation: Preventing medication errors in the hospital

This page provides advice on how to keep track of your child's medicines.

How to use a Turbuhaler

A Turbuhaler delivers medication in powder form. Learn how to properly use a Turbuhaler.

Pain medicines

Learn about pain relief medication and how to administer it, including patient controlled analgesia.

Medication interactions and cancer treatment

Some medications can interact with each other. Learn about taking other medications while on chemotherapy and what you need to know about drug and alcohol use.

Medications for fatigue

You might be prescribed a medication to help you sleep or your JIA treatment may need to be adjusted if you are experiencing fatigue.

Biologic agents and JIA

Lifestyle choices and juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA)

Low-sodium, low-potassium and low-phosphorus diet

Pharmacogenetic testing: CYP2B6

Learn about CYP2B6, a gene tested through pharmacogenetic testing to predict an individual’s response to certain medications.

Pharmacogenetic testing: TPMT

Learn about TPMT, a gene tested through pharmacogenetic testing to predict an individual’s response to certain medications.

Medicines: How to use safely

Includes advice on how to store and what to do if your child misses a dose.

Medications for heart conditions

Learn about medication for children with heart conditions. A doctor will prescribe a drug when it's clear that medication will improve a child's condition.

Pharmacogenetic testing: CYP2D6

Learn about CYP2D6, a gene tested through pharmacogenetic testing to predict an individual’s response to certain medications.

Handling your medications

How to take medication with a puffer using a spacer with a mouthpiece

Puffers should always be used with a spacer. Learn how to take medication with a puffer using a spacer with a mouthpiece.

Medication coverage in Ontario

Learn about the different kinds of medication coverage in Ontario.

How to use a Diskus inhaler

A Diskus inhaler delivers medication in powder form. Learn how to properly use a Diskus inhaler.

Pharmacogenetic testing

Taking juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) medications

Find out about the different ways that arthritis medications can be taken. Some are taken orally as a liquid or tablet. Others are injected either under the skin (subcutaneously), into a vein (intravenously), or directly into a swollen joint.

Monitoring your diet and fluid intake after a liver transplant

Medications for juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA)

Find out what arthritis medications can do, what the doctor needs to consider before prescribing medication, how the dose is determined and why it is important to take arthritis medication regularly and as prescribed.

Patient-controlled and nurse-controlled analgesia

Find out how PCA and NCA help your child get relief from severe, short-term pain in the hospital.

Genetics basics for pharmacogenetics

Learn about genetics in the context of pharmacogenetics (PGx) and precision medicine.

Pharmacogenetic testing: CYP2C19

Learn about CYP2C19, a gene tested through pharmacogenetic testing to predict an individual’s response to certain medications.

Accessing medications for cystic fibrosis in Ontario

There are several different ways cystic fibrosis patients can have their medications covered in Ontario. Learn what your child may qualify for and how to access these programs.