"There is still a long road ahead in terms of getting this drug on a provincial formulary, if it happens at all," Law said in an interview
For Dihexa, this is complicated by its dual classification: it's technically an oligopeptide (a short chain of amino acids), but it's been modified with a hexanoic acid cap to resist enzymatic degradation
Roughly 47% of patients on the top dose lost 10% or more
Serious Skin Reactions Rarely, acetaminophen may cause serious skin reactions such as acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis (AGEP), Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (SJS), and toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN), which can be fatal
This becomes especially relevant when there are superior options like administration by the orobuccal route, whereby high serum levels are rapidly achieved