B.C. health care coverage: More medications under PharmaCare

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More medications will be covered in British Columbia, the provincial Health Ministry says.

In a news release Monday, the ministry released a list of what's included in its new and expanded coverage, the rollout of which began earlier this year.

The following medications were added to that list this year:

Changes were also made back in January to PharmaCare's coverage of medications used to treat multiple sclerosis, and in December, the long-acting contraceptive implant etonogestrel (Nexplanon) was added to its formulary.