Monograph updates

Health Canada revises its monographs. This is the record of when we read them again, and what moved.

Every monograph was checked against Health Canada on September 19, 2026.

  1. St. John's Wort - Topical

    • Dose
    • Introduction
    • Reference cited
    • Use or purpose

  2. Aloe - Topical

    • Introduction
    • Reference cited

  3. Chaste tree

    • Dose
    • Introduction
    • Reference cited

  4. Lungwort - Topical

    • Dose
    • Introduction
    • Reference cited
    • Reference reviewed

  5. Passionflower

    • Introduction
    • Reference cited
    • Risk information
    • Use or purpose

  6. Sage - Salvia officinalis - Buccal

    • Dose
    • Introduction
    • Reference cited
    • Reference reviewed
    • Risk information
    • Use or purpose

  7. Alpha Lipoic Acid

    • Dose
    • Introduction
    • Risk information
    • Storage condition

  8. Grape Seed Extract

    • Dose
    • Introduction
    • Reference cited
    • Reference reviewed

  9. Hydrolyzed collagen

    • Date
    • Dosage form
    • Dose
    • Duration of use
    • Example of product facts
    • Introduction
    • Non-medicinal ingredient
    • Proper name, common name, source information
    • Reference cited
    • Reference reviewed
    • Risk information
    • Route of administration
    • Specifications
    • Storage condition
    • Use or purpose

  10. Creatine monohydrate

    • Dosage form
    • Dose
    • Introduction
    • Risk information
    • Storage condition

  11. Lemon Balm

    • Dose
    • Introduction
    • Proper name, common name, source information
    • Reference cited
    • Use or purpose

  12. AHCC Extract - Granule

    • Example of product facts
    • Introduction
    • Proper name, common name, source information
    • Reference reviewed
    • Specifications

  13. Nosodes

    • Appendix 1
    • Dose
    • Introduction
    • Specifications

  14. Throat Lozenges

    • Date
    • Dose
    • Example of product facts
    • Foreword
    • Medicinal ingredient
    • Reference
    • Risk information
    • Specifications
    • Use or purpose
    • Foreword new

  15. Antioxidants

    • Date
    • Dose
    • Duration of use
    • Introduction
    • Proper name, common name, source information
    • Reference cited
    • Reference reviewed
    • Risk information
    • Specifications
    • Storage condition
    • Use or purpose
    • Version history
    • Version history new
    • Notes gone

  16. Whey products

    • Dose
    • Introduction
    • Reference cited
    • Reference reviewed
    • Risk information
    • Storage condition
    • Use or purpose

  17. Workout Supplements

    • Appendix 1
    • Appendix 1i
    • Date
    • Dose
    • Example of product facts
    • Introduction
    • Proper name, common name, source information
    • Reference cited
    • Risk information
    • Specifications
    • Use or purpose
    • Version history
    • Appendix 1 new
    • Appendix 1i new
    • Version history new

  18. Red Clover Isoflavone Extract

    • Date
    • Dose
    • Example of product facts
    • Introduction
    • Proper name, common name, source information
    • Risk information
    • Version history
    • Version history new

  19. Chamomile, German - Oral

    • Date
    • Dosage form
    • Dose
    • Example of product facts
    • Introduction
    • Proper name, common name, source information
    • Reference cited
    • Reference reviewed
    • Risk information
    • Route of administration
    • Storage condition
    • Use or purpose
    • Example of product facts new
    • Proper name, common name, source information new
    • Proper name, common name, source material gone

  20. Elder - Sambucus

    • Date
    • Dosage form
    • Dose
    • Example of product facts
    • Introduction
    • Proper name, common name, source information
    • Reference cited
    • Reference reviewed
    • Risk information
    • Storage condition
    • Use or purpose
    • Example of product facts new

  21. St. John's Wort - Oral

    • Dose
    • Introduction
    • Reference cited
    • Reference reviewed
    • Risk information
    • Use or purpose

  22. Multi-Vitamin/Mineral Supplements

    • Appendices
    • Dose
    • Reference
    • Risk information
    • Use or purpose

  23. Primary Sunscreen Monograph

    • Appendix 1: unacceptable use or purpose
    • Date
    • Dosage form
    • Dose
    • Example of product facts
    • Foreword
    • Medicinal ingredient
    • Non-medicinal ingredient
    • Proper name, common name, source information
    • Reference
    • Risk information
    • Specifications
    • Storage condition
    • Use or purpose
    • Version history
    • Example of product facts new
    • Foreword new
    • Proper name, common name, source information new
    • Version history new

  24. Soybean Extracts and Isolates

    • Appendix 1: definitions and conversion factors
    • Appendix 2: calculating total isoflavones and reporting amounts on the pla form
    • Date
    • Example of product facts
    • Introduction
    • Reference cited
    • Reference reviewed
    • Risk information
    • Version history
    • Appendix 1: definitions and conversion factors new
    • Appendix 2: calculating total isoflavones and reporting amounts on the pla form new
    • Version history new

  25. Acne Therapy

    • Date
    • Dosage form
    • Dose
    • Duration of use
    • Example of product facts (for nhps)
    • Foreword
    • Medicinal ingredient
    • Non-medicinal ingredient
    • Proper name, common name, source information
    • Reference
    • Risk information
    • Specifications
    • Storage condition
    • Use or purpose
    • Example of product facts (for nhps) new
    • Proper name, common name, source information new
    • Direction for use gone

  26. Secondary Sunscreen Monograph

    • Appendix 1: unacceptable use or purpose
    • Date
    • Dosage form
    • Dose
    • Duration of use
    • Example of product facts
    • Foreword
    • Medicinal ingredient
    • Proper name, common name, source information
    • Reference
    • Risk information
    • Specifications
    • Storage condition
    • Use or purpose
    • Version history
    • Example of product facts new
    • Proper name, common name, source information new
    • Version history new
    • Drug facts table (format optional for self-care category i) gone

  27. Anti-Dandruff Products

    • Date
    • Dosage form
    • Dose
    • Example of product facts
    • Foreword
    • Medicinal ingredient
    • Reference
    • Risk information
    • Specifications
    • Storage condition
    • Use or purpose
    • Version history
    • Example of product facts new
    • Version history new

  28. Oral Rehydration Solutions

    • Appendix 1

  29. Triphala

    • Dose
    • Example of product facts
    • Introduction
    • Proper name, common name, source information
    • Reference cited
    • Storage condition
    • Use or purpose

  30. Medicated Skin Care Products

    • Dosage form
    • Dose
    • Foreword
    • Non-medicinal ingredient
    • Proper name, common name, source information
    • Reference
    • Risk information
    • Use or purpose

Each entry lists the sections whose text differs from the copy held before. Section names are Health Canada’s own. Following a monograph name opens the page on Health Canada’s site.