Title |
Orienting patients to greater opioid safety: models of community pharmacy-based naloxone
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Published in |
Harm Reduction Journal, August 2015
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DOI | 10.1186/s12954-015-0058-x |
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Authors |
Traci C. Green, Emily F Dauria, Jeffrey Bratberg, Corey S. Davis, Alexander Y Walley |
Abstract |
The leading cause of adult injury death in the USA is drug overdose, the majority of which involves prescription opioid medications. Outside of the USA, deaths by drug overdose are also on the rise, and overdose is a leading cause of death for drug users. Reducing overdose risk while maintaining access to prescription opioids when medically indicated requires careful consideration of how opioids are prescribed and dispensed, how patients use them, how they interact with other medications, and how they are safely stored. Pharmacists, highly trained professionals expert at detecting and managing medication errors and drug-drug interactions, safe dispensing, and patient counseling, are an under-utilized asset in addressing overdose in the US and globally. Pharmacies provide a high-yield setting where patient and caregiver customers can access naloxone-an opioid antagonist that reverses opioid overdose-and overdose prevention counseling. This case study briefly describes and provides two US state-specific examples of innovative policy models of pharmacy-based naloxone, implemented to reduce overdose events and improve opioid safety: Collaborative Pharmacy Practice Agreements and Pharmacy Standing Orders. |
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United States | 11 | 44% |
Canada | 3 | 12% |
Netherlands | 1 | 4% |
Unknown | 10 | 40% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 18 | 72% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 5 | 20% |
Scientists | 2 | 8% |
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Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
United States | 1 | <1% |
Unknown | 155 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Researcher | 25 | 16% |
Student > Master | 21 | 13% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 16 | 10% |
Student > Bachelor | 15 | 10% |
Other | 11 | 7% |
Other | 26 | 17% |
Unknown | 43 | 27% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 32 | 20% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 17 | 11% |
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 17 | 11% |
Social Sciences | 11 | 7% |
Psychology | 7 | 4% |
Other | 27 | 17% |
Unknown | 46 | 29% |