Opioids: The Pharmacist's Role

To help manage that, pharmacists at the recent NCPA convention in San Diego gave a talk titled "Caring for Patients on Opioids." In the talk, Lorri Gebo-Shaver, PharmD, owner of Shaver Pharmacy & Compounding Center in Pocatello, ID; Caitie Brown, PharmD, PGY-1 resident at Pharmacy &...

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Published in:Drug Topics 2019-12, Vol.163 (12), p.22-23
Main Author: Hamm, Nicholas
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Drug overdose
Drug stores
Narcotics
Pain
Patients
Pharmacists
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Summary:To help manage that, pharmacists at the recent NCPA convention in San Diego gave a talk titled "Caring for Patients on Opioids." In the talk, Lorri Gebo-Shaver, PharmD, owner of Shaver Pharmacy & Compounding Center in Pocatello, ID; Caitie Brown, PharmD, PGY-1 resident at Pharmacy & Compounding Center; and Shanna O'Connor, PharmD, assistant professor, College of Pharmacy at Idaho State University gave tips on how her pharmacy manages to help patients in the real world. In Idaho, pharmacists are able to prescribe naloxone, which Gebo-Shaver does for certain patients and has them sign a form acknowledging that she offered it to them-this creates a paper trail that helps protect her and her pharmacy, as well as shows the seriousness of the situation to the patient.
ISSN:0012-6616
1937-8157