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The Authors’ Own Words: Retention of student pharmacists’ knowledge and skills regarding overdose management with naloxone

Jan 6, 2020 by AMERSA

The Authors’ Own Words:

We ask authors to describe their impressions regarding the implications of their accepted work, how their findings will change practice, and what is noteworthy about the work.

Retention of student pharmacists’ knowledge and skills regarding overdose management with naloxone

Anita N. Jacobson PharmD; Jeffrey P. Bratberg PharmD; Miranda Monk; & John Ferrentino

Substance Abuse Vol. 39, Iss. 2, 2018

“Substance use disorder education, including information on naloxone, is overall lacking in schools and colleges of pharmacy. As the opioid crisis drives greater inclusion of this content into pharmacy curricula, we compared different methods to deliver naloxone content: didactic alone or didactic plus an objective-structured clinical examination with a standardized patient. Although our findings did not show many statistically significant differences between these groups of student pharmacists, we believe this paper will motivate educators from all health professions to add naloxone instruction to existing SUD curricula and to have latitude incorporating the training as feasible given the knowledge retention and increased confidence among both groups of students.”

The Authors’ Own Words: Integration of a Clinical Pharmacy Specialist into a Substance Use Disorder Intensive Outpatient Treatment Program to Improve Prescribing Rates of Alcohol Use Disorder Pharmacotherapy

Jan 6, 2020 by AMERSA

The Authors’ Own Words:

We ask authors to describe their impressions regarding the implications of their accepted work, how their findings will change practice, and what is noteworthy about the work.

Integration of a Clinical Pharmacy Specialist into a Substance Use Disorder Intensive Outpatient Treatment Program to Improve Prescribing Rates of Alcohol Use Disorder Pharmacotherapy

Erica Dimitropoulos PharmD, Stephanie Bertucci LICSW; & Kara Wong PharmD, BCPP

Substance Abuse Vol. 39, Iss. 2, 2018

“The pharmacist’s role in the management of substance use disorders is not currently well defined. In an effort to explore this further, our study employed a bridge service that utilized pharmacists to improve access to evidence-based alcohol use disorder pharmacotherapy. Using this model, we were able to optimize treatment by offering medications to supplement psychotherapy for patients enrolled in an intensive outpatient program. Our intervention serves as an example for other facilities looking for novel ways to integrate pharmacists into substance use disorder clinics.”

The Authors’ Own Words: Implementation of a nationwide health economic consultation service to assist substance use researchers: Lessons learned

Jan 3, 2020 by AMERSA

The Authors’ Own Words:

We ask authors to describe their impressions regarding the implications of their accepted work, how their findings will change practice, and what is noteworthy about the work.

Implementation of a nationwide health economic consultation service to assist substance use researchers: Lessons learned

Sean M. Murphy PhD; Jared A. Leff MS; Benjamin P. Linas MD, MPH; Jake R. Morgan PhD; Kathryn McCollister PhD; & Bruce R. Schackman PhD

Substance Abuse Vol. 39, Iss. 2, 2018

“Both effectiveness and costs must be taken into consideration to successfully reach the greatest number of individuals and match them with the best interventions; however, health-economic researchers with expertise in substance use disorders and related conditions can be difficult to find. The Center for Health Economics of Treatment Interventions for Substance Use Disorders, HCV, and HIV (CHERISH) designed a free consultation service for investigators whose work aligns with CHERISH’s mission of developing and disseminating health-economic research on healthcare utilization, health outcomes, and health-related behaviors that informs substance use disorder treatment policy, and HCV and HIV care of people who use substances. The Consultation Service serves as a resource to ensure that economic analyses are appropriately designed, methodologically sound, and feasible, and that outcomes are correctly interpreted.”

The Authors’ Own Words: Utilizing Risk Index for Overdose or Serious Opioid-Induced Respiratory Depression (RIOSORD) Scores to Prioritize Offer of Rescue Naloxone in an Outpatient Veteran Population: A Telephone-based Project.

Jan 3, 2020 by AMERSA

The Authors’ Own Words:

We ask authors to describe their impressions regarding the implications of their accepted work, how their findings will change practice, and what is noteworthy about the work.

Utilizing Risk Index for Overdose or Serious Opioid-Induced Respiratory Depression (RIOSORD) Scores to Prioritize Offer of Rescue Naloxone in an Outpatient Veteran Population: A Telephone-based Project.

Derek Yates PharmD; Theresa Frey PharmD; & Jean Charles Montgomery MD

Substance Abuse Vol. 39, Iss. 2, 2018

“The authors believe that these results have demonstrated that patients at high risk for opioid-related adverse events are generally amenable to receiving rescue naloxone devices. In the past, one barrier to distribution of naloxone has been the need for a clinic visit to provide education on the use of a naloxone kit due to their complexity. In contrast, this project utilized telephone-based outreach to offer rescue naloxone to patients; this was made possible by the simplicity of recently FDA-approved naloxone delivery devices such as the nasal spray and the autoinjector. With their simple design the newer naloxone delivery devices allow distribution of naloxone with education on its use provided over the phone and reinforced with educational materials mailed to the patients’ homes. Addressing the opioid epidemic is a priority across the nation and services that increase naloxone distribution are essential to primary care clinics. A telephone-based service such as the one described in this paper will enable providers to reach more patients in this less resource-intensive manner and can provide access for patients with barriers to in-person visits.”

The Authors’ Own Words: A Novel Approach to Treating Adolescents with Opioid Use Disorder in Pediatric Primary Care

Jan 2, 2020 by AMERSA

The Authors’ Own Words:

We ask authors to describe their impressions regarding the implications of their accepted work, how their findings will change practice, and what is noteworthy about the work.

A Novel Approach to Treating Adolescents with Opioid Use Disorder in Pediatric Primary Care

Sharon Levy MD, MPH; Shannon Mountain-Ray LICSW; Jason Reynolds MD, PhD; Steven J. Mendes MD, MPH; & Jonas Bromberg PsyD

Substance Abuse Vol. 39, Iss. 2, 2018

“Our report outlines a model for integrating substance use services, including treatment for opioid use disorders, into pediatric primary care. We believe this novel approach is a feasible and effective way to treat substance use during adolescence and young adulthood, a period of heightened vulnerability.”