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NIH R01 · 2024

Prescription Opioid Misuse: A Pharmacist-Led Intervention at Point of Service Efficacy Trial

ABSTRACT This study examines a community pharmacy-based intervention to reduce opioid medication misuse. Despite a recent national decline in opioid prescribing, 10.3 million Americans in 2018 reported misusing a pre- scribed opioid, and within this population, >36% of those who misused obtained the opioid medication by filling a prescription. The point of medication dispensing, namely the community pharmacy, is a an untapped resource to address prescription opioid misuse—especially when considering the >60,000 pharmacies employing >170,000 pharmacists in the US. We have established preliminary data that provides important support for the current project: (1) pharmacists are concerned about…

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