Pharmacist counseling when dispensing naloxone by standing order: a secret shopper study of 4 chain pharmacies.

Jillian Contreras; Courtney Baus; Claire Brandt; Matthew Witry; Joanne Peters; Kirk E Evoy

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Pharmacist counseling when dispensing naloxone by standing order: a secret shopper study of 4 chain pharmacies.

December 9, 2020

Contreras J, Baus C, Brandt C, et al. J Am Pharm Assoc (2003). 2021;61(2):e94-e99.

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Naloxone administration is used to mitigate the effects of opioid overdose. The FDA recommends health care professionals educate patients about naloxone when prescribing opioid medications. In this audit of community pharmacists, researchers found that naloxone counseling commonly often excluded concepts important to patient safety, such as assessment of opioid misuse or abuse, possible adverse effects, and naloxone storage.

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