Protecting the Community and Serving Your Patient: The Importance of Buprenorphine

Sponsor: Boston Medical Grayken Center for Addiction TTA, The Association for Multidisciplinary Education and Research in Substance Use and Addiction (AMERSA), Department of Public Health, Bureau of Substance Addiction Services (DPH/BSAS), The Opioid Response Network (ORN).

Description: “Protecting the Community and Serving Your Patient: The Importance of Buprenorphine” is Part 3 of 3 in the “Best Practices for Community Pharmacy-Based Care for Patients with Opioid Use Disorder” series. Part 3 describes the three medications that are mainly used for treating Opioid-Use Disorder, and dives deeper into buprenorphine prescribing and the pharmacy’s role in it.

Intended audience: This activity is intended for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians working as part of the healthcare team to treat patients for substance use disorder.

Description:

1. Describe the efficacy and safety of dispensing buprenorphine for opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment.

2. Explain an effective interaction between a pharmacy staff member and patient filling a prescription for buprenorphine.

2. Explain an effective interaction between a pharmacy staff member and patient filling a prescription for buprenorph

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“Protecting the Community and Serving Your Patient: The Importance of Buprenorphine” is Part 3 of 3 in the “Best Practices for Community Pharmacy-Based Care for Patients with Opioid Use Disorder” series. Part 3 describes the three medications that are mainly used for treating Opioid-Use Disorder, and dives deeper into buprenorphine prescribing and the pharmacy’s role in it. 

This is an open ended event

Cost:
FREE