Strategies to Improve Access to Care for Patients With Opioid Use Disorder

Annals of Pharmacotherapy, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Sept. 4, 2024

Treatment of opioid use disorder (OUD) faces several challenges, including restricted access to medications, geographical and logistical barriers, variability in treatment availability across different communities. This article outlines strategies aimed at improving medications. Pharmacy-based care could potentially extend medications but would require regulatory changes empower pharmacists. In addition, telemedicine has shown promise by mitigating geographic transportation barriers. Mobile health clinics also offer a direct approach delivering medication-based treatments underserved Furthermore, integrating OUD into primary settings facilitate early detection treatment. Policy have increased take-home buprenorphine initiation home. Community engagement be crucial for tackling the social determinants equitable patients. The implementation these potential significantly enhance accessibility delivery effective, timely patients with OUD.

Language: Английский

Independent community pharmacists’ attitudes and intentions toward dispensing buprenorphine/naloxone for opioid use disorder

Journal of the American Pharmacists Association, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 63(5), P. 1558 - 1565.e4

Published: June 16, 2023

Language: Английский

GPs’ practices when prescribing buprenorphine in primary care: A survey among the Sentinelles network

Therapies, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 79(6), P. 646 - 654

Published: April 18, 2024

Language: Английский