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Distance to OTPs in hard‐hit regions makes case for pharmacy‐based service
Author(s) -
Enos Gary
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
alcoholism and drug abuse weekly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7591
pISSN - 1042-1394
DOI - 10.1002/adaw.32679
Subject(s) - pharmacy , opioid use disorder , methadone , opioid , service (business) , methadone maintenance , opioid epidemic , medicine , family medicine , business , psychiatry , marketing , receptor
Many individuals who would be good candidates for methadone treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD) live closer to a chain pharmacy than to an opioid treatment program (OTP), and that holds true in urban as well as rural communities. A newly published study focusing on five states hit hard by the opioid overdose crisis suggests that pharmacy‐based methadone dispensing would make a major difference in improving access to the evidence‐based OUD treatment.