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Drug overdose is the leading cause of injury death in the United States, causing more deaths than motor vehicle crashes. The CDC attributes the rise in drug overdose deaths to a higher use of prescription opioid painkillers.

Providing overdose prevention, recognition, and response education to those who have been prescribed opioids, drug users, their families, and their neighbors is a harm reduction intervention that saves lives.

Heroin and other opioid overdoses are particularly amenable to intervention because risk factors are well understood and there is a safe antidote- NALOXONE.

What you'll learn:
  • Discuss the scope and consequences of the nationwide opioid epidemic and its effects on public health.
  • Identify the risk factors related to opioid drug overdoses.
  • Describe the pharmacist’s roles and responsibilities in prescribing naloxone, per state specific guidelines.
  • Accurately calculate morphine milligram equivalents (MME) and properly communicate this information to patients.
  • Identify best practices when engaging with high risk patients,  communicating with patients on opioid use, and improving counseling points when dispensing opioids.

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    Language English
    Subjects Science
    Tags Pharmacy

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