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Community Pharmacies and Harm Reduction

Common Sense for Drug Policy Blog

Community Pharmacies and Harm Reduction "Community pharmacies are essential healthcare destinations that serve as an optimal resource for addressing non-urgent inquiries, such as safe injecting practices, management of adverse drug reactions, and medication provision, thus reducing the burden on general practitioners (GPs) [ 1 , 2 ].

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British consumers have increasingly turned to community pharmacies during COVID-19

The Pharma Data

British consumers have increasingly turned to community pharmacies during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new study. It found 57% of UK consumers are looking to community pharmacists to provide advice about over-the-counter healthcare products. This rose to 68% in the 45-54 age bracket.

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DrugBank adds ASHP data to knowledgebase, improving user experience and data reliability

DrugBank

ASHP’s full suite of drug information has been integrated into and made available through DrugBank, bringing together both company’s offerings to provide streamlined access to a broader range of high quality products. For more information, visit ashp.org and ASHP’s consumer website, SafeMedication.com.

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Buprenorphine now replaces methadone as the most common medicine for opioid dependence’: 10-year trends in opioid agonist treatment medicines in Australia

National Drug & Alcohol Research Centre Blog

Administered weekly or monthly, long-acting injectable buprenorphine provides clients with an alternative option to methadone liquid or sublingual buprenorphine tablets, which are otherwise often provided to clients via daily supervised dosing at their local pharmacy or clinic. 2024) International Journal of Drug Policy. Chidwick, K.,

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AHF Cheers Supreme Court ‘Rutledge’ Ruling Allowing States to Regulate PBMs

The Pharma Data

Pharmaceutical Care Management Association , the Court recognized that state legislatures have important powers to regulate abuses of corporate healthcare middlemen, called Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs). PBMs can exercise enormous economic leverage over pharmacies.

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Childhood trauma associated with increased risk of opioid use disorder (OUD) among people prescribed opioids for chronic non-cancer pain.

National Drug & Alcohol Research Centre Blog

A new study by National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC) researchers, led by PhD candidate Thomas Santo Jr, describes childhood trauma exposure among a sample of people prescribed opioids for CNCP. You can read the full paper published in Drug and Alcohol Dependence here.