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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. Research conducted by Ipsos Mori and commissioned by Johnson & Johnson Consumer Health EMEA surveyed between 6,000 people between 16 and 75. This rose to 68% in the 45-54 age bracket.

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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

Our recent article, published in The International Journal of Drugs , presents the Australia-wide results. The use of opioid agonist treatment increased in non-community pharmacy settings from early 2020. This increase was particularly evident in drug and alcohol outpatient clinics and prisons. Chidwick, K., Farrell, M.,

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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.

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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.

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To address the fentanyl crisis, greater access to methadone Is needed

National Institute on Drug Abuse: Nora's Blog

Volkow, National Institute on Drug Abuse Image ©Getty images/ seb_ra Over the past several years, the increasing prevalence of fentanyl in the drug supply has created an unprecedented overdose death rate and other devastating consequences. It is possible that escalation to a therapeutic dose may need to be more rapid. in that period.