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Opioid Treatment Program and Community Pharmacy Collaboration for Methadone Maintenance Treatment: Results from a Feasibility Clinical Trial by Li‐Tzy Wu; William S. John; Eric D. Morse; Steve Adkins; Jennifer Pippin; Robert K. Brooner; Robert P. Schwartz is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
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## Abstract ## Background and aims Pharmacy administration and dispensing of methadone for methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) can expand treatment access for opioid use disorder (OUD). This study investigated the feasibility and acceptability of a novel model permitting an opioid treatment program (OTP) physician to prescribe methadone for OUD treatment through collaboration with a partnered pharmacy. ## Design Non‐randomized, single‐arm, open‐label feasibility trial. ## Setting One OTP and one community pharmacy in the United States. ## Participants One OTP physician, two pharmacists and 20 MMT patients receiving between six and 13 take‐home methadone doses at 5–160 mg/day. ## Intervention Patients’ methadone administration and dispensing of take‐home doses was transferred from the OTP to the pharmacy for 3 months. ## Measurements Primary outcome was medication adherence. Secondary outcomes were recruitment, treatment retention, substance use, counseling attendance at the OTP, pharmacist prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) use, safety and satisfaction. ## Findings Of 29 patients eligible at pre‐screen, 20 patients (69%) enrolled into the study. Recruitment occurred from
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- Author
- Li‐Tzy Wu; William S. John; Eric D. Morse; Steve Adkins; Jennifer Pippin; Robert K. Brooner; Robert P. Schwartz
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2021
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)