Pharmacists can start patients on road to recovery from opioid use disorder

A study from researchers at Brown University, Rhode Island Hospital and the University of Rhode Island found that pharmacists — not just physicians at clinics and doctor’s offices — can safely and effectively start patients with opioid use disorder on the lifesaving medication buprenorphine. “With over 100,000 overdose deaths in 2022 and an opioid crisis impacting states across the country, […]