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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/49436| Title: | A pilot study for methadone dispensing from a community pharmacy |
| Authors: | Caruana, Mark Attard Pizzuto, Maresca Serracino-Inglott, Anthony Azzopardi, Lilian M. |
| Keywords: | Methadone maintenance -- Research -- Malta Drug abuse -- Treatment -- Malta Pharmaceutical policy -- Malta Pharmacists -- Malta -- Attitudes Pharmacist and patient -- Malta |
| Issue Date: | 2016-10 |
| Publisher: | University of Malta. Department of Pharmacy |
| Citation: | Caruana, M., Attard Pizzuto, M., Serracino-Inglott, A., & Azzopardi, L. M. (2016, October). A pilot study for methadone dispensing from a community pharmacy. Poster session presented at the 45th European Symposium on Clinical Pharmacy, Oslo, Norway. |
| Abstract: | A poster presentation regarding a pilot study for methadone dispensing from a community pharmacy. Introduction: Methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) was introduced in Malta in 1987 and is provided by the Substance Misuse Outpatient Unit (SMOPU). The mode of administration is a centralised one, implying that opioid dependent patients visit the SMOPU where they take their prescribed methadone medication. In 2005, the Government announced the formation of a take-home methadone prescription programme. In 2013, 976 patients were receiving methadone. Aim: To determine whether pharmacists in Malta would be willing to dispense methadone. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/49436 |
| Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacM&SPha |
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