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Stocking and supplying naloxone: Findings from a representative sample of community pharmacies in Victoria, Australia

Karthikeyan, Nandini ; Xia, Ting ; Nielsen, Suzanne ; Picco, Louisa

Drug and alcohol review, 2024-07, Vol.43 (5), p.1305-1312 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Melbourne: John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd

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    Stocking and supplying naloxone: Findings from a representative sample of community pharmacies in Victoria, Australia
  • Author: Karthikeyan, Nandini ; Xia, Ting ; Nielsen, Suzanne ; Picco, Louisa
  • Subjects: Community pharmacists ; community pharmacy ; Drug overdose ; Drug stores ; harm reduction ; Hostility ; Naloxone ; Narcotics ; Opioids ; Pharmacies ; pharmacist ; Pharmacists ; Pharmacy ; Regression analysis
  • Is Part Of: Drug and alcohol review, 2024-07, Vol.43 (5), p.1305-1312
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  • Description: Introduction Naloxone is an opioid receptor antagonist, which can rapidly reverse the effects of an opioid overdose. Community pharmacists may experience several barriers to stocking and supplying naloxone including a lack of confidence or knowledge and time constraints. The current study aimed to examine the extent to which Victorian community pharmacies stock and supply naloxone and determine specific characteristics associated with stocking naloxone. Methods A representative sample of community pharmacists (n = 558) in Victoria, Australia, were contacted between October and November 2020 and invited to participate in an online survey. Data related to pharmacy‐ and pharmacist‐related characteristics, including stocking and frequency of supplying naloxone in the past year. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed to examine the effect of various covariates on stocking naloxone. Results The sample comprised 265 pharmacists (response rate 47%). Most pharmacies were located in Melbourne (the capital city of Victoria, 59.6%) and were part of a pharmacy chain (61.5%). In total, 100 (38%) pharmacies stocked naloxone, a third of whom did not supply it in the past year. Pharmacies that provided opioid agonist treatment had 2.4 times higher odds of stocking naloxone (95% confidence interval 1.425–4.136; p = 0.001). Discussion and Conclusion Less than half of Victorian community pharmacies stock naloxone, with even fewer actually supplying it in the past year. Future efforts are needed to increase the number of pharmacies that stock naloxone and the frequency in which it is supplied, while also addressing possible barriers to stocking and supplying naloxone among community pharmacists.
  • Publisher: Melbourne: John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd
  • Language: English
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