Combating Opioid Epidemic: Training for Pharmacists
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This recorded webinar is a training for qualified pharmacists to gain certification to dispense Naloxone without a prior prescription. Nurses encouraged to attend. Naloxone is an opioid antagonist used to counter the effects of an opioid overdose. Public health studies have shown that widespread distribution of naloxone is one of the most effective strategies for reducing opioid overdose deaths.
Learning Objectives:
-Dispense Naloxone without a prior prescription
-Understand the pharmacology of naloxone and how it can reverse an opioid overdose
-Understand the magnitude of the prescription drug abuse epidemic
-Train patients on overdose prevention as well as how to utilize naloxone
-Train interested citizens on overdose prevention as well as how to utilize naloxone
Aglaia Panos, Pharm D.
A graduate of the University of Pacific College of Pharmacy with a Pharm D degree. Adjunct professor at Touro University College of Pharmacy. Clinical consultant to the Alameda County Health Services and Marin Public Health Department. ACPE accredited continuing education pharmacist trainer for pharmacists dispensing Naloxone. As well as a community educator on safe opioid prescribing for Alameda, Contra Costa and Marin Counties.
