A survey of community pharmacists' training needs in the management of opioid dependent clients in Grampian,Scotland

摘要

In the past decade,the role of community pharmacists in the treatment of drug mis-users in the UK has developed rapidly.Many pharmacists now have considerable experience of service delivery and working with this client group.Currently,there are 1,162 community pharmacies in Scotland of which 71 per cent dispense drugs for drug misusers;specifically 69 per cent dispense methadone for over 9,000 patients.Sixty-five per cent of these patients consume their methadone under pharmacist supervision in the pharmacy.