Community Pharmacists and Opioid Misuse

BI-MTM is designed to: (1) eliminate opioid medication misuse, (2) promote opioid regimen adherence, (3) connect participants with Patient Navigation to increase patient self-management activation for health conditions that increase risk for misuse (Patient Navigation is an evidence-based chronic care intervention), and (4) provide naloxone rescue training referrals.

Standard Medication Counseling (SMC; n=23; i.e., treatment-as-usual condition). Standard Medication Counseling is the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services requirement for pharmacists in the US wherein pharmacy patients filling prescriptions receive information and opt-in counseling.