Community Pharmacy-Based Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Opioid Risk Assessment Tool

Moderate risk patients will get brief motivational intervention for medication misuse and an offer of naloxone dispensation.

Those with high risk will receive a brief motivational intervention leading to warm handoff treatment linkage intervention to primary or specialty substance use care with an offer for naloxone dispensation.

Ohio State law requires pharmacist to not dispense an opioid supply \>90 days, with a specific prohibition on dispensations ≥14 days after prescriptions are issued. Pharmacists are also required to perform a universal prescription drug medication review before initial dispensation and offer brief counseling (e.g., unstandardized information about medication safety) for new/modified prescription therapies.