Drug Overdose Prevention Academic Detailing

Academic detailing involves pharmacists with the Kentucky Pharmacists Association providing key messages on topics related to safe prescribing practices, preventing fatal overdose in patients, using non-stigmatizing language with patients, hepatitis C testing, appropriate interventions to improve access to treatment, and naloxone use and replacement.

Program manager Kristen Blankenbecler, PharmD, is available to provide education to clinicians on safer opioid prescribing, treatment of opioid use disorder, and harm reduction. Visits are always available virtually and in-persons visits will hopefully be possible soon.

To set up a training, contact Kristen via email or phone (502-227-2303).

MORE INFORMATION

• WEBSITE: https://www.kphanet.org/

To view any of the resources, please click on the links.

1. Safer pain management prescribing practices can help prevent the development of opioid use disorder (OUD) among Kentucky patients
   • CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain- United States, 2016
   • CDC Webinar - Treating Chronic Pain Without Opioids
   • Mayo Clinic article on complementary treatments for pain 
   • U.S. Opioid Dispensing Rate Maps | Drug Overdose | CDC Injury Center
2. Harm reduction practices in healthcare- both for patients in recovery and those continuing to use drugs- are an important way to prevent secondary negative outcomes.
   • “Do Words Matter?  Stigmatizing Language and the Transmission of Bias in the Medical Record.”
   • “Stigma as a fundamental hindrance to the United States opioid overdose crisis response.”
   • “Opioid use and stigma:  the role of gender, language and precipitating events.”
3. Medications for OUD are evidence based and represent the most significant treatment opportunity to reduce mortality among Kentuckians with OUD.
   • The ASAM National Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder
   • Provider Clinical Support System (PCSS) Waiver Training for MDs/DOs
   • Provider Clinical Support System (PCSS) Waiver Training for Advanced Practice Registered Nurses
   • Provider Clinical Support System (PCSS) Waiver Training for Physician Assistants
   • Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder Before, During, and After Pregnancy | CDC
   • Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder (2019-133) | NIOSH | CDC
   • Opioid Overdose | Drug Overdose | CDC Injury Center