The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) in Scotland will be sharing pharmacists’ pledges from the workshops on opioid dependency on social media over the next week. The pledges show how pharmacists are changing their approach to patients with opioid dependency after attending the workshops, which are being repeated in Aberdeen, Dunfermline and Elgin.
Opioid dependency has become a hot topic after a study from Aberdeen University revealed that 80 per cent of Scottish pharmacists believed OTC products were being misused in their pharmacy. In response to this growing concern, RPS in Scotland designed a series of workshops to better support pharmacists in dealing with opioid dependency.
The workshops help attendees to identify, manage and reduce OTC and prescribed opioid dependency. They also give advice on how to engage in conversations with customers suspected of opioid dependency. Participants take away practical tools that they can share with other pharmacy staff.
To see the pledges, follow RPS in Scotland on Twitter and Facebook.
