A statewide opioid antagonist therapy program will be implemented under a new Tennessee law in an effort to reduce opioid overdoses in the state.
Under a bill (S.B. 2403) signed into law by Gov. Bill Haslam (R) March 10, the state Department of Health is authorized to implement a statewide collaborative pharmacy practice agreement specific to providing such treatments to counter opiate-related overdoses.
Licensed pharmacists who meet certain training requirements may enter into those agreements and dispense opioid antagonists to patients they consider to be at risk.
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Before entering into the agreement, pharmacists are required to ...
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