Role of the Pharmacist in the Treatment of Patients with Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) | Medication processes, addressing opioid adverse drug events (ADEs), risk assessment for opioid prescribing. Pharmacists play multiple roles for an effective opioid stewardship program. During this session, you will hear solutions to strengthen your medication process, how pharmacists lead and/or contribute to opioid stewardship program as well as how they address adverse drug events especially for patients with OUD.

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