Clinic Toolkit for Methadone Providers - Documents for Pharmacists

Outline for Initial Pharmacist-Client Dialogue: Methadone

Origin: CAMH | Format: PDF

This list summarizes all the important information that a pharmacist should cover during the initial dialogue with a patient beginning methadone maintenance treatment.

 

Outline for Initial Pharmacist-Client Dialogue: Buprenorphine

Origin: CAMH | Format: PDF

This list summarizes all the important information that a pharmacist should cover during the initial dialogue with a patient beginning buprenorphine maintenance treatment.

 

Outline for Pharmacist-Client Dialogue on Take-Home Doses: Buprenorphine

Origin: CAMH | Format: PDF

This document summarizes the important information that a pharmacist should cover in a conversation with a patient the first time take-home doses of buprenorphine are dispensed. It may be helpful to prepare a written take-home agreement based on the information outlined here and ask patients to sign it, or, to revisit the section on take-home doses in the Client Agreement for Buprenorphine Treatment with patients when they are ready to begin receiving “carries.”

 

Outline for Pharmacist-Client Dialogue on Take-Home Doses: Methadone

Origin: CAMH | Format: PDF

This document summarizes the important information that a pharmacist should cover in a conversation with a patient the first time take-home doses of methadone are dispensed. It may be helpful to prepare a written take-home agreement based on the information outlined here and ask patients to sign it, or to revisit the section on take-home doses in the Client Agreement for Methadone Treatment with patients when they are ready to begin receiving “carries.”

 

Tips for Pharmacists Supervising Ingestion of Methadone doses

Origin: CAMH | Format: PDF

This document provides a number of suggestions for pharmacists who supervise methadone ingestion to ensure safety, enhance convenience and minimize diversion.

 

- Note: Please look in the Patient Information and Treatment Agreements page for a sample "Methadone Maintenance Treatment Pharmacist-Client Agreement" and a sample "Buprenorphine Maintenance Treatment Pharmacist-Client Agreement."

 

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