The current federal regulations restrict the use of buprenorphine/naloxone to use in an office-based setting by specially licensed prescribers.
There are only around 32,000 licensed prescribers at present, who are permitted to prescribe it under the current regulations.
Xponent prescribing data included all dispensed prescriptions in Minnesota or Wisconsin from licensed prescribers.
Beyond the small fraction of health-care providers who divert medications to dealers or the occasional pharmacy heist, most of the products that lead to overdose come from licensed prescribers who have little training in managing pain.
Pharmacist must work collaboratively with prescribers to ensure patients' needs are met and that only licensed medicines are used when a generic prescription is written and there is a choice between a licensed and unlicensed product.
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