Inside STAT: Can pharmacists train customers to use naloxone?

Pharmacists have been called on to help address the opioid crisis by counseling patients who've been prescribed high-dose opioids, participating in drug-monitoring programs, and making naloxone more accessible. But they're also responsible for training pharmacy customers seeking naloxone on how to use the treatment to reverse opioid overdoses. The Pharmacy Quality Alliance is working to prepare pharmacists for that role by teaching them how to assemble nasal naloxone kits, squirt the drug into someone's nostrils, and use an auto-injector to deliver naloxone. STAT's Lev Facher attended a recent training in Virginia and has more on the effort — read here.