April 27, 2024
Take Back Day: Dispensing Advice on Medication Disposal
🖊 Expert Article by EMO Health Team Member Anita Jedwabski
📍 Published in Pharmacy Times
Pharmacists play a critical role in promoting safe medication disposal through programs like the DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, helping to prevent misuse, accidental poisonings, and environmental harm. By counseling patients and providing resources, pharmacists ensure that unused medications are removed from homes safely and responsibly.
July 16, 2024
Expert: Availability of OTC Naloxone in Stores, Pharmacies Will Lead to Greater Uptake
🖊 Expert Interview by EMO Health CEO Allison Burns
📍 Published in Pharmacy Times
In a Pharmacy Times interview, EMO Health President and CEO Allison Burns discusses practical steps pharmacists and retailers can take to improve visibility, accessibility, and patient education around over-the-counter naloxone. She emphasizes the importance of reducing stigma, ensuring equitable access in low-income communities, and providing clear guidance on stocking and displaying naloxone to maximize its life-saving potential.
November 6, 2024
'Treat These Patients With Compassion': Expert Discusses Pharmacists' Role in Counseling Benzodiazepine Use
🖊 Expert Interview by EMO Health Team Member Brian Anderson
📍 Published in Pharmacy Times
In a Pharmacy Times interview, Brian Anderson, PharmD, RPh, director of technical assistance at EMO Health, explores the history, clinical use, and misuse of benzodiazepines, highlighting their role in the ongoing substance use crisis. He emphasizes the importance of pharmacist education, patient compassion, and community awareness to address both appropriate use and the dangers of counterfeit benzodiazepines.
October 24, 2023
Expert: Pharmacists Are Stepping Out of the Pharmacy to Educate First Responders, Parents, Teachers, Children on Drug Safety
🖊 Expert Interview by EMO Health CEO Allison Burns
📍 Published in Pharmacy Times
In her Pharmacy Times® interview, Allison Burns, PharmD, RPh, highlights how pharmacists’ roles have expanded beyond traditional dispensing to include educating non-pharmacist staff, supporting complex medication management in behavioral health and substance use disorder care, and providing clinical expertise in diverse community settings like police departments, schools, and first responder teams.
July 15, 2024
Expert: Stigma, Price Point Major Obstacles for Widespread OTC Naloxone Use
🖊 Expert Interview by EMO Health CEO Allison Burns
📍 Published in Pharmacy Times
In an interview with Pharmacy Times, Allison Burns, CEO of EMO Health, discusses the high cost and insurance challenges surrounding OTC naloxone, as well as the stigma attached to its purchase and use; she emphasizes that making naloxone more accessible can help reduce overdose deaths and normalize its availability.
