Pharmacist Intervention Helps Combat Chronic Opioid Use, Misuse

Tabula Rasa’s, Robert L. Alesiani, PharmD, BCGP, Chief Pharmacist and Chief Pharmacotherapy Officer is quoted in Drug Topics Journal. Alesiani discusses his experience with a patient who had hip surgery. The oxycodone prescribed after surgery also helped manage the patient’s back pain, so he continued using it long after the hip healed. By recognizing the problem, Alesiani was able to come up with a plan.