Pharmacy stakeholder reports on ethical and logistical considerations in anti-opioid vaccine development.

ABSTRACT:

Background

As opioid use disorder (OUD) incidence and its associated deaths continue to persist at elevated rates, the development of novel treatment modalities is warranted. Recent strides in this therapeutic area include novel anti-opioid vaccine approaches. This work compares logistical and ethical considerations surrounding currently available interventions for opioid use disorder with an anti-opioid vaccine approach.

Methods

The opinions of student pharmacists and practicing pharmacists assessing knowledge, perceptions, and attitudes toward current and future OUD management strategies were characterized using a staged, multi-modal research approach incorporating a focus group, pilot survey development and refinement, and final survey deployment. Survey responses were as

SUBMITTER: Wartenweiler V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7992836 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature