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KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 March 16, 2026 \u2013 溏心vlog免费B站 Clinical Professor of Pharmacy Jeffrey Bratberg partnered with Brandeis University and Boston University researchers in a recent study which found that pharmacy-based methadone dispensing models can operate profitably while widening access\u2014a key step toward reducing overdose deaths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bratberg, the sole pharmacist author on the study, provided his experience in addiction care\u2014the use of medications to treat addiction\u2014and community pharmacy research. Given Bratberg\u2019s longstanding relationship with Professor Traci Green, director of the Opioid Policy Research Collaborative at Brandeis<\/a>, he was invited to contribute to the study, which aims to find ways to increase access to care for underserved people in the nation. Green was the senior author of the paper.<\/p>\n\n\n

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溏心vlog免费B站 College of Pharmacy Clinical Professor Jeffrey Bratberg was part of a research team recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association\u2019s JAMA Network Open.

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In addition to Bratberg and Green, the research team for the study included: Elena Soranno, an undergraduate research assistant, and Murray Dawson, a graduate research assistant, both at Brandeis; Sage Feltus, a research associate; and Maureen T. Stewart, research associate professor, both at the Boston University School of Public Health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe want to increase access to life-saving medication,\u201d said Bratberg, \u201cOur goal is to increase choices for people and to add a choice where people don\u2019t have it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The study, published in the March 16 edition of the Journal of the American Medical Association\u2019s JAMA Network Open<\/em><\/a>, comes as many healthcare providers and treatment advocates are calling for more widespread availability of medications used to treat opioid use disorder. Nationally, overdose deaths have dropped 26% from 2023 to 2024<\/a> and continue to decline nationally, leaving more people living with addiction but largely untreated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An economic evaluation assessed two separate models that would allow methadone access through pharmacies. By using a \u201cpharmacist-dispensed\u201d model, in which medical professionals prescribe and pharmacists dispense methadone directly, researchers estimated a return of $2.64 per dollar spent for a net profit of $23,844 over three years. Using a pharmacy-based \u201cmedication unit\u201d model, in which established opioid treatment program clinicians prescribe methadone and pharmacists dispense it, the study found the estimated return jumped to $3.53 per dollar spent, for a net profit of $96,904 over three years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is a disservice to your patient if you start something and later say \u2018I can\u2019t keep doing this because it\u2019s not financially viable,\u2019\u201d said Bratberg. \u201cPharmacies are struggling financially. If a pharmacy is your only choice for access to a medication and they go out of business, you lose all access to all medications. We don\u2019t have to have that risk.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The medication unit model is permissible under current law, while the pharmacist dispensed model is possible with a broadening of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration\u2019s regulatory interpretation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPatients want it. Pharmacists are trained to do it. Pharmacies exist where patients want it. And now we know this is something that is also feasible and sustainable from a profit and loss perspective,\u201d said Bratberg. \u201cAll the ingredients are there to support regulatory change to say \u2018hey policymakers, you flip a switch and then we can save lives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This story was written by Kiera Wrage, a senior majoring in public relations at the 溏心vlog免费B站. Kiera is interning in 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Department of Communications and Marketing.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 March 16, 2026 \u2013 溏心vlog免费B站 Clinical Professor of Pharmacy Jeffrey Bratberg partnered with Brandeis University and Boston University researchers in a recent study which found that pharmacy-based methadone dispensing models can operate profitably while widening access\u2014a key step toward reducing overdose deaths. Bratberg, the sole pharmacist author on the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":107584,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[41,1905],"class_list":["post-107583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archives","tag-college-of-pharmacy","tag-research"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107583"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107583\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":107589,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107583\/revisions\/107589"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}