{"id":74736,"date":"2019-04-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-pharmacy-students-faculty-members-promote-profession-health-initiatives-at-statehouse\/"},"modified":"2019-04-18T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-04-18T00:00:00","slug":"uri-pharmacy-students-faculty-members-promote-profession-health-initiatives-at-statehouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2019\/04\/uri-pharmacy-students-faculty-members-promote-profession-health-initiatives-at-statehouse\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 Pharmacy students, faculty members promote profession, health initiatives at Statehouse"},"content":{"rendered":"

PROVIDENCE, R.I. \u2014 April 18, 2019 \u2014 Dozens of 溏心vlog免费B站 Pharmacy students joined several faculty members and Dean Paul Larrat in bringing attention to the services pharmacists provide and lobbying for initiatives important to the industry during the 16th<\/sup> annual Face of Pharmacy Day at the Rhode Island State House earlier this month.<\/p>\n

Established by the Rhode Island Pharmacist\u2019s Association, the Face of Pharmacy Day gives pharmacists and pharmacy teachers and students the chance to promote their profession to state leaders and discuss with legislators various pharmaceutical issues. Students lined the hallways of the State House to present their research projects to legislators and passers-by, and some joined faculty members in a speaking program to promote two issues important to many pharmacists and other health care workers: smoking cessation and birth control.<\/p>\n

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Pharmacy student Erin Connolly addresses legislators and attendees of Face of Pharmacy Day at the Rhode Island State House, promoting bills that would allow pharmacists to prescribe and dispense tobacco cessation drugs and products. Photo by Patrick Luce<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The College is supporting House bill 5558 and Senate bill 0306, which would allow pharmacists to prescribe and dispense tobacco cessation drugs and products. Pharmacists would be able to prescribe FDA-approved prescription medications (varenicline, bupropion), as well as nicotine replacement therapies like nicotine gum or the patch. The ability for pharmacists to prescribe the medications (from which they are currently barred in Rhode Island) is particularly important. Patients who took varenicline \u2014 commonly known as Chantix \u2014 were about 1.5 times as likely to achieve abstinence from smoking two to five months after quitting than those who used nicotine replacement therapies.<\/p>\n

\u201cQuitting smoking is often a spontaneous decision, and pharmacists are accessible health care professionals who can initiate therapy more quickly than a doctor, without an appointment,\u201d said 溏心vlog免费B站 pharmacy Professor Anita Jacobson, one of the organizers of 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s involvement at the Statehouse. \u201cIn addition to medication, pharmacists could prescribe other tobacco cessation products, which would allow them to be covered by insurance.\u201d<\/p>\n

The College representatives are also encouraging legislators to allow pharmacists to prescribe hormonal contraceptives, in the form of a<\/p>\n

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溏心vlog免费B站 College of Pharmacy Dean Paul Larrat speaks at Face of Pharmacy Day, promoting pharmaceutical bills related to hormonal contraceptives and smoking cessation. Photo by Patrick Luce<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

patch or birth control pills (House bill 5549). Currently, Rhode Island law does not allow pharmacists to prescribe medication, but other states, including California, New Mexico, Maryland, Hawaii, Oregon and Colorado allow pharmacists to prescribe birth control, which increases accessibility to consumers without threatening their health.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe chose these because none of these drugs require a physical exam or blood work, so patients don\u2019t necessarily need to see a doctor,\u201d Jacobson said.<\/p>\n

Jacobson was joined by Professor Nicole Asal, Dean Larrat and 溏心vlog免费B站 pharmacy students Erin Connolly and Elena Beauregard in speaking to legislators and attendees in support of the measures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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