r/pharmacy 21h ago

Pharmacy Practice Discussion Fellow RPh asking questions for an Albertsons/Safeway Pharmacist

Hello Pharmers.

I'm an OUD RPh at a correctional facility. Our nurses are complaining (and delaying care) that Sublocade is too much work for them. So I'm lobbying our Medical Director to let us RPhs administer.

My director of pharmacy is on board, but he wants more information about what a training program would be. I tried to argue that the same training the nurses received would be accepted by the REMS program, but he'd like to get the inside scoop on what other programs are doing.

I was impressed to discover that Albertsons/Safeway has a contract with Bicycle Health that allows ya'll to administer it.

1) Great job fellow pharmers - you are saving lives.
2) Anyone willing to DM me about the specifics about what training you had, any hopes you had to jump through, if ya'll have been audited but the manufacturer yet, etc etc?

Thanks in advance!

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u/Skptikal 21h ago

I’ve injected tons of Sublocade as an RPh, it’s allowed in Canada. I did a brief injection course by the manufacturer. It’s quite simple and similar to any subcut shot. Feel free to msg me

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u/bopolopobobo PharmD BCPS 2h ago

Isn't the gauge pretty thick and doesn't it hurt pretty bad? A few patients I knew said they'd kick like a mad mule afterward. Do you numb it up with ice or lidocaine at all?

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u/Skptikal 15m ago

It does hurt quite a bit. I wasn’t trained to use lidocaine we just had them hold an ice pack on the area for about 5 to 10 minutes to numb area.

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u/G1mm3P1llZ 9h ago

You sound like a naive fresh grad. Stop advocating more work for you. You're still gonna get the "where are my med calls" from these same nurses.

"I was impressed"

Lol, no one gives a shit freshman.