Distribution of methadone by pharmacies--the Hamburg method
Kalke, J.
Gesundheitswesen 59(3): 181-185
1997
ISSN/ISBN: 0941-3790 PMID: 9206547 Document Number: 482728
This article presents the results of a study in Hamburg about the dispensation of methadone in pharmacies. Experience in Hamburg (since 1988) shows that this "Pharmacy-model" is not only flexible, but also user-friendly. Furthermore the fear that methadone-patients would steal, use violence or harass not only the pharmacist but also other customers proved to be wrong. These experiences call for a reform of the drug-laws permitting the dispensation of methadone in pharmacies in Germany, as it is already practice in some other European countries.