Expanding Opioid Stewardship: Collaboration between Hospital and Primary Care Pharmacists

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¹ , BMSc, is with the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia.
² , BSc, is with the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia.
³ , BSc(Pharm), is with the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia.
⁴ , MSc, PhD, is with the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia.
⁵ , BScH, PharmD, is with the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia.

Joycelyn Lac et al. Can J Hosp Pharm. 2025.

. 2025 Apr 9;78(2):e3664.

doi: 10.4212/cjhp.3664. eCollection 2025.

¹ , BMSc, is with the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia.
² , BSc, is with the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia.
³ , BSc(Pharm), is with the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia.
⁴ , MSc, PhD, is with the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia.
⁵ , BScH, PharmD, is with the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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