New database for controlled substances in Missouri
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KBSI)- A new database in Missouri allows doctors, pharmacists and providers to be able to see where people are getting multiple prescriptions at once.
“We’re here to recognize there’s a problem and what we can do to get you help.” Says, Abe Funk who is a pharmacist and co-owner of John’s Pharmacy, he says that anything we can do to curb the opioid epidemic is important.
Ryan Essex with the Gibson Center for Behavioral Change says that from his knowledge of the database, regular prescriptions won’t be on the list, “Someone goes in to get their blood pressure medication, I don’t think it’s going to be logged in there, I think it’s mainly used to monitor controlled substance prescriptions.”
Prescription information in the database can only be used for patient care and cannot be shared with law enforcement.
