TY - JOUR KW - Betacoronavirus KW - Buprenorphine/therapeutic use KW - COVID-19 KW - Continuity of Patient Care/legislation & jurisprudence KW - Coronavirus Infections/complications KW - Humans KW - Methadone/therapeutic use KW - Opioid-Related Disorders/complications/therapy/virology KW - Pandemics KW - Pharmacists KW - Pneumonia, Viral/complications KW - SARS-CoV-2 KW - United States KW - Pandemic KW - buprenorphine KW - Methadone KW - opioid use disorder KW - policy KW - Regulations AU - T. C. Green AU - J. Bratberg AU - D. S. Finnell A1 - AB - We highlight the critical roles that pharmacists have related to sustaining and advancing the changes being made in the face of the current COVID-19 pandemic to ensure that patients have more seamless and less complex access to treatment. Discussed herein is how the current COVID-19 pandemic is impacting persons with substance use disorders, barriers that persist, and the opportunities that arise as regulations around treatments for this population are eased. AD - Opioid Policy Research Collaborative, Institute for Behavioral Health at The Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachussetts, USA.; Department of Emergency Medicine and Epidemiology, The Warren Alpert School of Medicine of Brown University, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.; University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy, Kingston, Rhode Island, USA.; Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. BT - Substance abuse C5 - Education & Workforce; Opioids & Substance Use CP - 2 CY - United States DO - 10.1080/08897077.2020.1752351 IS - 2 JF - Substance abuse LA - eng M1 - Journal Article N2 - We highlight the critical roles that pharmacists have related to sustaining and advancing the changes being made in the face of the current COVID-19 pandemic to ensure that patients have more seamless and less complex access to treatment. Discussed herein is how the current COVID-19 pandemic is impacting persons with substance use disorders, barriers that persist, and the opportunities that arise as regulations around treatments for this population are eased. PP - United States PY - 2020 SN - 1547-0164; 0889-7077 SP - 147 EP - 149 EP - T1 - Opioid use disorder and the COVID 19 pandemic: A call to sustain regulatory easements and further expand access to treatment T2 - Substance abuse TI - Opioid use disorder and the COVID 19 pandemic: A call to sustain regulatory easements and further expand access to treatment U1 - Education & Workforce; Opioids & Substance Use U2 - 32314951 U3 - 10.1080/08897077.2020.1752351 VL - 41 VO - 1547-0164; 0889-7077 Y1 - 2020 ER -