A First Survey on Safer Supply in Quebec

Handout
by
L'Équipe de soutien clinique et organisationnel en dépendance et itinérance

Release Date

2022

Geography

Canada

Language of Resource

French and English

Full Text Available

Yes

Open Access / OK to Reproduce

No

Peer Reviewed

No

Objective

To paint a portrait of safer supply practices in Quebec

 

Findings/Key points

Describes the principal drugs prescribed, take-home doses, the approximate proportion of patients under safer supply and OAT vs safer supply only, benefits and issues of safer supply, treatment retention, and modalities needed to improve access to safer supply.

English: https://dependanceitinerance.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Safer-Supply…

Design/methods

Web survey released during winter 2022 (n=36)

Keywords

Safer supply
About prescribers
About pharmacists
Carries/take-home doses
Barriers and enablers