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. 2015 Apr 29;10(4):e0124402. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0124402

Table 3. Family Physicians’ Knowledge on the Pharmacotherapies for Substance Dependences.

Knowledge in Prescribing Pharmacotherapies Tobacco Number (%) of Family Physicians Alcohol Number (%) of Family Physicians Opioid Number (%) of Family Physicians
Sufficient knowledge on ALL pharmacotherapies and comfortable prescribing 38 (32) 5 (4) 5 (4)
Sufficient knowledge on SOME pharmacotherapies and comfortable prescribing 77 (65) 35 (29) 33 (28)
Some knowledge on ALL of the pharmacotherapies but not comfortable prescribing 1 (1) 10 (8) 13 (11)
Some knowledge on SOME of the pharmacotherapies but not comfortable prescribing 3 (3) 51 (43) 57 (48)
No knowledge about pharmacotherapies and not comfortable prescribing 0 (0) 6 (5) 10 (8)
Did not know that Health Canada approved pharmacotherapies were available 0 (0) 12 (10) 1 (1)