Table 4. Barriers to Prescribing Pharmacotherapies for Substance Dependences.
Barriers | Tobacco Number (%) of Family Physicians | Alcohol Number (%) of Family Physicians | Opioid Number (%) of Family Physicians |
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Lack of knowledge about pharmacotherapies | 28 (24) | 105 (88) | 97 (82) |
Lack of reimbursement by government to patients for cost of pharmacotherapies | N/A | 60 (50) | 51 (43) |
Lack of patient compliance | 76 (64) | 56 (47) | 70 (59) |
Lack of effectiveness of existing pharmacotherapies | 40 (34) | 29 (24) | 27 (23) |
Concerns about risks and side effects of existing pharmacotherapies | 65 (55) | 42 (35) | 62 (52) |
No barriers | 9 (8) | 0 (0) | 2 (2) |
Other barriers | 11(9) | 7 (6) | 18 (21) |