Wisconsin

Wisconsin

School Contact Information:
Steven G. Oakes, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor (CHS)
7119 Rennebohm Hall
Phone: 608-890-0870
Fax: 608-262-5345
School of Pharmacy , University of Wisconsin , 777 Highland Ave. , Madison, WI 53705-2222
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PRN organization information as of 8/2009
Wisconsin Pharmacy Recovery Network
c/o Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin
701 Heartland Trail, Madison, Wisconsin   53717
Phone #: (608) 827-9200
Office Manager: Dawn Fargen - dfargen@pswi.org     Web Site Address: http://pswi.org/professional/wprn/
Coordinator:  see primary contacts below
WPRN meetings are posted on the PSW WebSite at: http://www.pswi.org/professional/wprn/meetings.htm

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How does WPRN work?
The Wisconsin Pharmacist Recovery Network (WPRN) is a voluntary program intended to serve as an adjunct to the Impaired Professional Procedure administered through the Wisconsin Department of Regulation and Licensing. The impaired pharmacist’s acceptance and successful participation in the program will allow the network to advocate for the pharmacist.

Who does WPRN help?
As structured, the Network is designed to provide confidential assistance to the primary impaired pharmacist, intern, pharmacy student, and the family or significant others affected by the impairment.

What can WPRN provide?

	Confidential referrals to primary and regional contacts.
	Intervention services to assist the pharmacist and family in facing the problem.
	Support of the impaired pharmacist’s treatment, after care and rehabilitation to re-entry into the profession.
	Advocacy for the pharmacist with employers
	Self-reporting procedures.

Is there a charge for services?
There is no fee for referral, recovery assistance or rehabilitation support services offered by WPRN.

When a referral is made for evaluation and treatment, the cost of treatment services, including drug screening, will be the responsibility of the individual participant. Most of these services are reimbursable through health insurance plans.

Educational Services

	To employers and EAP programs.
	Professional Associations
	Students
	Educational programs on addiction, intervention, aftercare, and re-entry issues.

Why is WPRN necessary?
Estimates place the incidence of alcoholism and other drug dependency in pharmacists at about 10-15% for alcohol
and about 3% for other drugs. If these figures reflect the incidence of substance abuse in Wisconsin, we may have as
many as 500 to 600 impaired pharmacists in this state.

The Wisconsin Pharmacist Recovery Network (WPRN) is a network of volunteer recovering pharmacists organized
to provide early detection, intervention, aftercare support and education to pharmacists in the area of drug and
alcohol dependency or physical impairment.

Help is only a phone call or e-mail away.
If you would like more information about the program, if you personally have a problem, or you live or work with a
pharmacist who does, call the Network Information Line at (608) 827-9200. All inquiries will be referred to a primary
or regional contact within the network.

WPRN Contacts

PRIMARY CONTACTS:
	Paul Hoffmann 1106 Crestview Dr Port Washington, WI 53074 414-284-4123 (H) 414-247-4720 (W)
Ernie Witzke 1230 S Main Fort Atkinson, WI 53538 920-563-7658 pchem@charter.net	Mike Deets 1529 Fawn Lake Rd St. Germain, WI 54558 715-542-2263 (H) michael.deets@ministryhealth.org

WPRN meets at the PSW Headquarters Building (http://www.pswi.org/about/map.htm)

Beginning at 3:00 pm the 1st Sunday of every month. The first half of the meeting is an open meeting to discuss the Wisconsin Pharmacy Recovery Network. The second half of the meeting is an International Pharmacists Anonymous meeting and is designed for those individuals who themselves are recovering from chemical dependency.