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Overdose reversal through peer intervention: Findings from the naloxone prospective outcome research study (NalPORS) on the effectiveness of overdose response by people who use opioids in the United Kingdom and Sweden

Addiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Background/aims Take‐home naloxone (THN) programmes have been introduced in many European countries to provide non‐medically trained people who are likely to witness an opioid overdose, including people who use opioids, with a naloxone kit and training.
Nicola Metrebian, Teodora Dascal, Clare Mackie, Rose Tinch‐Taylor, Ben Carter, Joanne Neale, Mariana Gonzalez Utrilla, Ed Day, Joar Guterstam, Kirsten Horsburgh, Martin Kåberg, Mike Kelleher, Soraya Mayet, Josie Smith, Desiree Eide, Elin Holmén, Rebecca McDonald, Stephen Parkin, Henrik Thiesen, John Strang, NalPORS Research Team, Dean Acreman, Shabana Akhtar, Louise Aitken, Martin Anderson, James Cassidy, Sarah Cosgrove, Jo Grayer, Michelle Hughes, Louise Horn, Anika Miah, John Pratt   +31 more
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Layperson Naloxone Education [PDF]

, 2017
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that the opioid overdose crisis is now a nationwide epidemic, with over 60% of overdoses being unintentional.
Noyes, Tiffany
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Administering naloxone during COVID-19. Spanish [PDF]

, 2020
Title from PDF caption (viewed on August 31, 2020)."OHA 2716 SPANISH (08/13/2020)"--Running footer.This archived document is maintained by the State Library of Oregon as part of the Oregon Documents Depository Program.

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Take-home naloxone and the politics of care.

Sociology of Health and Illness, 2019
'Take-home naloxone' refers to a life-saving intervention in which a drug (naloxone) is made available to nonmedically trained people for administration to other people experiencing an opioid overdose.
A. Farrugia, S. Fraser, Robyn Dwyer, Renae Fomiatti, J. Neale, P. Dietze, J. Strang   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Factors associated with readmission to residential treatment among clients transitioned from detoxification services in Alberta, Canada

The American Journal on Addictions, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and Objectives Readmission to residential treatment increases healthcare costs, strains publicly funded systems, and may not adequately meet clients' needs. This study examined rates and predictors of readmission to residential treatment among clients transitioned from detoxification services.
Abreham Mekonnen
wiley   +1 more source

Naloxone Nasal Spray Co-Prescription for the Prevention of Opioid Overdose Complications [PDF]

, 2023
Background: Opioid overdose is becoming a global epidemic. According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 67,367 drug overdose deaths occurred in the United States (US) in 2018.
NC DOCKS at East Carolina University, Raju, Princy   +1 more
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In silico prediction of novel effective combinational treatment of chronic pain in individual patients: A joint white paper of the H2020 QSPainRelief consortium

British Journal of Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Abstract Opioids are prescribed widely for chronic pain despite well‐recognised risks and variable long‐term benefit, reflecting the lack of effective alternatives for many patients. Combination therapies offer a promising strategy to enhance efficacy whilst reducing side effects.
André Mouraux, Solenn Gousset, Beltrán Alvarez, Monica Baiula, Wouter Bakker, Andrea Bedini, Monir Bertayli, Divakar Budda, Robert Carr, Elisabetta Cuna, Óscar Díaz, Nina Donner, Jesús Giraldo, Geert‐Jan Groeneveld, Berfin Gülave, David Guydan, Hemme Hijma, Rafael Maldonado, Pedro Renault, Carlos Rinaudo, Jeroen Elaissaiss‐Schaap, Athan Spiros, Sara Stoeber, Petri Takkala, Daan van Valkengoed, Coen van Hasselt, Elizabeth (Liesbeth) CM de Lange   +26 more
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Addiction [PDF]

Background and aims:Opioid-related overdose death rates continue to rise in the United States, especially in racial/ethnic minority communities. Our objective was to determine if US municipalities with high percentages of non-white residents have ...

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Perpetuating stigma or reducing risk? Perspectives from naloxone consumers and pharmacists on pharmacy-based naloxone in 2 states [PDF]

, 2017
Objectives Little is known about attitudes of pharmacists and consumers to pharmacy naloxone. We examined perceptions and experiences of pharmacy naloxone from people with opioid use disorder, patients taking chronic opioids for pain, caregivers of ...
Potter, Nathan, Case,, Jeffrey Bratberg, Haley Fiske, Burstein, Dina, Nathan Potter, Fiske, Haley, Janette Baird, Shachan Cabral, Walley, Alexander Y., Green, Traci C., Traci C. Green, Baird, Janette, Victoriana Schwartz, Cabral, Shachan, Dina Burstein, Schwartz, Victoriana, Patricia Case, Alexander Y. Walley, Bratberg, Jeffrey   +19 more
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Pharmacists’ attitudes toward dispensing naloxone and medications for opioid use disorder: A scoping review of the literature

Substance Abuse, 2019
Background Pharmacists are on the frontline caring for patients at risk of an opioid overdose and for patients with an opioid use disorder (OUD). Dispensing naloxone and medications for OUD and counseling patients about these medications are ways ...
A. Muzyk, Z. Smothers, Kathryn Collins, Mark P. MacEachern, Li-Tzy Wu   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source