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Retrospective Review of Need for Delayed Naloxone or Oxygen in Emergency Department Patients Receiving Naloxone for Heroin Reversal. Heaton JD, Bhandari B, Faryar KA, Huecker MR. J Emerg Med. 2019 Apr 5. pii: S0736-4679(19)30121-0. doi: 10.1016/j…

USA. Allowing Pharmacists to Directly Dispense Opioid Antidote Can Sharply Cut Opioid Overdose Deaths Allowing pharmacists to dispense the opioid antidote naloxone without a physician's prescription can sharply reduce the incidence of fatal opioid-…

Does Take-Home Naloxone Availability Increase Opioid Use?. Tas, B., Humphreys, K., McDonald, R., and Strang, J. ( 2019)  Addiction, doi.org/10.1111/add.14637. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/add.14637

USA. FDA approves first generic naloxone nasal spray to treat opioid overdose Agency is also taking new steps to support development of over-the-counter and additional generics of naloxone to help reduce opioid overdose deaths, increase access to e…

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