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2017 to 2022 Saw Increase in Naloxone Prescribing Among Adolescents
THURSDAY, Sept. 12, 2024 – From 2017 to 2022, there was an increase in naloxone prescribing among adolescents, with pediatricians accounting for an increasing proportion of prescriptions dispensed,...
Naloxone Aids Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Outcomes, Regardless of Drug Use
THURSDAY, Aug. 29, 2024 – Regardless of drug use, administration of naloxone during out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is associated with improved outcomes, such as increased survival to hospital...
Most Americans Unprepared to Handle Opioid Overdoses
MONDAY, Aug. 26, 2024 – More than three in four people (77 percent) say they would not know how to respond if they saw someone having an opioid overdose, according to survey results from The Ohio...
Most Americans Unsure How to Help Someone in Opioid Overdose
MONDAY, Aug. 26, 2024 – The U.S. opioid epidemic has caused a startling number of overdose deaths, but a new survey shows that most Americans still have no idea how to help an OD victim. More than 3...
Most U.S. Psychiatric Hospitalizations Do Not Involve Substances
MONDAY, Aug. 26, 2024 – Most psychiatric hospitalizations do not involve substances, according to a study published in the Sept. 1 issue of Drug and Alcohol Dependence. Susan L. Calcaterra, M.D., ...
Naloxone Might Help Revive People After Opioid-Linked Cardiac Arrest
TUESDAY, Aug. 20, 2024 – The overdose-reversing drug naloxone can help save the lives of people whose hearts have stopped due to an opioid OD, a new study shows. Naloxone rapidly reverses opioid ODs...
Implant Automatically Releases Naloxone to Reverse Opioid Overdose
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 14, 2024 – A new implant could help prevent overdose deaths by automatically administering the OD-reversing drug naloxone, a new study shows. The implant, about the size of a stick...
Buprenorphine + Naloxone Safe for Opioid Addiction in Pregnancy
MONDAY, Aug. 12, 2024 – Pregnancies exposed to buprenorphine combined with naloxone have similar or more favorable neonatal and maternal outcomes as those exposed to buprenorphine alone, according...
Availability Increased With Approval of Naloxone as OTC Medication
FRIDAY, Aug. 2, 2024 – Recently, there was an increase in availability of naloxone after it was approved to be sold as an over-the-counter (OTC) medication, according to a study published online...
More Than Half Do Not Know Primary Care Providers Can Treat Opioid Use Disorder
FRIDAY, July 12, 2024 – Many people do not know that a primary care provider (PCP) can provide medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD), according to a research letter published online June 28...
Trained Peers as Good as Social Workers at Preventing Opioid Overdoses
THURSDAY, July 11, 2024 – Support provided by someone who has personally lived with addiction is an effective way to follow-up with ER patients after an opioid overdose, new research shows. Patients...
New Drug Could Boost Lifesaving Powers of Overdose Drug Naloxone
MONDAY, July 8, 2024 – An experimental drug can supercharge the effects of the lifesaving overdose drug naloxone, potentially improving its effectiveness against new and more powerful opioids like...
Most Americans Don't Know That Family Doctors Can Prescribe Anti-Opioid Meds
TUESDAY, July 2, 2024 – Most people addicted to opioids and their loved ones are unaware that their primary care doctor can prescribe a medication to treat the disorder, a new nationwide survey...
Most Outpatient Mental Health Clinics Don't Offer Opioid Addiction Meds
WEDNESDAY, June 19, 2024 – Only a third of outpatient mental health facilities offer medications essential for treating opioid addiction, a new study finds. Standard care for treating people with...
High Out-of-Pocket Costs Keep Some From Lifesaving Opioid Antidote
TUESDAY, June 18, 2024 – Patients are less likely to fill prescriptions for the overdose-reversing drug naloxone when they have to shell out more at the pharmacy, a new study finds. Naloxone (also...