Life-Saving Naloxone from Pharmacies: More Dispensing Needed Despite Progress: CDC Vital Signs: 08/06/2019

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (U.S.)
• Description:
  About 48,000 US drug overdose deaths involved opioids in 2017. Naloxone is a life-saving medication that can reverse the effects of an opioid overdose. Pharmacists and other healthcare providers play a critical role in ensuring patients receive naloxone. Many states have laws that allow pharmacists to dispense naloxone without a prescription (called standing orders), which have contributed to lowering deaths. Dispensing has increased in recent years, but more work needs to be done, particularly in rural counties. ; Want to learn more? www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns/naloxone ; CS306768A ; vs-0806-naloxone-H.pdf
• Subjects:
  • Drug Overdose/drug therapy
  • Naloxone
  • Narcotic Antagonists/therapeutic use
  • Opioid-Related Disorders/drug therapy
• Series:
  Vital Signs
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/80470/cdc_80470_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 448.83 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
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