NaloxoneOpioid overdoseFentanylOpioidsOpiatesBackground Opioid related overdoses and overdose deaths continue to constitute an urgent public health crisis. The implementation of naloxone programs, such as 'take-home naloxone' (THN), has emerged as a key intervention in reducing opioid overdose deaths. ...
Abbeycare have consistently supported the take-home Naloxone programme, and now provide Naloxone kits to graduates of our opiate detox and opiate residential rehabilitation programmes. Family members are now also allowed to access take-home Naloxone kits without consent from the individual at risk. ...
Introduction and aims: Opioid overdose prevention programs providing take-home naloxone have been expanding internationally. This paper summarises findings and lessons learnt from the Overdose Prevention and Emergency Naloxone Project which is the first take-home naloxone program in Australia implemented in...
Death from opioid overdose is preventable through timely administration of the antidote naloxone. Several countries now provide take-home naloxone (THN) to opioid users for emergency use, but mostly as pilot schemes and without formal evaluation. A new study published today by the scientific journal...
Attitudes about prescribing take-home naloxone to injection drug users for the management of heroin overdose: a survey of street-recruited injectors in the... Naloxone, an injectable opiate antagonist, can immediately reverse an opiate overdose and prevent overdose death. We sought to determine ...
Although the World Health Organization recommends take-home naloxone to address the increasing global burden of opioid-related deaths, few emergency departments (EDs) offer a take-home naloxone program. We seek to determine the take-home naloxone acceptance rate among ED patients at high risk of op...
This cohort study examines overdose risk behaviors and take-home naloxone access among people who inject drugs participating in the Melbourne Injecting
Introduction / Issues: There has been limited provision of take-home naloxone (THN)services for the prevention of opioid overdose in NSW outside of south east Sydney and few D&A treatment services, Needle Syringe Programs (NSP), peer outreach, primary care orpharmacy settings have the capacity ...
Take-home emergency naloxone to prevent deaths from heroin overdose.The authors reflect on drug developments for the treatment of heroin overdose worldwide as of 2014, particularly the use of the emergency drug naloxone. They cite the guidelines issued by the World Health Organization (WHO) on ...
The aim of this presentation is to highlight three take home messages from the varied programme offered to patients at the 2013 Congress in Madrid... Betteridge,K. - 《Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases》 被引量: 0发表: 2013年 Development of a take-home naloxone program at an urban academic...