Improve Links to Treatment for People who Experience a Non-Lethal Overdoses or Naloxone Revivals

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As first responders and others in communities are increasingly using naloxone (often Narcan) to reverse overdoses and prevent deaths, there is often a missed opportunity to connect the people who were revived from the overdose with the appropriate Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT).  Typically, after receiving a lifesaving dose of naloxone, patients are released with only information and numbers to call if they’re ready to start their recovery.  Regardless of whether a person survived due to administration of naloxone, or whether they were taken to an ER or hospital or if they survived the overdose without either of those, a comprehensive strategy should have multiple ways that help that person get into treatment. 

Background

  • One of the best opportunities to prescribe maintenance medication occurs during the hours or days after the overdose reversal or hospitalization for an overdose
  • Maintenance medication is the only approach known to cut the overdose mortality rate by 50-70%[1]
  • In one clinical trial, those offered immediate medication treatment were:
    • Twice as likely as those who were simply offered treatment referrals to still be in treatment a month later[2]
    • Reduced their illegal opioid use from an average of five days a week to an average of just one[3]

 

Programs

Emergency Medicine Initiative

The Addiction Policy Forum will work with hospitals to develop tools to support effective post-overdose interventions. This project will ensure that health systems have the necessary protocols, assessment tools, and linkages between care and follow-up to turn an overdose into an opportunity for intervention and connection with treatment and recovery. Pilots underway with Mercy Health Systems and Berger Hospital in Ohio will produce open-source tools and protocols necessary to support emergency departments across the country in implementing interventions to help patients who overdose.[4]

Tools & Resources

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Sources

  1. ^ [1]Pierce, M., Bird, S. M., Hickman, M., Marsden, J., Dunn, G., Jones, A., & Millar, T. (2016). Impact of treatment for opioid dependence on fatal drug-related poisoning: A national cohort study in England. Addiction, 111(2), 298–308. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.13193
  2. ^ [2]Szalavitz, M. (2016). Opioid Overdose: Emergency Treatment Is Crucial, but It’s Not Enough. Retrieved December 5, 2019, from Scientific American Blog Network website: https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/opioid-overdose-emergency-treatment-is-crucial-but-it-s-not-enough/
  3. ^ [3]Szalavitz, M. (2016). Opioid Overdose: Emergency Treatment Is Crucial, but It’s Not Enough. Retrieved December 5, 2019, from Scientific American Blog Network website: https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/opioid-overdose-emergency-treatment-is-crucial-but-it-s-not-enough/
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