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| − | * =====Train first responders and law enforcement officers (staff frequently in contact with opioid users) to provide emergency life-saving care (immediate use of naxolone).===== | + | = Potential Action = |
| − | * Increase the number of distribution programs legally allowed to distribute naloxone by working with states that have such established programs. | + | |
| − | ** 52 programs in 17 states<sup class="reference">[1]</sup> | + | *=====Train first responders and law enforcement officers (staff frequently in contact with opioid users) to provide emergency life-saving care (immediate use of naxolone).===== |
| − | * Work to relabel naloxone as an over-the-counter drug | + | *Increase the number of distribution programs legally allowed to distribute naloxone by working with states that have such established programs. |
| − | ** Naloxone has been available over-the-counter in Italy since the 1980s without any reported negative consequences, because it has no potential for abuse and therefore is not a controlled substance.<sup class="reference">[2]</sup> | + | **52 programs in 17 states<sup class="reference">[1]</sup> |
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| − | =Potential Partners= | + | **Naloxone has been available over-the-counter in Italy since the 1980s without any reported negative consequences, because it has no potential for abuse and therefore is not a controlled substance.<sup class="reference">[2]</sup> |
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| − | # [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2661437/] | + | #[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2661437/ [1]] |
| − | # #****** [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2661437/] | + | ##****** [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2661437/ [2]] |
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Latest revision as of 23:26, 9 January 2019
Return to Improve Access to Treatment that Prevent Overdose Deaths
Potential Action
- =====Train first responders and law enforcement officers (staff frequently in contact with opioid users) to provide emergency life-saving care (immediate use of naxolone).=====
- Increase the number of distribution programs legally allowed to distribute naloxone by working with states that have such established programs.
- 52 programs in 17 states[1]
- Work to relabel naloxone as an over-the-counter drug
- Naloxone has been available over-the-counter in Italy since the 1980s without any reported negative consequences, because it has no potential for abuse and therefore is not a controlled substance.[2]
