Knowledge of Opioid Overdose and Attitudes to Supply of Take-Home Naloxone Among People with Chronic Noncancer Pain Prescribed Opioids | Zendy

Suzanne Nielsen | Zendy; Amy Peacock | Zendy; Nicholas Lintzeris | Zendy; Raimondo Bruno | Zendy; Briony Larance | Zendy; Louisa Degenhardt | Zendy

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Knowledge of Opioid Overdose and Attitudes to Supply of Take-Home Naloxone Among People with Chronic Noncancer Pain Prescribed Opioids

Author(s) -

Suzanne Nielsen,

Amy Peacock,

Nicholas Lintzeris,

Raimondo Bruno,

Briony Larance,

Louisa Degenhardt

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

pain medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.893

H-Index - 97

eISSN - 1526-4637

pISSN - 1526-2375

DOI - 10.1093/pm/pnx021

Subject(s) - (+) naloxone , medicine , opioid overdose , opioid , cohort , drug overdose , odds ratio , chronic pain , psychiatry , poison control , anesthesia , emergency medicine , receptor

Take-home naloxone (THN) is recommended in response to pharmaceutical opioid-related mortality. Some health professionals are reluctant to discuss THN for fear of causing offense. The aims of this study were to assess knowledge of opioid overdose and attitudes toward THN for opioid overdose reversal in people with chronic noncancer pain (CNCP).

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