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How does naloxone distribution relate to opioid overdose deaths?
Author(s) -
Knopf Alison
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
alcoholism and drug abuse weekly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7591
pISSN - 1042-1394
DOI - 10.1002/adaw.32480
Subject(s) - opioid overdose , (+) naloxone , opioid , medicine , drug overdose , distribution (mathematics) , anesthesia , emergency medicine , medical emergency , poison control , mathematics , mathematical analysis , receptor
The $64,000 question — or however much money has been spent on naloxone, the lifesaving medication that rescues opioid overdose victims — is whether the distribution of the medication has an effect on overdose deaths.