FDA Initiative for Drug Facts Label for Over-the-Counter Naloxone
Author(s) -
Barbara R. Cohen,
Karen Mahoney,
Elande Baro,
Claudia Squire,
Melissa J. Beck,
Sara Travis,
Amanda Pike-McCrudden,
Rima Izem,
Janet Woodcock
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmsa1912403
Subject(s) - medicine , (+) naloxone , food and drug administration , over the counter , drug , off label use , opioid , key (lock) , opioid epidemic , drug approval , marketing , public relations , pharmacology , business , computer security , medical prescription , receptor , computer science , political science
The opioid crisis highlights the need to increase access to naloxone, possibly through regulatory approval for over-the-counter sales. To address industry-perceived barriers to such access, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) developed a model drug facts label for such sales to assess whether consumers understood the key statements for safe and effective use.
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