Heroin overdose deaths have increased alarmingly in Chicago over the past decade.
Naloxone, an opioid antagonist with no abuse potential, has been used to reverse opiate …

Background Drug-induced and drug-related deaths have been increasing for the past
decade throughout the US. In NYC, drug overdose accounts for nearly 900 deaths per year …

The United States is in the midst of a prolonged and growing epidemic of accidental and
preventable deaths associated with overdoses of licit and illicit opioids. For more than 3 …

Background Fatal heroin overdose is a significant cause of mortality for injection drug users
(IDUs). Many of these deaths are preventable because opiate overdoses can be quickly and …

Naloxone, an injectable opiate antagonist, can immediately reverse an opiate overdose and
prevent overdose death. We sought to determine injection drug users'(IDUs) attitudes about …

Drug overdose death rates have increased steadily in the United States since 1979. In 2008,
a total of 36,450 drug overdose deaths (ie, unintentional, intentional [suicide or homicide], or …

INTRODUCTION: Naloxone, an opiate antagonist that can avert opiate overdose morality,
has long been prescribed to drug users in Europe and in a few US cities. However, there …

Opiate overdose is a significant cause of mortality among injection drug users (IDUs) in the
United States (US). Opiate overdose can be reversed by administering naloxone, an opiate …

Naloxone, an opiate antagonist that can avert opiate overdose mortality, has only recently
been prescribed to drug users in a few jurisdictions (Chicago, Baltimore, New Mexico, New …

Opiate overdose persists as a major public health problem, contributing to significant
morbidity and mortality among opiate users globally. Opiate overdose can be reversed by …