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 …

The opioid overdose epidemic is an alarming and serious public health problem in the
United States (US) that has been escalating for 11 years. The 2011 National Survey on Drug …

The Rising Price of Naloxone — Risks to Efforts to Stem Overdose Deaths | New England Journal
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Background Opioid overdose, which has reached epidemic levels in the United States, is
reversible by administration of the medication naloxone. Naloxone requires a prescription …

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 …

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 …

Since 1999, annual opioid-related overdose (ORO) mortality has increased more than six-
fold. In response to this crisis, the US Department of Health and Human Services outlined a …

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 …

Over the past 25 years, naloxone has emerged as a critical lifesaving overdose antidote.
Public health advocates and community activists established early methods for naloxone …

Naloxone is a well-established essential medicine for the treatment of life-threatening
heroin/opioid overdose in emergency medicine. Over two decades, the concept of 'take …