State naloxone co-prescribing laws show mixed effects on overdose mortality rates

MK Duska, JM Rhoads… - Drug science, policy …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective To examine the relative changes in opioid overdose mortality rates between states
that have and have not adopted naloxone co-prescribing laws. Methods We performed a …

The impact of naloxone coprescribing mandates on opioid-involved overdose deaths

M Sohn, C Delcher, JC Talbert, Y Cheng, Y Xu… - American journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Introduction Since 2017, a total of 10 states have mandated naloxone coprescribing
intended to prevent fatal opioid overdoses. This study aims to assess the association …

Regional and temporal effects of naloxone access laws on opioid overdose mortality

G Cataife, J Dong, CS Davis - Substance abuse, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Background Naloxone is a drug that reverses opioid overdose. Naloxone Access Laws
(NALs) increase public access to naloxone and have been considered as one promising …

Systematic review of the emerging literature on the effectiveness of naloxone access laws in the United States

R Smart, B Pardo, CS Davis - Addiction, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background and Aims Naloxone access laws (NALs) have been suggested to be
an important strategy to reduce opioid‐related harm. We describe the evolution of NALs …

Naloxone laws facilitate the establishment of overdose education and naloxone distribution programs in the United States

BH Lambdin, CS Davis, E Wheeler, S Tueller… - Drug and alcohol …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background The opioid overdose crisis in the United States continues to worsen. Opioid
overdose mortality is entirely preventable with timely administration of naloxone. Since …

Association of naloxone coprescription laws with naloxone prescription dispensing in the United States

M Sohn, JC Talbert, Z Huang, MR Lofwall… - JAMA network …, 2019 - jamanetwork.com
Importance To mitigate the opioid overdose crisis, states have implemented a variety of legal
interventions aimed at increasing access to the opioid antagonist naloxone. Recently …

Association between state laws facilitating pharmacy distribution of naloxone and risk of fatal overdose

R Abouk, RL Pacula, D Powell - JAMA internal medicine, 2019 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Given high rates of opioid-related fatal overdoses, improving naloxone access
has become a priority. States have implemented different types of naloxone access laws …

[PDF][PDF] The impact of naloxone access laws on opioid overdose deaths in the US

E Erfanian, D Grossman… - Review of Regional …, 2019 - rrs.scholasticahq.com
Opioid overdoses are the leading cause of unintentional death in the US This research
investigates the effects of state-level Naloxone access laws on opioid overdose death rates …

Opioid-overdose laws association with opioid use and overdose mortality

C McClellan, BH Lambdin, MM Ali, R Mutter… - Addictive …, 2018 - Elsevier
Introduction Since the 1990's, governmental and non-governmental organizations have
adopted several measures to increase access to the opioid overdose reversal medication …

Identifying gaps in the implementation of naloxone programs for laypersons in the United States

BH Lambdin, J Zibbell, E Wheeler… - International journal on …, 2017 - safetylit.org
BACKGROUND: The opioid epidemic in the United States (US) continues to generate
significant increases in morbidity and mortality with no sign of decline. Overdose education …