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 …

Background Take home naloxone (THN) programs have been rapidly upscaled in response
to increasing opioid-related mortality. One often cited concern is that naloxone provision …

Background and aims The province of British Columbia (BC) Canada has experienced a
rapid increase in illicit drug overdoses and deaths during the last 4 years, with a provincial …

Abstract Background British Columbia, Canada, is experiencing a public health emergency
related to opioid overdoses driven by consumption of street drugs contaminated with illicitly …

Background: Many people use opioids and are at risk of overdose. Naloxone is an opioid
antagonist used to counter the effects of opioid overdose. There is an increased availability …

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 …

Background Opioid overdose deaths in the US rose dramatically in the past 16 years,
creating an urgent national health crisis with no signs of immediate relief. In 2017, the …

Background Overdose education and naloxone distribution (OEND) to laypersons are key
approaches to reduce the incidence of opioid-involved overdoses. While some research has …

Objectives: The objectives of this article are to present findings from recent qualitative
research with patients in a combined perinatal substance use treatment program in Central …

Background and aims: As opioid overdose death rates reach epidemic proportions in the
United States, the widespread distribution of naloxone is imperative to save lives. However …