Background Opioid overdoses in the USA have increased to unprecedented levels.
Administration of the opioid antagonist naloxone can prevent overdoses. Objective This …

Background Opioid overdoses in the US have increased to unprecedented levels.
Administration of the opioid antagonist naloxone can prevent overdoses. This study was …

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 …

Importance Improving access to naloxone is a critical component of the nation's strategy to
curb fatal overdoses in the opioid crisis. Standing or protocol orders, prescriptive authority …

Abstract The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Guideline for Prescribing
Opioids for Chronic Pain recommends that providers consider co-prescribing naloxone …

Background Naloxone distribution is a key intervention to reduce opioid overdose deaths.
On January 23, 2017, Louisiana implemented a standing order that permits pharmacies to …

Introduction Clinical practice guidelines recommend co-prescribing naloxone to patients at
high risk of opioid overdose, but few such patients receive naloxone. High costs of naloxone …

Importance As opioid-related mortality continues to increase, naloxone remains a critical
intervention in preventing overdose death. Opportunities to expand access through the …

Objectives. To examine early impacts of laws that require naloxone to be prescribed to
patients at increased overdose risk. Methods. Using data from 2014 to 2018 from a large …

Objectives The rise in both drug overdoses and deaths owing to opioids has been
increasing for at least 2 decades in the United States. Naloxone-prescribing programs have …