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Overdose prevention for injection drug users: Lessons learned from naloxone training and distribution programs in New York City
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 safely reversed through the injection of Naloxone [brand name Narcan], a prescription drug used to revive persons wh...
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BioMed Central
2007
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1797013/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17254345 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7517-4-3 |