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Can we prevent drug related deaths by training opioid users to recognise and manage overdoses?

BACKGROUND: Naloxone has been evidenced widely as a means of reducing mortality resulting from opiate overdose, yet its distribution to drug users remains limited. However, it is drug users who are most likely to be available to administer naloxone at the scene and who have been shown to be willing...

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Autores principales: Gaston, Romina Lopez, Best, David, Manning, Victoria, Day, Ed
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2762999/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19781073
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7517-6-26