Preventing deaths from rising opioid overdose in the US – the promise of naloxone antidote in community-based naloxone take-home programs

The opioid overdose epidemic is an alarming and serious public health problem in the United States (US) that has been escalating for 11 years. The 2011 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) demonstrated that 1 in 20 persons in the US aged 12 or older reported nonmedical use of prescription...

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Autores principales: Straus, Michele M, Ghitza, Udi E, Tai, Betty
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2013
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Commentary
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3838403/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24273417
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/SAR.S47463

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3838403/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24273417
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/SAR.S47463

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