Personal experience and awareness of opioid overdose occurrence among peers and willingness to administer naloxone in South Africa: findings from a three-city pilot survey of homeless people who use drugs

BACKGROUND: Drug overdoses occur when the amount of drug or combination of drugs consumed is toxic and negatively affects physiological functioning. Opioid overdoses are responsible for the majority of overdose deaths worldwide. Naloxone is a safe, fast-acting opioid antagonist that can reverse an o...

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Autores principales: Wilson, Michael, Brumwell, Amanda, Stowe, M. J., Shelly, Shaun, Scheibe, Andrew
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8832761/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35148779
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12954-021-00561-w

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8832761/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35148779
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12954-021-00561-w

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