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Intravenous use of illicit buprenorphine/naloxone to reverse an acute heroin overdose

A case of heroin overdose reversed through the intravenous (IV) administration of a crushed sublingual tablet of buprenorphine/naloxone (Suboxone®) by a lay responder is described. Although the sublingual administration of buprenorphine/naloxone to reverse an overdose has been reported elsewhere, th...

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Main Authors: Yokell, Michael A., Zaller, Nickolas D., Green, Traci C., McKenzie, Michelle, Rich, Josiah D.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2012
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3343634/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22479887
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