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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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Main Authors: Straus, Michele M, Ghitza, Udi E, Tai, Betty
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Dove Medical Press 2013
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3838403/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24273417
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.2147/SAR.S47463
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