The number of opioid-related overdose deaths in the United States has quadrupled since 1999. For this reason, in October 2017 President Donald Trump declared the opioid epidemic a public health emergency. Massachusetts is particularly affected by the opioid epidemic as evident in an opioid-related death rate that is double the national rate. Naloxone is a prescription medication that works antagonistically to bind opioid receptors and rapidly reverses and blocks the effects of opioids. This drug is widely used to revive patients who are experiencing an opioid overdose. Prior research on the topic of attitudes toward naloxone prescriptions and dispensing has focused primarily on three groups of people: patients, prescribers, and pharmacists....
The leading cause of adult injury death in the USA is drug overdose, the majority of which involves ...
Background: Opioid overdose is a preventable injury leading to high morbidity and premature mortalit...
BackgroundThe CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain recommends considering prescrib...
Objectives: There is limited research on the attitudes of pharmacy technicians toward pharmacy nalox...
ABSTRACT: Background and objective: There is currently an opioid epidemic in the United States affec...
ABSTRACT: Background and objective: There is currently an opioid epidemic in the United States affec...
Fatalities caused by overdose from opioids are increasing in Vermont. Evidence shows that Naloxone s...
In Philadelphia, fatal overdoses have been increasing over the last several years. In 2017, there we...
Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate pharmacist attitudes regarding recommending pharmac...
Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate pharmacist attitudes regarding recommending pharmac...
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 2018Background The rising incident of opioid overdose mort...
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 2018Background The rising incident of opioid overdose mort...
Administration of naloxone is credited with the reversal of at least 10,000 opioid overdoses in the ...
A recent report found that the number of opioid-related deaths in Ontario in the first 15 weeks of t...
The leading cause of adult injury death in the USA is drug overdose, the majority of which involves ...
The leading cause of adult injury death in the USA is drug overdose, the majority of which involves ...
Background: Opioid overdose is a preventable injury leading to high morbidity and premature mortalit...
BackgroundThe CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain recommends considering prescrib...
Objectives: There is limited research on the attitudes of pharmacy technicians toward pharmacy nalox...
ABSTRACT: Background and objective: There is currently an opioid epidemic in the United States affec...
ABSTRACT: Background and objective: There is currently an opioid epidemic in the United States affec...
Fatalities caused by overdose from opioids are increasing in Vermont. Evidence shows that Naloxone s...
In Philadelphia, fatal overdoses have been increasing over the last several years. In 2017, there we...
Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate pharmacist attitudes regarding recommending pharmac...
Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate pharmacist attitudes regarding recommending pharmac...
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 2018Background The rising incident of opioid overdose mort...
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 2018Background The rising incident of opioid overdose mort...
Administration of naloxone is credited with the reversal of at least 10,000 opioid overdoses in the ...
A recent report found that the number of opioid-related deaths in Ontario in the first 15 weeks of t...
The leading cause of adult injury death in the USA is drug overdose, the majority of which involves ...
The leading cause of adult injury death in the USA is drug overdose, the majority of which involves ...
Background: Opioid overdose is a preventable injury leading to high morbidity and premature mortalit...
BackgroundThe CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain recommends considering prescrib...