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Opioid users reflect on their experiences responding to suspected opioid overdoses using take-home naloxone

Juliet Donaghy

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Commentary on : Neale J, Brown C, Campbell ANC, et al. How competent are people who use opioids at responding to overdoses? Qualitative analyses of actions and decisions taken during overdose emergencies. Addiction . 2018 Nov 26. doi: 10.1111/add.14510. In the USA, opioid overdose accounted for 42 249 deaths during 2016. Respiratory depression caused by opioid overdose can be reversed by the timely administration of naloxone. THN programmes supply naloxone and advice in responding to opioid overdose crisis to non-medical professionals.1 Current provision does not appear to meet the …

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Key concepts: Opioid overdose, (+)-Naloxone, Opioid, Medicine, Addiction, Depression (economics), Drug overdose, Psychiatry