Preventing deaths from rising opioid overdose in the US – the promise of naloxone antidote in community-based naloxone take-home programs
Michele M Straus, Udi E Ghitza, Betty Tai Center for the Clinical Trials Network, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, United States Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD, USA Abstract: The opioid overdose epidemic is an alarming and serious public health...
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Language: | English |
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Dove Medical Press
2013-09-01
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Series: | Substance Abuse and Rehabilitation |
Online Access: | http://www.dovepress.com/preventing-deaths-from-rising-opioid-overdose-in-the-us-ndash-the-prom-a14243 |