Opioid overdose, interventions, and challenges
This short letter briefly reviews the significance of opioid overdose as well as the existing approaches to combat the epidemic. It also signifies the importance of naloxone, its commercially available dosage forms, and the unmet need for developing safe and effective naloxone dosage forms that can...
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author | Samaneh Alaei Hossein Omidian |
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description | This short letter briefly reviews the significance of opioid overdose as well as the existing approaches to combat the epidemic. It also signifies the importance of naloxone, its commercially available dosage forms, and the unmet need for developing safe and effective naloxone dosage forms that can easily be administered in emergency settings. |
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spelling | doaj.art-2ebff1e363854334ab644142eb52d8fb2022-12-22T02:53:54ZengTabriz University of Medical SciencesBioImpacts2228-56602228-56522022-05-0112317918110.34172/bi.2022.24093bi-24093Opioid overdose, interventions, and challengesSamaneh Alaei0Hossein Omidian1College of Pharmacy, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL, United StatesCollege of Pharmacy, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL, United StatesThis short letter briefly reviews the significance of opioid overdose as well as the existing approaches to combat the epidemic. It also signifies the importance of naloxone, its commercially available dosage forms, and the unmet need for developing safe and effective naloxone dosage forms that can easily be administered in emergency settings.https://bi.tbzmed.ac.ir/PDF/bi-12-179.pdfopioidoverdosenaloxone |
spellingShingle | Samaneh Alaei Hossein Omidian Opioid overdose, interventions, and challenges BioImpacts opioid overdose naloxone |
title | Opioid overdose, interventions, and challenges |
title_full | Opioid overdose, interventions, and challenges |
title_fullStr | Opioid overdose, interventions, and challenges |
title_full_unstemmed | Opioid overdose, interventions, and challenges |
title_short | Opioid overdose, interventions, and challenges |
title_sort | opioid overdose interventions and challenges |
topic | opioid overdose naloxone |
url | https://bi.tbzmed.ac.ir/PDF/bi-12-179.pdf |
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