The role of increasing pharmacy and community distributed naloxone in the opioid overdose epidemic in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New York City

Background: Naloxone distributed to people at risk for opioid overdose has been associated with reduced overdose death rates; however, associations of retail pharmacy-distributed naloxone with overdose mortality have not been evaluated. Methods: Our analytic cohort uses retail pharmacy claims data;...

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Main Authors: Jake R. Morgan, Christina E. Freibott, Ali Jalali, Philip J. Jeng, Alexander Y. Walley, Avik Chatterjee, Traci C. Green, Michelle L. Nolan, Benjamin P. Linas, Brandon D.L. Marshall, Sean M. Murphy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-09-01
Series:Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772724622000580