Topic in Focus: Naloxone

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Training tomorrow’s physicians to help reverse the opioid epidemic

Jason Jerry, MD, uses medication-assisted treatment for patients with opioid-use disorders and teaches residents how they can help reduce harm from the opioid epidemic.

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May 4, 2017: State Advocacy Update

AMA Opioid Task Force report, Wisconsin seeks novel changes to Medicaid program and more in the latest state and local advocacy efforts.

Advocacy Update
Naloxone injector.
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Ohio project puts naloxone in right hands at right time

An emergency medicine physician in Cleveland leads a naloxone-distribution program that has helped reverse 700-plus opioid overdoses.

Behavioral Health
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2 more states ease access to naloxone

Health officials in Utah and Louisiana issue standing orders for naloxone to expand access to the life-saving opioid overdose antidote.

Behavioral Health
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Jan. 26, 2017: State Advocacy Update

Four states introduce legislation for Interstate Medical Licensure Compact, Louisiana and Utah sign standing orders for naloxone and more in AMA's latest state and local advocacy efforts.

Advocacy Update
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3 things physicians should do when treating pain

Physicians treating patients with acute or chronic pain can benefit from 3 suggestions: use state PDMPs to improve care; focus on the patient’s goals not just the pain; and talk about overdose risk.

Behavioral Health
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Physicians take steps to address opioid overdose epidemic

New policies adopted by the AMA address steps physicians can take to fight opioid overdose epidemic. Efforts cover the use of prescription drug monitoring programs; access to naloxone and adding addiction medicine as a sub-specialty.

Behavioral Health
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The antidote: 3 things to consider when co-prescribing naloxone

How do you explain the safety benefits of co-prescribing naloxone to patients without the stigma that overdose carries? One physician shares three talking points that help open the discussion with patients.

Behavioral Health
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Naloxone prescription available to entire state: Treating opioid epidemic

Pennsylvania physicians take the lead in fighting opioid epidemic by making lifesaving overdose reversal drug, naloxone, available to all residents. State officials identify 3 next steps.

Behavioral Health