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AMA: FDA action on OTC naloxone will save people from overdoses

The AMA applauds the FDA and Commissioner Gottlieb for action to provide labeling that would allow for OTC availability of naloxone.

Press Releases
Physician discussion with patient
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Naloxone: 5 tips on talking with patients, families

Be ready to answer your patients’ questions about naloxone, respond to resistance and reduce lingering stigma. Here’s how to talk with patients about this difficult topic.

Behavioral Health
Poster for naloxone
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How to administer Naloxone

Learn how to use naloxone to save the life of someone suffering an opioid overdose.

Behavioral Health
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AMA to bolster education for patients with opioid-use disorder

With opioid overdose deaths still on the rise, physicians call for improved patient education, and for naloxone to be included in airplane medical kits.

Behavioral Health
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AMA model bills

View the most frequently used model state bills created for the Federation of Medicine and approved by the AMA Board of Trustees.

State Advocacy
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Surgeon general: Naloxone should be widely prescribed, carried

Dr. Adams urges people close to those at risk of opioid overdose to obtain the lifesaving antidote. The AMA has fought for, and helped shape, naloxone-access laws in all 50 states.

Behavioral Health
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AMA applauds call for expanded availability of naloxone

The statement—attributed to Patrice A. Harris, MD, MA, chair of the AMA Opioid Task Force—strongly endorses the Surgeon General’s advisory on naloxone.

Press Releases
Crowd at large AMA meeting listening to a speaker
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AMA: Eliminate burdens for controlled substances’ e-prescribing

Delegates also push for effective opioid-use disorder in jails and prisons and emergency naloxone in public settings.

Interim Meeting
Tech demonstrates how to administer naloxone on training mannequin.
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Naloxone training sessions put students in realistic settings

The opioid crisis has hit Ohio hard. In response, University of Toledo medical faculty developed a program designed to teach students to save lives.

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