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It's about saving lives: Increasing access to naloxone

Increased access to naloxone, prescription drug monitoring programs, and enhanced education are among the tools physicians must regularly use available to fight the prescription opioid and heroin overdose epidemic our nationa faces. It’s about saving lives.

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Leadership
Leadership Viewpoints
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Prevent opioid overdose: CME module explains how

Learn how to prevent opioid overdose through patient education and the overdose reversal drug naloxone by participating in a free continuing medical education (CME) online activity.

Behavioral Health
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New FDA approval expected to reduce opioid overdose deaths

Approval granted Thursday by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a user-friendly opioid overdose antidote could help curb the growing public health crisis of U.S. overdose deaths.

Behavioral Health
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State, federal bills take on opioid overdose deaths with reversal drug

Legislation to increase access to the opioid overdose reversal drug naloxone is moving forward around the country, on the heels of Attorney General Eric Holder’s recent recommendations that first responders should carry the antidote with them.

Behavioral Health