Achieving the Potential of Naloxone Saturation by Measuring Distribution

Olivia K Sugarman; Eric G Hulsey; Daliah Heller

doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2023.3338

Achieving the Potential of Naloxone Saturation by Measuring Distribution

JAMA Health Forum. 2023 Oct 6;4(10):e233338. doi: 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2023.3338.

Authors

Olivia K Sugarman¹, Eric G Hulsey², Daliah Heller²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.
² Vital Strategies, New York, New York.

PMID: 37889482
DOI: 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2023.3338

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This Viewpoint advocates for improved strategies to measure naloxone distribution and evaluate how effectively naloxone reaches people most likely to experience or witness an opioid overdose.

MeSH terms

Drug Overdose* / drug therapy
Drug Overdose* / prevention & control
Humans
Naloxone / therapeutic use
Narcotic Antagonists / therapeutic use
Opioid-Related Disorders* / drug therapy

Substances

Naloxone
Narcotic Antagonists