Changes in filled opioid, naloxone prescriptions before, during COVID-19
2021-05-14
(Press-News.org) What The Study Did: Researchers analyzed changes in filled prescriptions for naloxone (medication to reverse opioid overdoses) during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States and compared them with changes in opioid prescriptions and overall prescriptions.
Authors: Ashley L. O'Donoghue, Ph.D., of the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, is the corresponding author.
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(doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2021.0393)
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