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Journal Article
Opioids and Deaths
2011
Overview
To the Editor:
We applaud the article by Okie (Nov. 18 issue)
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on the increasing number of overdose deaths, since we have seen far too many patients die prematurely of opioid overdoses. One topic was missing from this article: the usefulness of providing access to naloxone to be administered by laypersons to prevent death from an opioid overdose. Several studies involving illicit-drug users have confirmed that training laypeople to recognize and respond appropriately to an overdose situation is feasible, safe, and effective.
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Thousands of lives have been saved with either intramuscular injection or intranasal spray of naloxone.
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If it . . .
Publisher
Massachusetts Medical Society
