Take Home Naloxone program, which allows access without a prescription, sees rise in use after multiple reports of people who unknowingly used laced drugs and diedGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastDemand for a life-saving opioid overdose drug has doubled in one year as a “whole new cohort” of stimulant and hallucinogenic users, fearful of taking lethally laced narcotics, have rushed to get the medication.Prior to a recent spike in overdose deaths, regular users of illicit opioids were the predominant users of naloxone, which can rapidly reverse an overdose.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading…
Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/sep/22/naloxone-overdose-drug-demand-spike-opioids
Author : Natasha May
Publish date : 2024-09-22 00:00:54
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Australian demand for overdose drug naloxone more than doubles after spike in synthetic opioid deaths
