1EMF Take-Home Naloxone Rescue Kits Following Heroin Overdose in the Emergency Department to Prevent Opioid Overdose-Related Repeat Emergency Department Visits, Hospitalization, and Death: A Pilot Study

The United States is facing an epidemic of drug overdose deaths of unprecedented scale. Since 2000, our nation has seen a 137% increase in overdose-related death, including a 200% increase in overdose deaths from opioids. Opioid overdose morbidity and mortality can be prevented by early administration of naloxone hydrochloride. It has been shown that providing take-home naloxone rescue kits (NRK) to at-risk patients in the community setting reduces mortality from opioid overdose and is cost effective under highly conservative estimates.

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