It is well known that the United States is currently in the midst of an Opioid Epidemic.
Drug overdose has become a leading cause of death in the United States [
[1]
]. To help address the epidemic, the United States Department of Health and Human
Services has made expanded use and distribution of naloxone one of their priority
areas to combat opioid abuse [
[2]
]. Specialty societies have also endorsed the expansion of naloxone education and
distribution [
[3]
].Keywords
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Publication History
Published online: May 22, 2018
Accepted:
May 21,
2018
Received in revised form:
May 15,
2018
Received:
April 12,
2018
Footnotes
☆This study was presented in part at the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Midyear Clinical Meeting & Exhibition, December 6, 2017; Orlando, Florida, United States.
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