Access to overdose-reversing drugs declined during pandemic, researchers find
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14 May 2021Access to overdose-reversing drugs declined during pandemic, researchers find
While overall emergency department visits have decreased during the pandemic, nonfatal opioid overdose visits have more than doubled. However, few patients who overdosed on opioids had received a prescription for naloxone, a medication designed to block the effects of opioids on the brain and rapidly reverse opioid overdose.
