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Take-home naloxone
Thara Kumar and Hans Rosenberg
CMAJ September 18, 2017 189 (37) E1192; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.170600
Thara Kumar
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Ottawa/The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ont.
BMSc MDHans Rosenberg
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Ottawa/The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ont.
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Take-home naloxone
Thara Kumar, Hans Rosenberg
CMAJ Sep 2017, 189 (37) E1192; DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.170600
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- Naloxone is available without prescription in Canada
- Most take-home naloxone kits contain similar equipment
- Multiple doses of naloxone may be required for overdoses related to high-potency opioids
- Take-home naloxone kits may reduce overdose-related mortality
- Take-home naloxone kits are not only for patients with current opioid abuse
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