Sentences with phrase «opioid overdose prevention»

For anyone who is unable to afford the insurance co-pay or the cost of naloxone, naloxone may be accessed free of charge at community - based opioid overdose prevention programs.

The uninsured and those without prescription coverage can already receive naloxone for free through the state's opioid overdose prevention programs.

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The Health Department strongly encourages individuals who are likely to witness an opioid overdose, including individuals at risk for opioid overdose themselves as well as their friends and family members, to learn more about overdose prevention and obtain naloxone.

Among their priorities: local funding support to combat opioid drug addiction, state lobbying for tougher laws against drug dealers, greater education and outreach regarding drug addiction and prevention, and better assessment tools for health professionals and first responders to help those at risk of becoming addicts and those in danger of repeat overdoses.

«SAMHSA's Opioid Overdose Toolkit is the first federal resource to provide safety and prevention information for those at risk for overdose and for their loved ones,» said co-author and SAMHSA Administrator Pamela S. Hyde, J.D. «It also gives local governments the information they need to develop policies and practices to help prevent and respond appropriately to opioid - related overdose.&Opioid Overdose Toolkit is the first federal resource to provide safety and prevention information for those at risk for overdose and for their loved ones,» said co-author and SAMHSA Administrator Pamela S. Hyde, J.D. «It also gives local governments the information they need to develop policies and practices to help prevent and respond appropriately to opioid - related overdoseOverdose Toolkit is the first federal resource to provide safety and prevention information for those at risk for overdose and for their loved ones,» said co-author and SAMHSA Administrator Pamela S. Hyde, J.D. «It also gives local governments the information they need to develop policies and practices to help prevent and respond appropriately to opioid - related overdoseoverdose and for their loved ones,» said co-author and SAMHSA Administrator Pamela S. Hyde, J.D. «It also gives local governments the information they need to develop policies and practices to help prevent and respond appropriately to opioid - related overdose.&opioid - related overdoseoverdose.»

«Support groups for families of people who use opioids are promising venues to conduct overdose prevention trainings, because attendees are motivated to receive training and will use naloxone to rescue people when witnessing an overdose.

In order to evaluate the feasibility of this program and describe the overdose risk knowledge, opioid use, and overdose response actions among patients receiving overdose prevention education, researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and BMC conducted a telephone survey of Project ASSERT patients between January 2011 and February 2012.

Emergency departments (ED) provide a promising venue to address opioid deaths with education on both overdose prevention and appropriate actions in a witnessed overdose.

In 2009, Project ASSERT, with support from Boston Public Health Commission and Massachusetts Department of Public Health, also began offering overdose prevention education and naloxone rescue kits to emergency department patients at risk for opioid overdose.

Stevens and colleagues suggest that any opioid overdose - related admission is a preventable one, and that the team's findings not only represent the need for increased acute care resources, but also for expanded opioid - abuse prevention and treatment.

This is currently happening in Toronto, where Harm Reduction Workers set up an illegal pop - up overdose prevention site in Moss Park because they believed the opioid crisis is at a point where drug users in the city can not wait months for a legal supervised injection site...